Alcohol, casemix and hospitals: an opportunity?

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：:The value of craving as a construct in the substance use disorders literature stems from its purported ability to predict actual alcohol or psychoactive drug consumption. Empirical reports of craving's relationship to actual use, however, are quite mixed. It is argued that craving's relationship to use variables such ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Tracy JI

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：: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: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: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：:Two major global problems face mankind in the forthcoming decades. The rapidly increasing populations, especially in developing countries, are already causing social and economic strain in many areas, and the escalating demand for energy at both the individual and collective levels are matters requiring serious global...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Spencer J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the prevalence and predictors of smoking by pregnant women attending a public antenatal clinic. The prevalence of smoking in this population (n = 2577) was found to be 38.0% (95% CI 36.1-39.9%). A review of previous research investigating variables associated with smoking in pregnancy indicated tha...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Walsh RA,Redman S,Brinsmead MW,Fryer JL

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：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：: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: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：:Drug and alcohol agencies across Australia were asked to describe the services they offer to opiate users. Of the 284 agencies identified as providing treatment, 229 (81%) responded. A standard assessment procedure was used in 72% of agencies. Eighty (35%) agencies offered detoxification and had assisted 7883 clients ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Baillie AJ,Webster P,Mattick RP

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：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：:During April to November 1986 and May to October 1987, a systematic survey of patterns of use of alcohol, kava, tobacco and analgesics by Northern Territory Aboriginal people aged 15 years and older was conducted. The objectives of the study were to ascertain the prevalence of drug use, the frequency of drug use and t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Fleming J,Watson C,McDonald D,Alexander K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic, drug use and criminal correlates of risky drug practices were examined among 279 detained youth in NSW Juvenile Justice Centres. Binge drinking was common, with 63% reporting the consumption of at least five drinks in a row in the 2 weeks prior to incarceration. It was associated with being older, being f...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hando J,Howard J,Zibert E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The Australian Treatment Outcomes Profile (ATOP) is a brief clinical tool measuring recent substance use, health and wellbeing among clients attending alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services. It has previously been assessed for concurrent validity and inter-rater reliability. In this study...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Deacon RM,Mammen K,Holmes J,Dunlop A,Bruno R,Mills L,Graham R,Lintzeris N

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：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:Findings in the literature show mixed support for adolescent self-medication. Following recent reformulations of the self-medication hypothesis, we tested within-person effects of daily fluctuations in sadness and worry on daily substance use, and explored the moderating role of the peer context on self-me...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Shadur JM,Hussong AM,Haroon M

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:The family plays a key part in both preventing and intervening with substance use and misuse, both through inducing risk, and/or encouraging and promoting protection and resilience. This review examines a number of family processes and structures that have been associated with young people commencing substance use and...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Velleman RD,Templeton LJ,Copello AG

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For new students, university can be a wonderland of opportunity. But the first few weeks of the university experience are also typified by change, stress and uncertainty. From a health promotion perspective, the first few weeks of the university experience present an important yet understudied opportunity for alcohol ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Riordan BC,Carey KB

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The rate and correlates of infant death in those born to opioid-dependent women are unclear. This study aims to determine the infant mortality rate of infants born to women on a methadone program during pregnancy and to identify any modifiable risk factors. DESIGN AND METHODS:A retrospective stud...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Burns L,Conroy E,Mattick RP

更新日期：2010-09-01 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: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：:Police Services in a number of Australian states have indicated random roadside drug testing will be implemented to target drug driving. This paper outlines research conducted to provide an estimate of the prevalence of drug driving in a sample of Queensland drivers. Oral fluid samples were collected from 781 drivers ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Davey J,Leal N,Freeman J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:As South Africa, especially the Western Cape Province, faces an epidemic of methamphetamine use disorder, therapeutic approaches suited to the South African context are needed. This secondary analysis assessed retention and methamphetamine abstinence outcomes in response to an 8-week pilot conting...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Okafor CN,Stein DJ,Dannatt L,Ipser J,van Nunen LJ,Lake MT,Krishnamurti T,London ED,Shoptaw S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:As alcohol use has decreased among Finnish adolescents, we aim to assess: (i) time trends in alcohol use, heavy episodic drinking (HED) and potential explanatory variables among adolescents; (ii) the relationship between trends of explanatory variables and trends in alcohol use and HED; and (iii) ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Raitasalo K,Simonen J,Tigerstedt C,Mäkelä P,Tapanainen H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00