Inroads is an online, self-guided program for young adults who drink to reduce or cope with stress, nervousness or anxiety. Over 5 weeks, the Inroads program will provide young people with the skills to cope with anxiety and life stressors and set limits around drinking.
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To get free access to Inroads as part of our research trial, please click the ‘Register’ button below.
The Inroads program is currently available (at no cost to you) as part of a research trial being conducted by the University of Sydney.
There are 5 steps involved to participate in our trial:
Register via the Inroads website and complete a short survey to check if the program is a good fit for you.
If the program is a good fit for you, you will complete a longer survey to build our understanding of your anxiety and mental health concerns.
You will be randomly allocated into one of two groups who will receive access to either i) the Inroads anxiety and alcohol program or ii) the alcohol feedback program.
Work through the content in the online program you are allocated to. You will have approximately 5 weeks to work though the content.
We will ask you to complete an online survey 2-, 6-, 12- and 18-months after completing the initial survey, plus one phone interview at 6 months. You will be reimbursed with a $30 gift voucher for each survey/interview you complete.
Over the past 15 years, our team of researchers and clinical psychologists have been researching the most effective treatments for anxiety and alcohol use. Based on this research we developed the Inroads program. The program is designed for young people and was developed in collaboration with youth and clinicians. It aims to help young people who need some assistance managing anxiety symptoms and setting limits around drinking. The program is free to access and includes 5 self-guided modules which use two evidence-based therapies, known as Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Our team has already tested the Inroads program in one previous trial. The results showed that youth who received the Inroads program, in combination with low-intensity psychologist support, experienced greater reductions in hazardous drinking, general anxiety and social anxiety compared to a control group.
You can read more about the Inroads program and the previous trial here.
Learn about the relationship between anxiety and drinking, and set some goals for what you want to change.
Learn how your thinking affects your anxiety and drinking, and develop strategies to manage this.
Learn some strategies to help you keep to your own limits for drinking.
Learn how avoidance fuels anxiety, how to break the cycle, and how to gradually face your fears.
Learn ways to maintain and form authentic and supportive friendships, and set some longer-term goals for anxiety and drinking.
For any questions, please contact us
We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this country and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
Inroads is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. Inroads welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.