A Telephone-delievered Intervention to Reduce Methamphetamine Use

Australia has one of the highest rates of methamphetamine use in the world; however, uptake of face-to-face psychological treatment remains extremely low due to numerous individual (e.g. stigma, shame) and structural (e.g. service availability, geography) barriers to accessing care. Addressing these barriers through the provision of alternative treatment delivery models is imperative, particularly as effective and earlier intervention is likely to reduce the need for more costly and intensive treatment resulting from escalating methamphetamine use. In this project, the investigators will conduct the first double-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining the effectiveness of the structured telephone-delivered intervention, Ready2Change (R2C), among participants with methamphetamine use problems (R2C-M). Cost effectiveness of R2C-M will also be investigated. Factors influencing program implementation will be evaluated to inform the scalability of this intervention for practice nationally, and for replication internationally.