Opioid substitution therapy clients' preferences for targeted versus general primary health-care outlets.

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：: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：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：: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：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:We aimed to evaluate and compare the effect of different intravenous doses of naloxone on reinforcing effect of intravenous buprenorphine (2 mg) in patients stabilised on sublingual buprenorphine. DESIGN AND METHODS:This is a double-blind, within-subject, randomised, crossover study. Opioid-depen...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dhagudu NK,Ambekar A,Agrawal A,Rao R,Mishra AK,Jain R,Singh S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public support for the regulation of alcohol is central to government policies aimed at reducing consumption. This study uses a nationally representative population survey conducted in 1993 (n = 3500) to examine public support for 11 separate policies designed to reduce alcohol consumption. The results show that the r...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： McAllister I

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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：:The central theme of the National Drug Strategy is "building partnerships". In the education and training arena, intersectoral partnerships are important to increase the skill and knowledge base of generic professionals. However, partnerships are neither simple nor straightforward endeavours. While this paper argues t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Wilkinson C,Browne M,Dwyer P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Insight is a multi-dimensional construct that predicts treatment outcomes of people with mental illness. Research into insight in substance dependent populations is limited and measures of cognitive insight have not been validated for this population. DESIGN AND METHODS:A cross sectional survey w...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Raftery D,Kelly PJ,Deane FP,Mcketin R,Baker AL,Turner A,Dean OM

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：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：: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：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：: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：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: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：: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

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:To examine relationships between perceived neighbourhood cohesion and alcohol, tobacco and cannabis consumption in New Zealand. DESIGN AND METHODS:A two-level random intercept regression model was used to examine the extent to which perception of neighbourhood cohesion (at the individual and area...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Lin EY,Witten K,Casswell S,You RQ

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：: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：ISSUES:Health-care systems globally are moving away from process measures of performance to payments for outcomes achieved. It follows that there is a need for a selection of proven quality tools that are suitable for undertaking comprehensive assessments and outcomes assessments. This review aimed to identify and eval...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Sweetman J,Raistrick D,Mdege ND,Crosby H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The aim of the study was to investigate the acceptability of methadone-naloxone through interviews with potential consumers and treatment providers about their attitudes and beliefs about combining methadone with naloxone. DESIGN AND METHODS:Qualitative study with structured surveys and individua...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Shearer J,Mammen K,Bell J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision to drink and drive may involve the subjective process of weighing the perceived risks of adverse consequences of the behaviour against perceived utility components. Deterrence theory proposes that an individual will refrain from drink-driving if the perceived chances of experiencing negative outcomes asso...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Albery IP,Guppy A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Kingdom is unusual internationally in that it is one of few countries able to prescribe diamorphine for the treatment of opiate dependence. Prescribing diamorphine has been part of the UK response to drug problems since the 1920s. Despite this, little is known about who receives diamorphine and how treatmen...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Metrebian N,Carnwath Z,Mott J,Carnwath T,Stimson GV,Sell L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Cigarette smoking occurs frequently among individuals with methamphetamine (MA) dependence. Preclinical and clinical evidence has suggested that the common co-abuse of MA and cigarettes represents a pharmacologically meaningful pattern. METHODS:The present study is a secondary analysis of a rando...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Brensilver M,Heinzerling KG,Swanson AN,Telesca D,Furst BA,Shoptaw SJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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