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We're counting down to this week's #RethinkAddiction convention: focus on big barriers to treatment of alcohol/other drugs/gambling addiction, due to stigma, lack of national focus, vested interests...

See our preview: croakey.org/how-the-system…

@rethinkadd @dan_lubman

. @rethinkadd says addiction hugely misunderstood in Aust, incl by health sector.

"One in 4 will struggle with alcohol, other drugs or gambling in their lifetime, yet many will wait years, even decades, to get the help they need...."

#RethinkAddiction

rethinkaddiction.org.au

Croakey's @mariemcinerney @AlisonSBarrett & @MelissaSweetDr will be covering #RethinkAddiction for the Croakey Conference News Service

croakey.org/conference-rep…

Please follow the hashtag #RethinkAddiction and our TwitterList twitter.com/CroakeyNews

You can follow the @rethinkadd team at @WePublicHealth on all things #RethinkAddiction this week....

See the program outline here: conferenceco.eventsair.com/rethink-addict…

And watch @theprojecttv's coverage, ft @dan_lubman & lived experience participants, Paul and Baden

Ahead of its inaugural national convention, here's a glimpse of the #RethinkAddiction campaign: led by @dan_lubman @TurningPointAU @MonashAddiction @easternhealthau, with nearly 60 major partners incl @ACOSS, @amapresident @acemonline @SANEAustralia

Lived & living experience is a big focus of #RethinkAddiction and on Monday/Tuesday. Speakers incl @DavidCampbell73 @seselja_k @SITC_CEO_Shanna @ahbard. Former ABC radio host @FaineJon will lead discussions...

Virtual bookings still open 4 hybrid event.

conferenceco.eventsair.com/rethink-addict…

Speaking of @ahbard, @CroakeyNews worked in 2020 with @ReformGambling on a virtual #CroakeyGO walking journalism event with a focus on the public health impacts of gambling - really worth a review ahead of #RethinkAddiction this week

croakey.org/category/croak…

Tomorrow's #RethinkAddiction opening session will hear from @Emma4Dobell

@rethinkadd is calling for a national roadmap on addiction, saying care is currently a "lottery" in a fragmented system influenced by stigma & shame

#RethinkAddiction sessions tomorrow will look at stigma and shame, and other barriers to help-seeking & ways to overcome them, as well as how some communities experience unique and compounding barriers that can make it even harder for them to get help.

conferenceco.eventsair.com/rethink-addict…

Other #RethinkAddiction sessions tomorrow will focus on issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and on the impact of criminalisation on people with addictions - the punitive versus health approach

Hope you can join us at #RethinkAddiction

We'll be live tweeting Monday and Tuesday: pls follow @AlisonSBarrett, @mariemcinerney via @CroakeyNews, @MelissaSweetDr, and @rethinkadd via @WePublicHealth

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