Drug health services

Western Health’s Addiction Medicine team provides comprehensive support for people experiencing issues related to alcohol and other drug use. Our multidisciplinary team brings together Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology and Nursing. We are available to consult and help manage patients from all areas of the hospital and Drug Health Services sites. 

Our services include: 

• managing drug-related problems such as withdrawal, overdose and associated problems
• advice on harm reduction approaches
• specialist consultation regarding the management of complex presentations
• providing multidisciplinary approaches to case review and treatment planning
• primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of drug-related problems
• consultation and support around strategies to help stop smoking.

We work closely with health professionals across hospitals, community health settings and private practice to ensure patients receive the right care at the right time.

Health professionals can refer patients to the Drug Health Service by:

• Phone: Call (03) 8345 6682 and ask to page the Addiction Medicine Registrar on pager 554 to discuss referral options or arrange an intake assessment.
   

Please include detailed clinical information to help ensure patients are directed to the most appropriate service.

Our Drug Health Services value a learning environment and aim to support students of medicine, health, welfare and social science streams through placements at the various sites. Placements are available to undergraduate and postgraduate students of relevant studies according to service capacity. We are unable to offer placements to school work experience students. 

If you are a Melbourne University Medical Doctor student and are looking for a Scholarly Selective Project we do have projects on offer. Check the Scholarly Selective Project Website for the most recent updates.

More information

For more information call (03) 8345 6682 and ask for the student placement coordinator.