Austin Health - Drug and Alcohol Service (ADAS)

Austin Health Drug & Alcohol Service (ADAS) cares for and treats people with severe substance use disorders, opioid misuse and other related issues.

Services provided at ADAS include:

• Opiate substitution therapy (Methadone and Suboxone) and other drug treatments
• Psychological counselling (individual, group and family)
  
• Help with social difficulties
• Either ongoing treatment or short-term stabilisation depending on the individual's needs
• Consultative services to prescribers seeking an expert opinion on how to manage those with special needs (including psychiatric, medical, social and treatment problems)

Call the mental health triage service 24-hours a day, 7 days a week for more information, assessment and referral.

The service is suitable for anyone:

• Living in the north or north-east of Melbourne
  
• Have a complicated substance use disorder such as a mental illness, a physical health problem or other problems that are making the substance use disorder difficult to treat

This is a free service.