In NSW on 11 April, police seized 700kg of Xanax, claiming it as the single largest seizure of pharmaceutical drugs in NSW history. Journalist Rachel Hayter of the ABC radio program ‘PM’ interviewed Dr Hester Wilson, chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners addiction group, John Ryan, CEO of the Penington Institute, and our own Janet Shaw, Manager of Reconnexion, about the risks associated with benzodiazepines.
Listen hereResearchers at Deakin University interviewed clients before they entered the Better Sleep Program to understand what influenced their decision to try a psychological intervention for sleep. They identified a range of barriers and enablers to accessing this type of treatment.
Read our paperReconnexion have published a useful guide, 'the Benzodiazepine Toolkit' as a resource for our clients. Feel free to download the Toolkit or explore our helpful information about anxiety, depression, Benzodiazepines (Sleeping Pills & Tranquillisers), insomnia and more...
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