Characterisation of presentations to a community-based specialist addiction neuropsychology service: Cognitive profiles, diagnoses and comorbidities.

abstract：:Petrol sniffing is a major form of substance misuse in Aboriginal communities across Australia. This practice has detrimental effects on the health and wellbeing of individual sniffers, their families, communities and wider society. There are few examples of programmes that have successfully stopped petrol sniffing. T...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Preuss K,Brown JN

更新日期：2006-05-01 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

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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Clerks and servers at alcohol establishments often fail to verify age. Using mystery shoppers to provide performance feedback is one approach to improving age verification. Few controlled studies have evaluated mystery shop interventions. This paper reports on a cluster randomised cross-over trial...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Grube JW,DeJong W,DeJong M,Lipperman-Kreda S,Krevor BS

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:We report here on illicit drug production, trafficking and transit routes found in the Asia Pacific region. The report is based on the 'Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in Asia and the Pacific', commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs Asia Pacific Drug Issues Committee. The si...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Reid G,Devaney ML,Baldwin S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of Internet-based interventions (IBI) for alcohol problems and other addictive behaviours. However, it is risky to assume interventions that have been found to work in face-to-face modalities can be translated into IBI that are equally effe...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Cunningham JA,Van Mierlo T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Indicators suggest an escalation in opioid use globally, with recent HIV outbreaks linked to non-medical pharmaceutical opioid (NMPO) use. Little is known about how young Australians engage in NMPO use. DESIGN AND METHODS:During 2015, we conducted qualitative interviews with young people (16-29 y...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dertadian GC,Dixon TC,Iversen J,Maher L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:While much research has sought to identify the factors associated with initiation and cessation of various forms of drug use among vulnerable youth, little is known about relapse into drug use in this population. We sought to characterise relapse into stimulant and opioid use among street-involved...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Goldman-Hasbun J,Nosova E,Kerr T,Wood E,DeBeck K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Novel ways of accessing and engaging smokers who are socially and economically disadvantaged may help reduce socioeconomic disparities in smoking rates. This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of integrating smoking cessation support into usual care at a social and community service ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bryant J,Bonevski B,Paul C,Hull P,O'Brien J

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:In this Harm Reduction Digest two observers and scholars of the 2001 Portuguese drug policy reform consider divergent accounts of the reform which viewed it as a 'resounding success' or a 'disastrous failure'. Acknowledging from their own experience the inherent difficulties in studying drug law reform, Caitlin Hughes...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hughes CE,Stevens A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The development of policies in relation to unsupervised doses of methadone (take-away doses) should be based upon the best available evidence. There are both risks and benefits associated with take-away doses. This study aimed to explore the relationship between take-away policies and one measure of harm: methadone in...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Ritter A,Di Natale R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Despite increasing HIV prevalence in cities along the Mexico--US border, HIV testing among high-risk populations remains low. We sought to identify barriers associated with HIV testing among injection drug users (IDUs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, the two largest Mexican border cities located acr...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Moyer LB,Brouwer KC,Brodine SK,Ramos R,Lozada R,Cruz MF,Magis-Rodriguez C,Strathdee SA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Take-home naloxone (THN) programs commenced in Australia in 2012 in the Australian Capital Territory and programs now operate in five Australian jurisdictions. The purpose of this paper is to record the progress of THN programs in Australia, to provide a resource for others wanting to start THN pr...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dwyer R,Olsen A,Fowlie C,Gough C,van Beek I,Jauncey M,Lintzeris N,Oh G,Dicka J,Fry CL,Hayllar J,Lenton S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：ISSUES:The randomised control trial (RCT) is a widely used tool for measuring the effectiveness of health treatments and services. However, subject recruitment is an ongoing challenge for those conducting RCTs and may have a serious impact on the success of the study and the reliability of the outcomes. APPROACH:In th...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Thomson CL,Morley KC,Teesson M,Sannibale C,Haber PS

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:To examine the extent to which hotel patrons drink in excess of current health recommendations, and to identify risk factors for excessive drinking, hotel patrons were invited to participate in a survey of social drinking, which included a free breath test. Patrons were approached at 15 min. intervals, and 1000 subjec...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： McLean S,Wood LJ,Davidson J,Montgomery IM,Jones ME

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advancing ideas pioneered in the United States of America, Australian medical reformers and their lay supporters persuaded colonial governments in the late nineteenth century to recognize that alcohol dependence was a treatable disease. In practice, that recognition was only partial. While inebriates legislation was e...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Lewis MJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：: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 AND AIMS:Information available to consumers about nicotine vaping products varies according to the regulatory environment. A common information source in Australia, where nicotine vaping products are highly regulated, is advice from vapers. The aim of this study was to report on what advice current vapers ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Morphett K,Weier M,Borland R,Yong HH,Gartner C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The high prevalence of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among clients of alcohol and other drug (AOD) services is well documented. Less is known, however, about the impact this has on workers who assess and treat such clients. The aim of this study was to examine the preva...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Ewer PL,Teesson M,Sannibale C,Roche A,Mills KL

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Local and regional policymakers, care providers and prevention workers involved in addiction and addiction care need timely and reliable information. As few data on substance use are available at a local or regional level, an integrated local or regional monitoring system for alcohol and drugs (MAD) was developed. The...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： van de Mheen H,Toet J,Knibbe RA,Garretsen HF,Spruit IP,van den Berg M

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：: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：:The School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP) aimed to reduce alcohol-related harm by enhancing students' abilities to identify and deal with high-risk drinking situations and issues. The SHAHRP study involved a quasi-experimental research design, incorporating intervention and control groups and measu...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： McBride N,Farringdon F,Midford R,Meuleners L,Phillips M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined narrative/meta-analytic review of the results of a number of well-conducted randomized controlled clinical trials indicates that there is no evidence that usual treatment delivered in an in-patient or residential setting is superior to treatment delivered on an out-patient or non-residential basis for the t...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Mattick RP,Jarvis T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00