Treatment provided
Insights
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244,411 treatment episodes were provided to 127,804 people for their own or someone else’s AOD use.
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88% of all AOD treatment episodes were provided to people receiving treatment for their own drug use while a further 12% were for someone else’s AOD use.
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From 2015–16, the number of AOD treatment episodes rose by 18% from 206,395 in 2015–16 to 244,411 in 2024–25.
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For clients receiving treatment for their own AOD use, the most common treatment type was counselling (33%), followed by assessment only (23%).
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For someone else’s AOD use, the most common treatment was support and case management (50% of episodes), followed by counselling (24%).
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Counselling remains the most common AOD treatment provided to all clients, but this has dropped by 4.5% since 2016-17
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Support and case management increased from 13% of all episodes in 2015–16 to 18% in 2024–25.
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Treatment episodes for withdrawal management for a client’s own drug use fell from 12% in 2015–16 to 8.6% in 2024–25.