The monitoring of drug trends in Australia.

abstract：:The School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP) aimed to reduce alcohol-related harm by enhancing students' abilities to identify and deal with high-risk drinking situations and issues. The SHAHRP study involved a quasi-experimental research design, incorporating intervention and control groups and measu...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： McBride N,Farringdon F,Midford R,Meuleners L,Phillips M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to present a description and preliminary findings of a 12-month trial of a Local Court diversion programme, called MERIT for Magistrates' Early Referral into Treatment. The aim of MERIT is to divert eligible drug offenders to treatment and rehabilitation services. A total of 172 offenders ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Reilly D,Scantleton J,Didcott P

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:Older adolescence represents a critical period of brain development whereby the prefrontal cortex, responsible for higher level thinking and emotional regulation, is under construction. During this period, the brain is wired to underestimate risk and overestimate pleasure, which primes young people towards risky, plea...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Debenham J,Newton N,Birrell L,Askovic M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The aims of this study were to examine the roles of parental permissiveness toward alcohol use and affiliation with alcohol-using peers in alcohol use in youths from various ethnic backgrounds, and whether the role of peers was moderated by parental permissiveness. In addition, differences in thes...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Creemers HE,Spanakis P,Delforterie MJ,Huizink AC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to provide updated estimates of alcohol-caused mortality rates in Australia between 1990 and 1997, making adjustments for changes in the prevalence of high-risk alcohol use estimated on the basis of per capita alcohol consumption (PCAC). Deaths wholly and partially attributable to high-ris...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Heale P,Chikritzhs T,Jonas H,Stockwell T,Dietze P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Perceptions of peer alcohol use have a strong influence on college students' personal alcohol consumption. Common strategies for measuring students' perceptions of peer alcohol use rely on global student body questions (e.g. 'typical' student use), which overlook the true social contexts of colleg...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Russell AM,Barry AE,Patterson MS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently publicized cases of child abuse and neglect ahve highlighted the complexity of interaction between professionals in the alcohol and drug field and those in the child welfare field. Despite exhortations to practitioners in both fields to see their clients from a "family-centred perspective", a range of psychol...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Scott DA,Campbell LM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Novel ways of accessing and engaging smokers who are socially and economically disadvantaged may help reduce socioeconomic disparities in smoking rates. This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of integrating smoking cessation support into usual care at a social and community service ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bryant J,Bonevski B,Paul C,Hull P,O'Brien J

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Windows of opportunity for changing drug laws open infrequently and they often close without legislative change being affected. In this paper the author, who has been intimately involved in the process, describes how evidence-based recommendations to 'decriminalize' cannabis have recently been progressed through publi...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Lenton S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Cannabis use rates in Australia have declined since 2001. No research to date has examined possible reasons, despite evident policy interest in understanding such a positive public health outcome. In a 'first pass' examination, five possible reasons are explored: (i) attitudinal shifts regarding t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Ritter A,Sotade O

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Dentists and dental hygienists are in a unique position to motivate and assist their patients to quit smoking and using smokeless tobacco, and there is ample evidence that they can be effective. Tobacco plays a major role in the development and treatment of many oral diseases, and the repeated nat...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Gordon JS,Albert DA,Crews KM,Fried J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This presentation draws on recent New Zealand and international research to examine a number of questions about the possible public health impact of policy which allows alcohol to be advertised on the broadcast media. The relevant public health questions include: the contribution of alcohol advertising to aggregate le...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Casswell S

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:This study investigated the characteristics associated with smoking during pregnancy. A total of 7836 pregnant women were surveyed between 1992 and 1999 in England. Of these 27% were smoking during pregnancy. Pregnant women were more likely to smoke if they were less educated, living in rented accommodation, in unskil...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Penn G,Owen L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine whether methadone maintenance treatment reduces injecting risk behaviour (and therefore transmission of blood-borne viral infections) among prisoners in New South Wales (NSW), using comparison of retrospective reports of drug use in prisons for people who received standard drug...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dolan KA,Wodak AD,Hall WD

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Australia, the impact of unemployment on adolescent smoking behaviour continues to present a major public health problem. Traditional prevention programmes in both primary and secondary schools appear to be achieving a delay in the onset of smoking. However, smoking rates of young people who are unemployed are unac...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Stanton WR,Gillespie AM,Lowe JB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review was to review research addressing the relationship between population drinking and health, particularly mortality. The review is based primarily on articles published in international journals after 1994 to February 2005, identified via Medline. The method used in most studies is time-series ana...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Norström T,Ramstedt M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Emerging research suggests that the sub-population of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) users who experience physical appearance concerns may suffer greater psychological dysfunction than other sub-populations, including users with athletic or occupational concerns. Thus, among current AAS users, ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Griffiths S,Jacka B,Degenhardt L,Murray SB,Larance B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance misuse is common in early psychosis, and impacts negatively on outcomes. Little is known about effective interventions for this population. We report a pilot study of brief intervention for substance misuse in early psychosis (Start Over and Survive: SOS), comparing it with Standard Care (SC). Twenty-five in...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Kavanagh DJ,Young R,White A,Saunders JB,Wallis J,Shockley N,Jenner L,Clair A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aboriginal males and females aged 15 years and over were recruited from patients attending community-controlled health services in Perth and Carnarvon, Western Australia. Questions were asked about present and past use of alcohol. Rates of abstinence and drinking cessation were greater than in the general population. ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Blignault I,Ryder C

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIM:This study, which builds on previous research demonstrating that drinking motives are associated with adverse consequences, investigates the associations between drinking motives and non-alcohol-attributed adverse consequences and disentangles alcohol-related and direct effects. DESIGN AND METHOD:...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Wicki M,Kuntsche E,Eichenberger Y,Aasvee K,Bendtsen P,Dankulincová Veselská Z,Demetrovics Z,Dzielska A,Farkas J,de Matos MG,Roberts C,Tynjälä J,Välimaa R,Vieno A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:Today's teenagers have been described as a sober generation and we asked: 'What is known about the recent decline in youth drinking?' APPROACH:A literature review (2005-2017). KEY FINDINGS:Research from wealthier parts of the world provides solid evidence of less alcohol use by youth since the millennium shift...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Pape H,Rossow I,Brunborg GS

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The study aimed to ascertain the association between baseline client characteristics, drug use and psychopathology on length of stay, treatment completion and early separation in drug free therapeutic communities. DESIGN AND METHODS:Prospective longitudinal follow up of 191 treatment admissions t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Darke S,Campbell G,Popple G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are a putative cause of stroke with high abuse potential. We aim to systematically review the association between use of ATS and stroke. DESIGN AND METHODS:To assure a sensitive search strategy, a broad definition of ATS was used. Cochrane Plus, EMBASE, IBECS/Lil...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Indave BI,Sordo L,Bravo MJ,Sarasa-Renedo A,Fernández-Balbuena S,De la Fuente L,Sonego M,Barrio G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of death globally, yet it is entirely preventable. Tobacco smoking typically begins in adolescence, and thus efforts to intervene early are vital. Personality has been identified as a risk factor for smoking in adolescence. The current study aimed to examin...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Kelly EV,Grummitt L,Teesson M,Newton NC

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internet can provide wide access to online smoking cessation programmes developed by highly qualified professionals. Compared with one-to-one counselling in smoking cessation clinics or on telephone quitlines, the mass-level dissemination of automatised, individualised counselling on the internet is comparable to ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Etter JF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid-related overdose deaths among African Americans have only recently received national attention despite evidence of increase in death rates among this population spanning the past decade. Numerous authors have highlighted how the 'opioid epidemic' has largely been portrayed as a problem mostly affecting White Am...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Stevens-Watkins D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-centred tobacco management approaches tobacco smoking as a chronic disease and can be offered to all smokers irrespective of their attitude to quitting. Maintaining a long-term relationship with smokers enables the adoption of flexible solutions and shared goals. It is argued that patient-centred tobacco manag...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Gould GS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00