Inroads - online program for anxiety and drinking

ABOUT THE INROADS PROGRAM

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.

To learn more, click here.

To get free access to Inroads as part of our research trial, please click the ‘Register’ button below.

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HOW IT WORKS

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:

1

Register via the Inroads website and complete a short survey to check if the program is a good fit for you.

2

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.

3

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.

4

Work through the content in the online program you are allocated to. You will have approximately 5 weeks to work though the content.

5

We will ask you to complete an online survey 2-, 6-, 12- and 18-months after completing the initial survey, plus one structured phone call at 6 months. For each follow-up survey you complete, you will be reimbursed with a $30 gift voucher, and for the phone call, you will receive a $60 gift voucher.

THE INROADS PROGRAM

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.