Changes in the use of medical services and prescription drugs among heroin users over two years.

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：: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：: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:To determine whether recreational methamphetamine use is associated with an increased risk of psychotic symptoms. DESIGN AND METHOD:A cross-sectional survey of 157 people attending dance events in Sydney, Australia. Participants were assessed for psychotic symptoms in the past year using items fr...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： McKetin R,Hickey K,Devlin K,Lawrence K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Drug induced QT prolongation occurs in patients with substance use disorders from prescription medications that prolong the QT, such as methadone. Knowing the prevalence of QT prolongation in this population is important for prescribers. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of QT prolong...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Scott AJ,Dunlop AJ,Brown A,Sadler C,Isbister GK

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Non-prescribed use of pharmaceutical opioid analgesics (POA) has been escalating internationally. In Australia, few studies have examined if POA users have similar characteristics and treatment needs to heroin users. The aim of this study was to compare those presenting for treatment where heroin ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Nielsen S,Bruno R,Lintzeris N,Fischer J,Carruthers S,Stoové M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The harm from alcohol and tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries includes substantial economic cost to the individual. Our aim was to describe the expenditure on concurrent alcohol and tobacco use in relation to family income in two districts in Sri Lanka. DESIGN AND METHODS:A community-...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： de Silva V,Samarasinghe D,Hanwella R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Although alcohol is often used in an attempt to alleviate negative affect, alcohol oftentimes exacerbates depressive symptoms. Therefore the relationship between alcohol and affect, and the role of motives for drinking remain unclear. The present study hypothesised that placebo alcohol would blunt...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bailey RC,Baillie AJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIM:This study, which builds on previous research demonstrating that drinking motives are associated with adverse consequences, investigates the associations between drinking motives and non-alcohol-attributed adverse consequences and disentangles alcohol-related and direct effects. DESIGN AND METHOD:...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Wicki M,Kuntsche E,Eichenberger Y,Aasvee K,Bendtsen P,Dankulincová Veselská Z,Demetrovics Z,Dzielska A,Farkas J,de Matos MG,Roberts C,Tynjälä J,Välimaa R,Vieno A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurvedic Research Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is applying the traditional medical practices of Ayurveda and acupuncture to the management of withdrawal from heroin. This is part of a wider research effort into the application of Ayurveda in contemporary systems of health care. The detox...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： McDonald D

更新日期：1990-01-01 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:Several European countries have observed an increase in the proportion of adolescents that abstain from drinking alcohol in the last decade. The reasons for this trend remain underexplored. We hypothesised that more generous government expenditures on health services and benefits to families with ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Vieno A,Altoè G,Kuntsche E,Elgar FJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Binge drinking is a major public health issue in Australia, particularly among young people. There has been a considerable focus on alcohol advertising, among both researchers and policy makers, resulting in efforts to bring about some level of regulation of unacceptable advertising practices. How...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Jones SC,Lynch M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:This study investigated the extent to which parental monitoring and parental disapproval of alcohol use account for the association between country of birth and adolescent alcohol use. DESIGN AND METHODS:The sample consisted of 10 273 adolescents from grades 7 (Mean age = 12.5 years), 9 (14.5 yea...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Chan GC,Kelly AB,Connor JP,Hall WD,Young RM,Williams JW

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The rate of alcohol-related emergency department (ED) presentations in young people has increased dramatically in recent decades. Injuries are the most common type of youth alcohol-related ED presentation, yet little is known about these injuries in young people. This paper describes the character...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hides L,Limbong J,Vallmuur K,Barker R,Daglish M,Young RM

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:Policy makers have repeatedly placed emphasis on the role of primary care in screening for at-risk alcohol consumption and delivering public health messages to the general population. Research has pointed to primary care staff holding negative attitudes towards alcohol misusing patients. Training has traditionally bee...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Deehan A,McCambridge J,Ball DM,Strang J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Syringe distribution policies continue to be debated in many jurisdictions throughout the USA. The Baltimore Needle and Syringe Exchange Program (NSP) operated under a 1-for-1 syringe exchange policy from its inception in 1994 through 1999, when it implemented a restrictive policy (2000-2004) that...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Sherman SG,Patel SA,Ramachandran DV,Galai N,Chaulk P,Serio-Chapman C,Gindi RM

更新日期：2015-11-01 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: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：: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：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：:Opioid-related overdose deaths among African Americans have only recently received national attention despite evidence of increase in death rates among this population spanning the past decade. Numerous authors have highlighted how the 'opioid epidemic' has largely been portrayed as a problem mostly affecting White Am...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Stevens-Watkins D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:A significant level of misreport or error occurs during questionnaire-based assessment of smoking behaviour. Failure to measure environmental tobacco smoke, and participant's inclination to under-report their smoking raise questions as to the accuracy of assessment. In order to establish an estima...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Gilligan C,Sanson-Fisher R,Eades S,Wenitong M,Panaretto K,D'Este C

更新日期：2010-01-01 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:Alcohol consumption increases the risk of several types of cancer, including several common cancers. As part of their corporate social responsibility activities, the alcohol industry (AI) disseminates information about alcohol and cancer. We examined the information on this which the AI disseminat...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Petticrew M,Maani Hessari N,Knai C,Weiderpass E

更新日期：2018-03-01 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: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:Prescription drug misuse and related harms have been increasing considerably over the past decade. At the same time, there has also been rapid growth in the use of online and Internet technologies. Thus, it is important that we understand the role online and Internet technologies play in prescript...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Nielsen S,Barratt MJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Despite advances towards integration of care for women with co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), low abstinence rates following SUD/PTSD treatment remain the norm. The utility of investigating distinct substance use trajectories is a critical innovat...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： López-Castro T,Hu MC,Papini S,Ruglass LM,Hien DA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00