Reviewing the needs of unemployed youth in smoking intervention programmes.

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:Impulsivity may be a risk factor that increases vulnerability to nicotine dependence. However, nicotine exposure itself may directly increase impulsivity. This is a secondary analysis of the first study in a controlled laboratory setting, which assessed the effects of nicotine administration (acut...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Martinez S,Jones JD,Vadhan NP,Brandt L,Comer SD,Bisaga A

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers agree that while hepatitis B maybe in control, hepatitis C is present in epidemic proportions among injecting drug users and that current HIV prevention strategies have not been sufficient to halt the spread of this hepatitis virus, although there is some evidence to suggest that incidence rates are stabil...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Carruthers SJ,Loxley WM,Phillips M,Bevan JS

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Smoking is a major cause of preventable illness for Indigenous peoples. As most regular smoking is established during adolescence when other substances are often first used, effective tobacco prevention requires an understanding of the patterns of related substance use for Indigenous youth. DESIG...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Heris C,Guerin N,Thomas D,Chamberlain C,Eades S,White VM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this Harm Reduction Digest two observers and scholars of the 2001 Portuguese drug policy reform consider divergent accounts of the reform which viewed it as a 'resounding success' or a 'disastrous failure'. Acknowledging from their own experience the inherent difficulties in studying drug law reform, Caitlin Hughes...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hughes CE,Stevens A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Despite evidence of high rates of smoking among prisoners, there has been limited research that describes smoking patterns and risk factors associated with smoking in this group. This study describes inmate smokers and identifies factors associated with smoking in prison, using a survey comprising a cross-sectional ra...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Belcher JM,Butler T,Richmond RL,Wodak AD,Wilhelm K

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:This paper reports on the evaluation of the implementation of the National Recommendations for the Clinical Management of Alcohol-Related Problems in Indigenous Primary Care Settings undertaken in 2001 through 74 standardized workshops, which sought to determine: (1) whether this approach to implementation influenced ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hunter E,Brown J,McCulloch B

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：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:Synthetic cannabinoid dependence and withdrawal are not well described in the literature. We aimed to report on the characteristics and treatment course of clients attending a detoxification service for support with synthetic cannabinoid withdrawal in Auckland, New Zealand. DESIGN AND METHODS:A r...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Macfarlane V,Christie G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Despite increasing HIV prevalence in cities along the Mexico--US border, HIV testing among high-risk populations remains low. We sought to identify barriers associated with HIV testing among injection drug users (IDUs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, the two largest Mexican border cities located acr...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Moyer LB,Brouwer KC,Brodine SK,Ramos R,Lozada R,Cruz MF,Magis-Rodriguez C,Strathdee SA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:In the past 40 years, per capita consumption has increased dramatically in Finland. We study the core changes in drinking culture over this period by age and sex. DESIGN AND METHODS:We used data from the Finnish Drinking Habit Surveys carried out every 8 years in 1968-2008 (n = 16385, response ra...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Mäkelä P,Tigerstedt C,Mustonen H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 2002 Buprenorphine (Subutex) was listed on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule for treatment in opioid dependence. In addition to broadening treatment options, buprenorphine has the advantage of an improved safety profile. The risk of overdose is lessened but other risks remain due to diversion. Fre...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Feeney GF,Fairweather P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:This study was designed to examine the relationship between alcohol dependence and general practitioner (GP) service attendance in Australia. DESIGN AND METHODS:Data were analysed from the 1997 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. In this survey, a representative sample of t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Proudfoot H,Teesson M

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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：: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:Over the past two decades, alcohol consumption of Icelandic adolescents has decreased dramatically. The aim of this study was to quantify the extent of this reduction and compare it with the trend in cannabis use over a 20 year period and to identify possible explanations. METHODS:We used data from the Ic...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Arnarsson A,Kristofersson GK,Bjarnason T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scholarship indicates that gender norms influence drinking behaviours, yet the consequences of this for health professionals and health promotion remains neglected. To address this gap, we discuss the implications of gender and alcohol consumption for Australian health promotion and practice. We convey how a more inte...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Merlino A,Clifford S,Smith JA

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews evidence on two hypotheses about the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis. The first hypothesis is that heavy cannabis use may cause a "cannabis psychosis"-a psychosis that would not occur in the absence of cannabis use, the symptoms of which are preceded by heavy cannabis use and remit a...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hall W

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：: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：: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: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: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:Research has linked exposure to the drinking of one's partner or spouse and changes in alcohol-related behaviours. However, there is a dearth of studies which consider only cohabiting relationships. More couples are preferring to cohabit prior to and in place of marriage. As a result, studies focu...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Leggat G,Livingston M,Kuntsche E,Kuntsche S,Callinan S

更新日期：2020-01-01 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