Health and well-being outcomes for drug-dependent offenders on the NSW Drug Court programme.

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Increased access for smokers to pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation suggests that pharmacists have a potential role in influencing how these pharmacotherapies are used in the community. This study aimed to identify the extent and type of advice provided by pharmacists to customers purchasing n...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Paul CL,Tzelepis F,Walsh RA,Turner R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined narrative/meta-analytic review of the results of a number of well-conducted randomized controlled clinical trials indicates that there is no evidence that usual treatment delivered in an in-patient or residential setting is superior to treatment delivered on an out-patient or non-residential basis for the t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Mattick RP,Jarvis T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:We investigate the relationship between outlet density (of different types) and violence (as measured by police activity) across the North Island of New Zealand, specifically looking at whether the relationships vary spatially. DESIGN AND METHODS:We use New Zealand data at the census area unit (a...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Cameron MP,Cochrane W,Gordon C,Livingston M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Take-home naloxone (THN) programs commenced in Australia in 2012 in the Australian Capital Territory and programs now operate in five Australian jurisdictions. The purpose of this paper is to record the progress of THN programs in Australia, to provide a resource for others wanting to start THN pr...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dwyer R,Olsen A,Fowlie C,Gough C,van Beek I,Jauncey M,Lintzeris N,Oh G,Dicka J,Fry CL,Hayllar J,Lenton S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the processes by which people give up dependent heroin use are useful in helping services evaluate their treatment practices and in informing drug policy debates. In this exploratory investigation, a diverse group of 18 Canberra-based ex-users was interviewed about stopping, the role of treatment and their ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bammer G,Weekes S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approaches to the prevention of alcohol problems among Aboriginal people in Australia have tended to emphasize primary and tertiary prevention, while neglecting secondary prevention or early intervention. In contrast, members of the wider Australian community can now access a variety of early interventions through gen...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Brady M,Dawe S,Richmond R

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The high prevalence of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among clients of alcohol and other drug (AOD) services is well documented. Less is known, however, about the impact this has on workers who assess and treat such clients. The aim of this study was to examine the preva...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Ewer PL,Teesson M,Sannibale C,Roche A,Mills KL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Alcohol rapidly reduces thiamine among alcohol-dependent individuals. Poor diet and alcohol's impact on absorption, storage, activation and excretion of thiamine are thought to be the mechanisms. Previous literature identifies magnesium as an important cofactor in thiamine utilisation, which might...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dingwall KM,Delima JF,Gent D,Batey RG

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With naltrexone registered only recently in Australia in 1999, it is important to examine the rate of uptake of naltrexone treatment, early attrition and retention rates during treatment, in order to inform the way naltrexone is used in Australian practice. Of 317 people screened for the study, 97 participants were re...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Tucker T,Ritter A,Maher C,Jackson H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs entails considerable burden of disease: in 2000, about 4% of the global burden as measured in disability adjusted life years was attributable to each alcohol and tobacco, and 0.8% to illicit drugs. The burden of alcohol in the above statistic was calculated as net burden, ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Rehm J,Taylor B,Room R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:At present there is little research into the use of drug detection dogs. The present study sought to explore the use of detection dogs in Sydney, Australia, utilising multiple data sources. DESIGN AND METHODS; Data were taken from interviews with 100 regular ecstasy users and 20 key experts as par...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dunn M,Degenhardt L

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Gender differences have been reported in adult substance users, but little research has examined gender differences in adolescents presenting to treatment services. This study aimed to explore gender differences in adolescents presenting to a withdrawal service. DESIGN AND METHODS:All presentatio...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dean AJ,McBride M,Macdonald EM,Connolly Y,McDermott BM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As with other addictions, human alcoholism is characterised as a chronically relapsing condition. Consequently, the therapeutic goal is the development of clinically effective, safe drugs that promote high adherence rates and prevent relapse. These products can then be used in conjunction with psychosocial approaches....

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Lawrence AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Comprehensively investigating alcohol-related behaviours in the context of a dynamic multi-day alcohol-licensed event is important for understanding and minimising patron risk. We aimed to assess the measurement utility of implementing a multi-dimensional alcohol assessment battery using biometric...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Norman T,Peacock A,Ferguson SG,Kuntsche E,Bruno R

更新日期：2020-11-10 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：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:Cognitive impairment is a common feature of individuals with substance-use disorders. However, research tends to exclude highly complex clinical cases, limiting the generalisability of findings for 'real-world' populations. The objective of this study was to examine the complexities associated wit...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Gooden JR,Cox CA,Petersen V,Curtis A,Manning V,Lubman DI

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Little is known about adolescents' perspectives of young drug users, especially in the Chinese context. This study aimed to develop a scale to measure Chinese youth attitudes toward young drug users. DESIGN AND METHODS:Initially, a total of 26 non-at-risk and at-risk adolescents (15 male and 11 f...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Chui WH,Chan HC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The opioid-related behaviours in treatment (ORBIT) scale are a measure of recent indicators of potential extra-medical opioid use. Indicators of potential extra-medical opioid use are divergent practices among people prescribed opioids that may place them at risk of harm. This study aimed to exami...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Santo T Jr,Larance B,Bruno R,Gisev N,Nielsen S,Degenhardt L,Campbell G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report patterns of use of ready to drinks (RTDs) and to assess if RTD consumers have heavier drinking patterns. RTDs were introduced in 1995. METHOD:Data from a general population sample of 7201 respondents aged 14-65 years, in New Zealand in 2004, were modelled. RESULTS:Nineteen per cent of respondents consum...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Huckle T,Sweetsur P,Moyes S,Casswell S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years drug education has come under scrutiny. Research has found that drug education is having minimal impact. Questions have been raised as to the appropriateness of theories underpinning drug education programmes as well as the aims and purpose of programmes. As such, there is a call for new approaches. Th...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Mallick J,Watts M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:There is a growing interest in measuring alcohol's harms to people other than the drinker themselves. 'Children of alcoholics' and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder have received widespread attention. Less is known about how children are affected by post-natal exposure to parental drinking other th...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Rossow I,Felix L,Keating P,McCambridge J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Anecdotal reports suggest that high rates of cannabis use and dependence are significant issues in Indigenous communities in north Queensland; however, there is little scientific evidence to support or refute this. The Cape York Cannabis Project seeks to investigate cannabis use rates, cannabis de...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bohanna I,Clough AR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The province of Saskatchewan, Canada introduced minimum prices graded by alcohol strength in April 2010. As previous research found this intervention significantly decreased alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable morbidity, we aim to test the association between the intervention and the rate...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Sherk A,Stockwell T,Callaghan RC

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：: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：:The United Kingdom is unusual internationally in that it is one of few countries able to prescribe diamorphine for the treatment of opiate dependence. Prescribing diamorphine has been part of the UK response to drug problems since the 1920s. Despite this, little is known about who receives diamorphine and how treatmen...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Metrebian N,Carnwath Z,Mott J,Carnwath T,Stimson GV,Sell L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:This contribution aims to examine systematically the evidence on the impact of the quality of unrecorded alcohol products on health consequences. APPROACH:Systematic computer assisted review of the literature. KEY FINDINGS:There are a number of pathways related to alcohol quality that may lead to acute or chro...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Rehm J,Kanteres F,Lachenmeier DW

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00