Anxiolytic and hypnotic drug misuse in Thailand: findings from a national household survey.

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Previous studies have suggested that methadone is associated with prolonged corrected-QT (QTc) interval, but published prospective research studies in this area are relatively scarce. This study investigates QTc interval change among methadone maintenance patients and possible associated risk fact...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Lin NC,Huang CL,Chen CY,Lin TY,Wang HY,Lu YH,Chen LM,Chen VC,Gossop M

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：:The use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs entails considerable burden of disease: in 2000, about 4% of the global burden as measured in disability adjusted life years was attributable to each alcohol and tobacco, and 0.8% to illicit drugs. The burden of alcohol in the above statistic was calculated as net burden, ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Rehm J,Taylor B,Room R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:This study describes levels and predictors of community attitudes towards alcohol, support for structural alterations to the drinking context, and intention to increase participation in community sports clubs. DESIGN AND METHODS:Cross-sectional data were obtained from the VicHealth Community Atti...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Tobin CL,Fitzgerald JL,Livingstone C,Thomson L,Harper TA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Existing research points to a link between socioeconomic factors, alcohol consumption and harms, while another body of work documents the importance of varying motivations to drink in shaping alcohol behaviours. Yet, little is currently known about the extent to which alcohol consumption may be differentia...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Heim D,Monk RL,Qureshi AW

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This article amplifies the decision to subtitle the INEBRIA2009 Conference 'Breaking New Ground'. The effectiveness of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for hazardous and harmful drinking is now well-established for primary health care and is promising for other medical settings. In addition, significant advances...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Heather N

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The extent to which alcohol consumption in Canada was affected by alcohol prohibition in the early 20th century remains unclear. Since there is a dearth of data on consumption during this time, we estimated the effect of alcohol prohibition on alcohol consumption, as measured by changes in liver c...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Chrystoja BR,Rehm J,Crépault JF,Shield K

更新日期：2020-09-01 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:Stepped-care has been recommended in the alcohol and other drug field and adopted in a number of service settings, but few research projects have examined this approach. This article aims to describe a pilot trial of stepped-care methods in the treatment of methamphetamine use and depression comor...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Kay-Lambkin FJ,Baker AL,McKetin R,Lee N

更新日期：2010-09-01 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: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:This study aimed to compare current and ex-smokers' sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics, use of cessation aids and abrupt versus gradual quitting approaches. DESIGN AND METHODS:A cross-sectional survey of financially disadvantaged adults attending a community service organisation wa...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Twyman L,Bonevski B,Paul C,Bryant J,West R,Siahpush M,D'este C,Oldmeadow C,Palazzi K

更新日期：2018-02-01 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:Dual diagnosis (DD, co-occurrence of substance use and mental health problems) prevalence data in England are limited to specific regions and reported rates vary widely. Reliable information on actual service provision for dual diagnosis clients has not been collated. Thus a national survey was carried out...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Schulte SJ,Meier PS,Stirling J,Berry M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We outline and evaluate competing explanations of three relationships that have consistently been found between cannabis use and the use of other illicit drugs, namely, (1) that cannabis use typically precedes the use of other illicit drugs; and that (2) the earlier cannabis is used, and (3) the more regularly it is u...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hall WD,Lynskey M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approaches to the prevention of alcohol problems among Aboriginal people in Australia have tended to emphasize primary and tertiary prevention, while neglecting secondary prevention or early intervention. In contrast, members of the wider Australian community can now access a variety of early interventions through gen...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Brady M,Dawe S,Richmond R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Cognitive impairment is a common feature of individuals with substance-use disorders. However, research tends to exclude highly complex clinical cases, limiting the generalisability of findings for 'real-world' populations. The objective of this study was to examine the complexities associated wit...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Gooden JR,Cox CA,Petersen V,Curtis A,Manning V,Lubman DI

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：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:There is a concern that cannabis use is an important barrier to reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking. We investigate the associations of cannabis use and tobacco smoking and quitting in two large national samples. DESIGN AND METHODS:The 2012-2013 National Aboriginal and Torres S...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Thomas DP,Davey ME,Panaretto KS,van der Sterren AE

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：: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:To investigate the association between smokeless tobacco consumption (STC) during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth. DESIGN AND METHODS:We conducted a population-based case-control study of 253 cases and 759 randomly selected control women in Madaripur, Bangladesh. We conducted a survey of two rur...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hossain MS,Kypri K,Rahman B,Milton AH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:The last Soviet anti-alcohol campaign of 1985 resulted in considerably reduced alcohol consumption and saved thousands of lives. But once the campaign's policies were abandoned and the Soviet alcohol monopoly broken up, a steep rise in mortality was observed in many of the newly formed successor countries, altho...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Neufeld M,Bobrova A,Davletov K,Štelemėkas M,Stoppel R,Ferreira-Borges C,Breda J,Rehm J

更新日期：2020-11-05 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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Research on alcohol-related harm has predominantly focused on harm suffered by the drinker and priority has been given to health-related harms. In comparison, studies on alcohol's harms to others than the drinker are scarce. This study sought to examine the human sufferings from other people's dri...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Huhtanen P,Tigerstedt C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the centrality of drug treatment to the drug court framework, the proliferation of drug courts in the United States, and their emergence more recently in Australia, it is surprising that such little attention has been given to assessing their therapeutic effect. This evaluation aimed to assess the health and wel...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Freeman K

更新日期：2003-12-01 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:Methamphetamine use is increasing in North America and is associated with numerous negative health effects and social harms. As drug-related harms are often gendered, this study sought to examine the differential impacts of gender on the trends, risk factors and health implications of crystal methamphetami...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bach P,Hayashi K,Milloy MJ,Nosova E,Kerr T,Wood E,Fairbairn N

更新日期：2020-11-01 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