Patients receiving a prescription for diamorphine (heroin) in the United Kingdom.

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:To examine heavy episodic drinking across demographic subgroups to identify where heavy episodic drinking is socially located in an Australian state. DESIGN AND METHODS:Cross-sectional survey, 2483 adult Victorians using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing. Two measures of heavy drinking wer...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Matthews S,Dietze P,Room R,Chikritzhs T,Jolley D

更新日期：2013-03-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Gambling research is characterised by widespread gambling industry involvement. It is likely (as with alcohol and tobacco industry influence) that this will delay or divert effective harm prevention or minimisation measures. Gambling harms are known to be significant and widespread. Effective acti...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Livingstone C

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Increasing quantities of pharmaceutical drugs are used non-medically around the world, including in Australia, resulting in rising harms. This study examines the role of health practitioners (HP) in diversion and the circumstances surrounding their misconduct in Australia. DESIGN AND METHODS:Trib...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hulme S,Hughes CE,Nielsen S

更新日期：2019-05-01 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:This study identifies the correlates of caring for harmful drinkers and others, and examines how caring for that person impacts on respondents' well-being and use of services. DESIGN AND METHODS:The study utilises the data from the 2008 Australian Alcohol Harm to Others Survey (n = 2649), in whic...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Jiang H,Callinan S,Laslett AM,Room R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Studies link socio-economic deprivation to alcohol consumption in adolescents, but the role of relative deprivation has been understudied and may be equally important. This study investigates the association between relative deprivation and episodes of drunkenness among adolescents in France and C...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Sentenac M,Ehlinger V,Napoletano A,Spilka S,Gariepy G,Godeau E,Elgar FJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the results of 10 years of research on the relationship between injecting drug use and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The two main transmission modes of HIV among injecting drug users (IDU)-parenteral drug use and sexual behaviour-are examined in detail, as well as the efficacy of attemp...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Darke S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate relationships between adolescent cannabis use and indices of parent - child attachment, family functioning and parent attitudes to drugs and delinquency. A total of 2848 year 9 and 2363 year 11 students participated in the Victorian Adolescent Health and Well-Being Survey...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Olsson CA,Coffey C,Toumbourou JW,Bond L,Thomas L,Patton G

更新日期：2003-06-01 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 study investigated the nature and content of alcohol brand websites in the UK. DESIGN AND METHODS:The research involved an audit of the websites of the 10 leading alcohol brands by sales in the UK across four categories: lager, spirits, Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages and cider/perry. Each site...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Gordon R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic alcoholism results in thiamine deficiency as a result of poor nutrition and impaired gastrointestinal absorption of the vitamin. Pyrithiamine-induced thiamine deficiency in the rat reproduces a neurological syndrome and ultimately neuropathological damage of a nature and distribution that is similar to that en...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Butterworth RF

更新日期：1993-01-01 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: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：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:To maximise the benefits of direct acting antivirals in Australia, innovative options for marginalised populations to receive daily or weekly medication may be beneficial. This study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of direct acting antivirals provision by leveraging an opioid agonist t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Chronister KJ,Lothian R,Gilliver R,Kearley J,Read P

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：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

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：ISSUES:There is controversy regarding the extent to which alcohol plays a causal role in sexual assault perpetration. APPROACH:This paper critically reviews the relevant alcohol administration and survey research literature. KEY FINDINGS:Alcohol administration researchers have randomly assigned male participants to d...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Abbey A

更新日期：2011-09-01 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: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：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：: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：:Recently, there has been increased recognition of the importance of drug information systems (DIS), highlighting the need for an internationally coordinated approach to data collection and advocating the regular assessment of a range of areas. Accurate information provides policy makers with the evidence to evaluate c...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Shand F,Topp L,Darke S,Makkai T,Griffiths P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The non-medical use of prescription drugs, such as anxiolytics and hypnotics, has become a growing public health problem in Thailand. The objective of this study was to examine the patterns of non-medical use of these drugs, using data from a nationally representative sample of Thais interviewed i...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Assanangkornchai S,Sam-Angsri N,Rerngpongpan S,Edwards JG

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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