Pot, politics and the press--reflections on cannabis law reform in Western Australia.

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Problematic drinking and executive functioning deficits are two known risk factors for intimate partner aggression (IPA). However, executive functioning is a multifaceted construct, and it is not clear whether deficits in specific components of executive functioning are differentially associated w...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Parrott DJ,Swartout KM,Eckhardt CI,Subramani OS

更新日期：2017-01-01 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: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：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：: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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Acute harm from heavy drinking episodes is an increasing focus of public health policy, but capturing timely data on acute harms in the population is challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the precision of readily available administrative emergency department (ED) data in public health surveill...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Whitlam G,Dinh M,Rodgers C,Muscatello DJ,McGuire R,Ryan T,Thackway S

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:The toxicology of homicide offenders and victims, and homicide as a cause of death among psychoactive substance users. APPROACH:Review of the toxicology of homicide, and homicide as a cause of death among psychoactive substance users. KEY FINDINGS:A half or more of offenders are intoxicated by a psychoactive s...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Darke S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Few studies have investigated the relationship of barroom aggression with both general and barroom-specific alcohol expectancies. The present study investigated these associations in a rarely studied and high-risk population: construction tradespeople. DESIGN AND METHODS:Male construction tradesp...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Zinkiewicz L,Smith G,Burn M,Litherland S,Wells S,Graham K,Miller P

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：ISSUE:The prevalence of smoking among prisoners is exceptionally high and is often comorbid with alcohol and drug problems, mental illness and other health problems. This review paper summarises the literature and available research related to smoking prevalence and smoking cessation initiatives among prisoners and ide...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Richmond RL,Butler TG,Indig D,Wilhelm KA,Archer VA,Wodak AD

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Harms from intimate partners' (IP) drinking range from frustration because the partner has not performed their role to assault. AIM:To describe the prevalence and persistence of alcohol-related harms to IPs and assess which respondents are more likely to report discontinuation of this harm. DESIGN AND ME...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Laslett AM,Jiang H,Room R

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：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：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

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Alcohol use has consistently been associated with smoking among nondaily smokers. However, this may not be an inevitable relationship that extends across all drinking sessions and/or all nondaily smokers. Recently, distinct subgroups of nondaily smokers have been identified, with one subgroup main...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Campbell ML,Bozec LJ,McGrath D,Barrett SP

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Smoking rates are three times as high for pregnant Indigenous women relative to non-Indigenous women, in Australia. This paper describes Indigenous women's self-reported antenatal smoking behaviour and compares knowledge and attitudes of those who: (i) smoke and don't smoke during pregnancy; and (...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Passey ME,D'Este CA,Stirling JM,Sanson-Fisher RW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Methamphetamine use leads to increased likelihood of premature death. The authors investigated the causes of death and risk of mortality in a large cohort of patients with methamphetamine dependence. DESIGN AND METHODS:A cohort of 1254 subjects with methamphetamine dependence, admitted to a psych...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Kuo CJ,Liao YT,Chen WJ,Tsai SY,Lin SK,Chen CC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Pseudoephedrine is a precursor often diverted into the illegal manufacture of amphetamine type substances (ATS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a linked electronic medication recording system (LEMS) established in Australian pharmacies in 2005 for preventing the diversi...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Berbatis CG,Sunderland VB,Dhaliwal SS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite evidence for their effectiveness, harm reduction services such as needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) are highly vulnerable to perceptions of community disapproval. This paper reviews Australian research on community attitudes to harm reduction services and its impact on research, policy and practice. The lit...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Treloar C,Fraser S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The starting place for this essay is Knupfer and Room's insight that more restrictive norms around drinking and intoxication tend to be selectively applied to the economically dependent segments of society, such as women. However, since these authors wrote in 1964, women in the US and many other societies around the g...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Schmidt LA

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Local and regional policymakers, care providers and prevention workers involved in addiction and addiction care need timely and reliable information. As few data on substance use are available at a local or regional level, an integrated local or regional monitoring system for alcohol and drugs (MAD) was developed. The...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： van de Mheen H,Toet J,Knibbe RA,Garretsen HF,Spruit IP,van den Berg M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite optimistic predictions when nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) was switched to over-the-counter (OTC) availability, population surveys have failed to demonstrate a positive impact on long-term smoking cessation. This review examined the strength of the evidence from randomised trials and comparison group studi...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Walsh RA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Insight is a multi-dimensional construct that predicts treatment outcomes of people with mental illness. Research into insight in substance dependent populations is limited and measures of cognitive insight have not been validated for this population. DESIGN AND METHODS:A cross sectional survey w...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Raftery D,Kelly PJ,Deane FP,Mcketin R,Baker AL,Turner A,Dean OM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Tobacco smoking prevalence in opioid addiction patients is approximately six times that of the general population, highlighting the need for novel interventions. A pilot/feasibility study was conducted to investigate whether a contingency management (CM) intervention could be added to UK standard ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Ainscough TS,Brose LS,Strang J,McNeill A

更新日期：2020-11-24 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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are becoming popular and may be a potential harm reduction and quit smoking aid for people who use other drugs. Data on e-cigarette use and perceptions among people who use drugs is limited. The current study examines tobacco smoking status, use and attitudes t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Skelton E,Silberberg L,Guillaumier A,Dunlop AJ,Wilkinson RB,Bonevski B

更新日期：2020-01-01 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 central theme of the National Drug Strategy is "building partnerships". In the education and training arena, intersectoral partnerships are important to increase the skill and knowledge base of generic professionals. However, partnerships are neither simple nor straightforward endeavours. While this paper argues t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Wilkinson C,Browne M,Dwyer P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:This paper explores excessive appetites, addiction and rehabilitation as described in the autobiographies, memoirs and diaries of rock artists. DESIGN AND METHODS:The data collection focused on autobiographical rock books written in English by internationally recognised rock artists before 2011. ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Oksanen A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00