Magistrates' Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT): preliminary findings of a 12-month court diversion trial for drug offenders.

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Cigarette smoking occurs frequently among individuals with methamphetamine (MA) dependence. Preclinical and clinical evidence has suggested that the common co-abuse of MA and cigarettes represents a pharmacologically meaningful pattern. METHODS:The present study is a secondary analysis of a rando...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Brensilver M,Heinzerling KG,Swanson AN,Telesca D,Furst BA,Shoptaw SJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A minority of injecting drug users engage in high risk injecting behaviours when in prison. In the United Kingdom between a quarter and a third of injectors who enter prison inject when in prison, and of these about three-quarters share needles and syringes. In the present study, 44 drug injectors who had been release...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Turnbull PJ,Power R,Stimson GV

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:This study aimed to compare current and ex-smokers' sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics, use of cessation aids and abrupt versus gradual quitting approaches. DESIGN AND METHODS:A cross-sectional survey of financially disadvantaged adults attending a community service organisation wa...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Twyman L,Bonevski B,Paul C,Bryant J,West R,Siahpush M,D'este C,Oldmeadow C,Palazzi K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe temporal trends in methamphetamine use among young injection drug users (IDU) in San Francisco. DESIGN AND METHODS:Secondary analysis of cross-sectional baseline data collected for a longitudinal study of young IDU from 1998 to 2004. Participants were 1445 young IDU (<30 years old) who reported inject...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Inglez-Dias A,Hahn JA,Lum PJ,Evans J,Davidson P,Page-Shafer K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General practitioners (GPs) are in a unique position to detect and manage patients with co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders (dual diagnosis). It has been estimated that over 30% of patients presenting to general practice have a diagnosable mental disorder and 12% have dual diagnosis. Unfortunately, bet...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Marshall KL,Deane FP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of Internet-based interventions (IBI) for alcohol problems and other addictive behaviours. However, it is risky to assume interventions that have been found to work in face-to-face modalities can be translated into IBI that are equally effe...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Cunningham JA,Van Mierlo T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Drug craving is considered to be an essential component of substance dependence. We aimed to characterise drug-dependent inpatients reporting continuous absence of subjective spontaneous drug craving. DESIGN AND METHODS:This is a 3 year chart-review study designed to compare drug-dependent inpati...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： De Los Cobos JP,Siñol N,Trujols J,Bañuls E,Batlle F,Tejero A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:Drug use accounts for one of the main disease groups in Europe, with relevant consequences to society. There is an increasing need to evaluate the economic consequences of drug use in order to develop appropriate policies. Here, we review the social costs of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco in the European Uni...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Barrio P,Reynolds J,García-Altés A,Gual A,Anderson P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:New strategies are required to reach subpopulations with high smoking rates. This study reports on an evaluation of the Smoking Care intervention-a 2-year organisational capacity building strategy--for social and community service organisations (SCSOs) to provide smoking care to clients. DESIGN A...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： O'Brien J,Bonevski B,Salmon A,Oakes W,Goodger B,Soewido D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:There has been a global increase in the availability and use of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) over the last decade. Phenibut (β-phenyl-γ-aminobutyric acid) is a GABAB agonist that is used as an NPS. Here, we bring together published scientific and grey information sources to further understa...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Owen DR,Wood DM,Archer JR,Dargan PI

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Petrol sniffing is a major form of substance misuse in Aboriginal communities across Australia. This practice has detrimental effects on the health and wellbeing of individual sniffers, their families, communities and wider society. There are few examples of programmes that have successfully stopped petrol sniffing. T...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Preuss K,Brown JN

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:The last Soviet anti-alcohol campaign of 1985 resulted in considerably reduced alcohol consumption and saved thousands of lives. But once the campaign's policies were abandoned and the Soviet alcohol monopoly broken up, a steep rise in mortality was observed in many of the newly formed successor countries, altho...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Neufeld M,Bobrova A,Davletov K,Štelemėkas M,Stoppel R,Ferreira-Borges C,Breda J,Rehm J

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Binge drinking is a major public health issue in Australia, particularly among young people. There has been a considerable focus on alcohol advertising, among both researchers and policy makers, resulting in efforts to bring about some level of regulation of unacceptable advertising practices. How...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Jones SC,Lynch M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2-week period in January 1990 consecutive adult emergency attenders were breathalysed and screened for problem drinking using the WHO screening instrument. Results were compared with a similar study conducted 8 years previously. Of the patients tested, 12.5% had a positive alcohol in 1990 compared with 16% in 1...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Robinson GM,Leslie H,Robinson BJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to determine patterns of use of medical services and prescriptions for pharmaceuticals among 438 heroin users interviewed for the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) at baseline, 12 and 24 months. Drug use declined markedly, and there were significant improvements in health. There were declines i...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Darke S,Havard A,Ross J,Williamson A,Mills KL,Teesson M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:This study describes levels and predictors of community attitudes towards alcohol, support for structural alterations to the drinking context, and intention to increase participation in community sports clubs. DESIGN AND METHODS:Cross-sectional data were obtained from the VicHealth Community Atti...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Tobin CL,Fitzgerald JL,Livingstone C,Thomson L,Harper TA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:To study (i) whether the children of substance-abusing mothers are hospitalised because of injury or illness more often than other children; (ii) how often these children are placed out of home; and (iii) how the type of substance used by the mother affects her children. DESIGN AND METHODS:This w...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Raitasalo K,Holmila M,Autti-Rämö I,Notkola IL,Tapanainen H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic alcoholism results in thiamine deficiency as a result of poor nutrition and impaired gastrointestinal absorption of the vitamin. Pyrithiamine-induced thiamine deficiency in the rat reproduces a neurological syndrome and ultimately neuropathological damage of a nature and distribution that is similar to that en...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Butterworth RF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public support for the regulation of alcohol is central to government policies aimed at reducing consumption. This study uses a nationally representative population survey conducted in 1993 (n = 3500) to examine public support for 11 separate policies designed to reduce alcohol consumption. The results show that the r...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： McAllister I

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision to drink and drive may involve the subjective process of weighing the perceived risks of adverse consequences of the behaviour against perceived utility components. Deterrence theory proposes that an individual will refrain from drink-driving if the perceived chances of experiencing negative outcomes asso...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Albery IP,Guppy A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:Etizolam is a thienodiazepine derivative, with high affinity for the benzodiazepine site of GABAA receptors. It is often referred to as a new (or novel) psychoactive substance, a 'designer' benzodiazepine or a 'street benzodiazepine'. Increasing reports of non-medical use, identification of etizolam as an ingred...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Nielsen S,McAuley A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Indicators suggest an escalation in opioid use globally, with recent HIV outbreaks linked to non-medical pharmaceutical opioid (NMPO) use. Little is known about how young Australians engage in NMPO use. DESIGN AND METHODS:During 2015, we conducted qualitative interviews with young people (16-29 y...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dertadian GC,Dixon TC,Iversen J,Maher L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of zopiclone misuse in clients attending a methadone maintenance programme in Dublin through detection of its degradation product, 2-amino-5-chloropyridine (ACP) on urinalysis is outlined. Urine samples from all 158 clients were tested for the presence of ACP, opiates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, alcohol ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bannan N,Rooney S,O'connor J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issues involved in teaching about drug and alcohol issues in medical schools incorporate a wide range of concerns. Any attempt to raise the proficiency of doctors in dealing with drug and alcohol problems must begin during their basic training, and impart the skills to continue learning after graduation. The princ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Webster IW

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:Health-care systems globally are moving away from process measures of performance to payments for outcomes achieved. It follows that there is a need for a selection of proven quality tools that are suitable for undertaking comprehensive assessments and outcomes assessments. This review aimed to identify and eval...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Sweetman J,Raistrick D,Mdege ND,Crosby H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here on illicit drug production, trafficking and transit routes found in the Asia Pacific region. The report is based on the 'Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in Asia and the Pacific', commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs Asia Pacific Drug Issues Committee. The si...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Reid G,Devaney ML,Baldwin S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Once involved in the criminal justice system, people who inject drugs (PWID) have a high probability of multiple system encounters. Imprisonment typically fails to rehabilitate PWID, who upon return to the community are at considerable risk of returning to injecting drug use (IDU) and poor health ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Winter RJ,Stoové M,Agius PA,Hellard ME,Kinner SA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:To study rates of 3-month retention in a drug treatment therapeutic community and the characteristics of residents who remain in treatment. DESIGN AND METHODS:A total of 200 consecutive admissions to a therapeutic community in Christchurch, New Zealand received a structured interview and question...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Mulder RT,Frampton CM,Peka H,Hampton G,Marsters T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The extent to which alcohol consumption in Canada was affected by alcohol prohibition in the early 20th century remains unclear. Since there is a dearth of data on consumption during this time, we estimated the effect of alcohol prohibition on alcohol consumption, as measured by changes in liver c...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Chrystoja BR,Rehm J,Crépault JF,Shield K

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:Serious educational games (SEG) have been shown to be effective in educating young people about a range of topics, including languages and maths. This paper identifies the use of computerised SEGs in education about alcohol and other drugs and reviews their impact on the prevention of alcohol and drug use. APPR...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Rodriguez DM,Teesson M,Newton NC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00