Each unit has several handouts that participants might find helpful to both support the information they have received from the presentation and to use during encounters with young people with mental health and substance use issues and/or their families.

You are more than welcome to include other handouts that you feel are relevant to the topic and services represented.

List of handouts and links

Unit One

1.1 - Common Drug types handout (PDF 47Kb)

1.2 - What's Grog got to do with it (PDF 4.5Mb)

1.3 - What's Pot got to do with it (PDF 1.4Mb)

1.4 - What's Speed got to do with it (PDF 56Kb)

1.5 - What's Smack got to do with it (PDF 91Kb)

1.6 - NSW CAAH handout - Understanding Adolescents (PDF 311Kb)

1.7 - NSW CAAH handout - Conductiong a youth-friendly consultation (PDF 390Kb)

1.8 - NSW CAAH handout - Culturally sensitive practice (PDF 285Kb)

1.9 - NSW CAAH handout - Enhancing compliance (PDF 440Kb)

1.10 - NSW CAAH handout - Creating a youth friendly practice (PDF 561Kb)

 

Unit Two

2.1 - NSW CAAH handout - Risk assessment (PDF 345Kb)

2.2 - NSW CAAH handout - Management plan (PDF 333Kb)

2.3 - NSW CAAH handout - Risk taking (PDF 276Kb)

2.4 - NSW CAAH handout - Treating substance use (PDF 284Kb)

2.5 - NSW CAAH handout - Sexual health (PDF 260Kb)

2.6 - NSW CAAH handout - Mental health (PDF 281Kb)

2.7 - Substance Use - stages of change model (PDF 200Kb)

 

Unit Three

3.1 - FDS FactSheet - drug services (PDF 89Kb)

3.2 - FDS FactSheet - supporting someone through Detox (PDF 333Kb)

3.3 - FDS FactSheet - minimising harm (PDF 92Kb)

3.4 - FDS FactSheet - communicating with the drug user (PDF 81Kb)

3.5 - Understanding feelings of guilt and mental illness (PDF 94Kb)

3.6 - Recognising the grief resoponse and mental illness (PDF 94Kb)

3.7 - Developing helpful communication skills (PDF 161Kb)

3.8 - DrugInfo Factsheet - Including parents in treatment (PDF 255Kb)

3.9 - DrugInfo Factsheet - Talking with your teenager about alcohol (PDF 254 Kb)

3.10 - DrugInfo Factsheet - How parents can influence teenage drinking (PDF 258 Kb)

 

Links

Below are a list of useful links that are related to mental health and substance use in young people, and support for families and carers of someone with mental health and substance use issues.

We suggest it might be useful to visit some of these before coordinating the ‘Can Do’ for Young People, Families and Carers units as they may have additional background and handouts relevant to the sessions.

It may also be worthwhile to provide participants with a list of these links to visit after the sessions for follow up information or to refer patients to for additional information.’

Useful websites and links (in alphabetical order)

Association of Relatives And Friends of the Emotionally and Mentally Ill
www.arafemi.org.au

At Ease - Mental health and wellbeing information for Veterans
www.at-ease.dva.gov.au

Australian Drug Foundation
www.adf.org.au

Beyond Blue
www.beyondblue.org.au

Carers Australia
www.carersaustralia.com.au

Centre for Adolescent Health
www.rch.org.au/cah

Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health - NSW

www.caah.chw.edu.au

Centre for Youth Drug Studies
www.cyds.adf.org.au

Drug Info clearinghouse

www.druginfo.adf.org.au

Dual Diagnosis Services South Western Sydney Area Health Service
www.swsahs.nsw.gov.au/areaser/Midas/default.asp

Family Drug Support
www.fds.org.au

headspace: Youth Mental Health Foundation
www.headspace.org.au

Kids Help Line
www.kidshelp.com.au

Lifeline
www.lifeline.org.au

Make a Noise – Youth Voice Portal
www.makeanoise.ysp.org.au

Mental Health Council of Australia
www.mhca.org.au

Mood Gym
http://moodgym.anu.edu.au

NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health
www.caah.chw.edu.au

Reach Out!
www.reachout.com.au

SANE Australia
www.sane.org

Ted Noffs Foundation
www.noffs.org.au

The Black Dog Institute
www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

The Network for Carers of people with a mental illness
www.carersnetwork.org

Ybblue – Youth beyond blue
www.youthbeyondblue.com