The NHMRC is inviting comments on the Draft consensus-based clinical practice guideline for the management of volatile substance use (VSU). The purpose of this guideline is to provide practical recommendations to assist health professionals to identify, assess and treat people who use volatile substances.
Although it has been difficult to collect statistical evidence on the prevalence of VSU, international studies have indicated that it is most prevalent among young people (aged 12-14 years) from socioeconomically deprived and marginalised groups. In Australia, petrol sniffing is the most common form of VSU in remote indigenous areas, where inhaling from aerosol cans is more common in rural and urban areas.
This guideline looks at prevention, treatment, brief intervention, case management, withdrawal and education. Submissions are being sought by Friday 14 January 2011.
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