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Addiction Intervention Competency Framework Consultation
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A competency framework for professionals specialising in Problem Gambling Intervention,
Alcohol and other Drug Intervention and Smoking Cessation.
View the Draft Framework and give your feedback |
ABACUS – Industry Host Responsibility Programmes
ABACUS has skills and experience that meet the highest standards in training of the gaming industry to prevent and minimise harm to its patrons that may result from their use of gaming products. |
ABACUS – Nation-wide Provider of Professional Supervision
ABACUS is a national provider of professional supervision, with highly qualified and experienced supervisors available in all regions of New Zealand. Organisations that are nationally based can receive added benefits from ABACUS, as a single provider of professional supervision. ABACUS can provide professional supervision services to the highest standards that meet its obligations as an NZQA registered organization. |
Anxiety and Coexisting Addiction: a Common Alliance
Anxiety is a very common emotion. It can arise when we suddenly remember something we should have done but forgotten to do, and it’s due now! It can also occur as part of a very primitive survival process... |
Alcohol Use Problems
An overview:
Alcohol is of course a legal but controlled drug, similar to the situation with tobacco. Ironically, the misuse of this legal drug (as does the use of tobacco) has costs for individuals and society that far outreach the cost of illegal drugs. The World Health Organisation identifies alcohol (through intoxication, its toxicity, and alcohol dependence), as the third highest risk factor for disease throughout the world. In New Zealand, alcohol harm costs are estimated at between $1-4 billion each year. |
Methamphetamine and Other Illegal Drugs: an Overview
Prevalence of use in New Zealand:
Although most damage from drug use comes from the legal drugs alcohol and tobacco, it is often illegal drugs that capture the concern and fear of communities. Illegal drugs include methamphetamine in its pure form (“P” if New Zealand made; ‘ice’ or ‘crystal meth’ if imported), heroin and ‘homebake’ (New Zealand made opiate), GHB (“Fantasy”; induces memory loss), cocaine, and lesser strength amphetamine-like drugs such as MDMA (“Ecstasy”, which also is a hallucinogen), non-prescribed Ritalin and some party drugs (BZP) which were made illegal in April, 2008. |
Tobacco Smoking Fact sheet
Although tobacco smoking is decreasing in New Zealand, approximately 19% of adolescents and adults smoke. |
On Campus and Distance Learning Options available for Problem Gambling Practitioners
The objective of this document is to inform problem gambling intervention (treatment) service providers of the current tertiary learning opportunities (on-site and distance learning) in New Zealand for both general addiction qualifications and problem gambling qualifications. In addition, distance learning opportunities for overseas institutions, offering problem gambling courses, are also detailed.
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 Eight Screen Validation – Final Report
The Eight Gambling Screen is brief (eight questions), simple to use and interpret, and has been found to be valid and effective in a wide range of situations, including clinical, social, and health promotion settings (early identification of gambling problems).
Click on the above link to download this document
Format = Word.doc, Size = 500k. |
Concerned Others Gambling Screen(COGS) Mk 2 version
Sometimes someone else’s gambling can affect the health and well-being of others who may be concerned. The gambling behaviour is often hidden and unexpected, while its effects can be confusing, stressful and long-lasting. To help us identify if this is affecting your own well-being could you answer the questions below to the best of your ability...take the test |
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Articles & Publications
Eight Gambling Screen – Early Intervention Gambling Health Test