The 2020-2021 Annual Report on Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services in Australia shows that COVID-19 restrictions have led many remedy facilities to adapt their practices by expanding access to online facilities and telehealth appointments.
“While there have been adjustments in delivery parameters and models in reaction to public fitness measures, the number of other people supported through publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment facilities has remained strong at 139,300 in 2020-2021,” said Dr. Lisa S. Gabrielle Phillips, spokesperson for AIHW. (Doctorate. ).
Of the 243,000 episodes of closed remedies delivered in 2020-2021, the non-unusual maximum was counselling (38%), followed by testing (20%).
At the beginning of the pandemic, the board observed a 12% increase in the number of treatment episodes, while rehabilitation treatment experienced a 29% decrease. was able to adapt smoothly to restrictions.
Most other people (93%) got help for their own drug or alcohol use, and the rest got help with someone else’s drug or alcohol use.
Among those who received treatment for their own drug or alcohol use, nearly two-thirds (64%) were under the age of 40, while others over the age of 40 accounted for nearly a portion (48%) of those who received treatment for someone else’s drug or alcohol use.
“Alcohol has been the ultimate non-unusual remedy for which drug users have gained remedy since the beginning of the collection. However, this has decreased compared to all other drugs, for example, from 46% in 2011-2012 to 37% in 2020-2021,” Dr. Phillips said.
Amphetamines accounted for a quarter of all episodes of remedies in 2020-2021. After a stable expansion from 2011-2012 to 2019-2020, the number of episodes of amphetamine remedies decreased in 2020-2021.
One in five episodes of hashish-related remedies (19%) and heroin remedy (4. 6%) continues to decline.
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