Webinar: The curious case(s) of integrated care and opioid use disorder

This presentation focuses on integrated care for individuals dealing with opioid disorders and co-occurring mental health challenges. Through insightful case studies, you will learn how the Hamilton Centre can support healthcare providers and their clients. Discover common scenarios, practical management strategies, and care pathway options. This webinar was a collaboration with the Centre for Mental Health Learning (CMHL). Presented by Lisa Jarvie, Alice Frank, and Dr Vicky Phan on June 28, 2024.

Webinar | Integrated care in action: A model for mental health and addiction treatment

Presented by the Hamilton Centre and Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN). In this webinar, the panel identifies why and how an integrated interdisciplinary response supports better outcomes for AOD presentations. This is done in the context of co-occurring and physical health, mental health, housing, forensic, interpersonal, vocational, and/or psychosocial challenges.

MARC webinar series

The Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) webinar series brings together addiction researchers, clinicians and other experts from the sector to discuss emerging research and challenges in the addiction field.

WEBINAR | Integrated care for young people

This webinar will explore clinical and research perspectives on the characteristics of youth presenting with co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions across different settings.

Webinar: Effective opioid pharmacotherapy for co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns

This webinar focuses on opioid pharmacotherapy for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. It covers what opioid pharmacotherapy is and its role in treatment; insights from the Hamilton Centre opioid pharmacotherapy survey; key considerations for integrated management, including interactions with mental health medications; and effective strategies for supporting those living with opioid use disorder. Presented by Alice Frank, Senior Pharmacist at the Hamilton Centre, on October 17th, 2024.

WEBINAR | Integrated care for young people

This webinar explored clinical and research perspectives on the characteristics of youth presenting with co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions across different settings. It also highlighted approaches to integrated care and examined developmental factors that influence how these issues emerge, affect and progress in young people.

Webinar: Integrated care in the Victorian mental health and AOD systems

This presentation offers an overview of integrated care within the Victorian Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs systems, highlighting how service providers can enhance access to comprehensive care for individuals with co-occurring conditions. This webinar was a collaboration with Mental Health Victoria. Presented by A/Prof Shalini Arunogiri, Lisa Jarvie, and Dr Katrin Oliver on June 25, 2024.

Catch up on Hamilton Centre’s key webinars

If you're supporting people experiencing both mental health and substance use challenges, these sessions offer valuable insights into integrated care and opioid pharmacotherapy.

Targeting comorbidity in AOD treatment with EMDR therapy – An introduction and overview

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Identify the key components of EMDR therapy; Understand the theory and evidence base for EMDR therapy; Understand how EMDR therapy can be integrated into AOD clinical practice.

How are services providing care for people with co-occurring AOD and mental health needs?

This webinar will provide attendees with a practical understanding of: How a Primary Health Network (Central and Eastern Sydney PHN) works with organisations to understand co-occurring AOD and mental health needs, and builds capacity within the local workforce; How to provide care for those with co-occurring mental health and AOD issues by utilising a person centred, holistic approach and working collaboratively with other health care providers; The importance of working holistically, including how to consider the context, goals and needs of a person…

Supporting AOD clients with cognitive impairment: What clinicians need to know

This webinar will provide attendees with a practical understanding of: Cognitive functioning & key indicators of impairment; Common aetiologies and modifiable risk factors for cognitive impairment; Implementing strategies to address cognitive changes including compensatory strategies and lifestyle factors.

Strategies to enhance communication between medical and MH professionals

Watch this webinar to learn how effective communication between medical and mental health disciplines can improve patient outcomes.

Shared decision making in mental health treatment: What clinicians need to know

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Identify the key rationale for and components of shared decision-making in clinical practice; Articulate the potential benefits of shared decision-making for mental health populations, including those with co-occurring alcohol and other drug use conditions; Understand ways of facilitating shared decision-making in practice, including via the use of decision-aids.

Working together to manage substance use and mental health issues

Learn about screening, diagnosing, and treating individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders through the webinar, and discover key principles for early identification that can improve treatment outcomes.

Challenges in integration and integrated care: psychedelic assisted therapies for addiction and mental illness

Presented by A/Prof Shalini Arunogiri. By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Understand the current evidence base for the use of MDMA and psilocybin in addiction and related mental health problems; Understand key evidence gaps in existing evidence in psychedelic-assisted therapies; Identify and critically appraise challenges with implementation of psychedelic-assisted therapies in Australia.

Complexities in working with MH and AOD presentations

This webinar features an interdisciplinary panel of experts discussing harm reduction, abstinence, stigma and mental health challenges that people may face due to their current or past use of AOD. Learn the difference between harm reduction and abstinence, as well as strategies to engage specialist services when supporting people who are experiencing mental health challenges associated with AOD.

Depression and Alcohol or Other Drug Use: What Clinicians Need to Know

This webinar will be presented by Dr. Vicki Giannopoulos (Senior Clinical Psychologist, Sydney Local Health District Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital). Key learning outcomes: How to identify comorbid depression in patients with substance use disorder; The current evidence-based practice for treating comorbid depression and substance use disorders; Practical treatment strategies for comorbid depression and substance use disorders; The key challenges associated with treating comorbid depression and substance use disorders.

Building comorbidity capacity in AOD services: What works?

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Describe how clinical training in the PCC project was used to assist in the implementation of evidence-based practice using the National Comorbidity Guidelines; Describe how clinical champions were used in the PCC project to assist with the implementation of evidence-based practice using the National Comorbidity Guidelines; Describe how clinical supervision was used in the PCC project to assist with the implementation of evidence-based practice using the National Comorbidity Guidelines.

Connect & Learn - Sally Thomas & Anna Bough

This webinar provides a brief overview of what trauma is, paying particular attention to complex trauma and the relationships between trauma and addiction whilst also addressing the social complexity clients may experience. It presents practical ideas and tools on how to work effectively with people presenting with trauma-related symptoms and explore some of the challenges this may present.

Motivational interviewing: Guiding clients to make beneficial changes

By the end of this webinar, attendees will gain: An understanding of Transtheoretical Model of Change; An awareness of what Motivational Interviewing is and when it is useful; Knowledge of the spirit and principles of Motivational Interviewing; An understanding of the core communication skills of Motivational Interviewing that lead to behaviour change.

Connect & Learn

Connect & Learn webinar series address a wide range of practice-relevant topics presented by local expert clinicians. The webinars aim to enhance the capabilities of Victorian AOD and MH workers in responding to substance use and addiction issues among their clients and consumers.

Trauma-informed care in AOD settings: What clinicians need to know

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Understand the relationship between trauma, post-traumatic stress, and substance use; Identify how trauma-related issues can impact substance use treatment; Identify key elements of trauma-informed care; Understand evidence-based treatment options for co-occurring traumatic stress and substance use.

Personality disorders and AOD use: What clinicians need to know

By participating in this webinar, attendees will be able to: Identify personality disorders in the context of AOD challenges; Select from various skills to effectively respond to people with concurrent AOD and personality disorder; Apply key principles in managing their own personal and interpersonal reactions when people with personality disorder and AOD are struggling or in acute crisis.

Treating co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders using tools from CBT

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Recognise the importance of assessing for substance use when a client presents with a mental health disorder; Use some key tools from CBT such as cognitive restructuring and activity scheduling with clients presenting with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders; Understand some common challenges associated with developing activities for behaviour change when working with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.

How to Work Therapeutically with Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System

This webinar was presented by Dr Clara Fritchley (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, Clinical Psychologist). Key learning outcomes: Recognise the challenges that arise when addressing the mental health needs of individuals involved in the criminal justice system; Understand how to conduct multi-layered case formulations to guide therapeutic work with individuals with mental health conditions who are involved in the criminal justice system; Identify core clinical skills necessary for successful therapeutic work with individuals with mental health conditions who are involved in the criminal justice system.

Collaborative care in mental health and substance abuse presentations

By watching the webinar you will develop a better understanding of the key principles of intervention and the roles of different disciplines in providing integrated primary mental health care services to mental health and substance abuse presentations.

Psychosis and substance use: What clinicians need to know

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Recognise the high prevalence of comorbid substance use and psychosis; Understand key symptom profiles; Consider holistic treatment strategies.

Implementing evidence-based practices: What AOD managers and workers need to know

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Describe evidence-based practices that are effective for working alongside people with co-occurring alcohol and other drug (AOD) and mental health conditions; Identify key stages to implementation in an organisation; Understand how effective implementation works in practice through case studies.

Connect & Learn - Antonio Verdejo Garcia

Clinical translation of neuroscience-informed interventions for addiction treatment presented by Antonio Verdejo-Garcia. This webinar provides an overview of four expert-endorsed neuroscience-informed interventions for addiction treatment: cognitive bias modification, contingency management, emotion regulation training and cognitive remediation. It focus on the rationale and mechanisms engaged by these interventions, evidence of their efficacy, and the steps needed to incorporate them into routine clinical practice based on the conclusions reached by an international expert consensus driven by the Neuroscience Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine.

Anxiety and alcohol use: What clinicians need to know

This webinar will lead to: Understanding of typical patterns and issues relevant to the management of anxiety and alcohol use disorder comorbidity; Introduction to an integrated cognitive behaviour therapy program that improves outcomes by concurrently addressing anxiety, alcohol use and the connections between them; Awareness of the developmental links between anxiety and alcohol use, including strategies to prevent the development of alcohol use disorders among anxious young people.

Alcohol use in older adulthood: Physiological impacts and effective treatment options

This webinar provides a practical understanding of: The physiological impacts of alcohol use on older adults; The impact of alcohol use on the brain of older adults, including the relationship between alcohol use, cognitive impairment and dementia; Effective approaches for treating harmful alcohol use in older adults.

Multiple health behaviour change: Perspectives from the field

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: Understand the relationship between substance use, mental health and physical comorbidity; Understand the challenges and opportunities services face when implementing evidence into practice across the domains of mental, substance use, and physical health comorbidities; Identify key opportunities within their own practice setting to integrate treatments for mental, substance use, and physical health comorbidities.

Hamilton Centre Services

From the Clinical Director – February 2026

Insights from Hamilton Centre Clinical Director A/Prof Shalini Arunogiri.

Talking Point: Treating Trauma & Addiction

From innovation to implementation, presented by Associate Professor Shalini Arunogiri on 18th October 2023