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Adelaide University part of study with USA and UK researchers into addiction and other links to mental health

Adelaide University part of study with USA and UK researchers into addiction and other links to mental health
Adelaide University faculty of health and medical sciences is now closely associated with mental health research and study courses

Adelaide University is working with two other of the world’s leading research universities in addiction science – Virginia Commonwealth University in the USA and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London – on the connection to mental health.

Mental health links have has seeped into a wide range of 21st Century Adelaide research. Another example is Royal Adelaide Hospital department of gastroenterology and hepatology looking at psychological support as a third way of treating sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease by reducing anxiety and depression.

Adelaide University’s faculty of health and medical sciences offers multidisciplinary degrees in studies into addiction, closely linked to mental health. They teach all aspects of addiction, including pharmacological, psychosocial and public health and policy approaches, by world subject-area experts.

The graduate certificate in alcohol and drug studies gives an advanced understanding of how drugs and alcohol exert their effect, the biological processes of addiction, and treatment options. It is suited to professionals including medical practitioners, nurses, psychologists, social workers, pharmacists, educators, law enforcement officers, counsellors and project officers.

The graduate diploma in addiction and mental health provides a broad educational experience covering the science of addiction, mental health and related comorbidities, comparative epidemiology, evidence-based interventions, research methods and national addictions and mental health policy. It is suited to a wide variety of professionals, including social workers, nurses, medical practitioners, counsellors and educators.

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