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：: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:There is a strong association between alcohol and offending behaviour and 25% of police time involves alcohol-related incidents. This pilot study aimed to investigate the feasibility of delivering alcohol screening and brief intervention (ASBI) to individuals arrested for offences linked to drinki...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Brown N,Newbury-Birch D,McGovern R,Phinn E,Kaner E

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：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：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：ISSUES:This contribution aims to examine systematically the evidence on the impact of the quality of unrecorded alcohol products on health consequences. APPROACH:Systematic computer assisted review of the literature. KEY FINDINGS:There are a number of pathways related to alcohol quality that may lead to acute or chro...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Rehm J,Kanteres F,Lachenmeier DW

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：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：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：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: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：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Pseudoephedrine is a precursor often diverted into the illegal manufacture of amphetamine type substances (ATS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a linked electronic medication recording system (LEMS) established in Australian pharmacies in 2005 for preventing the diversi...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Berbatis CG,Sunderland VB,Dhaliwal SS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:At present there is little research into the use of drug detection dogs. The present study sought to explore the use of detection dogs in Sydney, Australia, utilising multiple data sources. DESIGN AND METHODS; Data were taken from interviews with 100 regular ecstasy users and 20 key experts as par...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dunn M,Degenhardt L

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Dentists and dental hygienists are in a unique position to motivate and assist their patients to quit smoking and using smokeless tobacco, and there is ample evidence that they can be effective. Tobacco plays a major role in the development and treatment of many oral diseases, and the repeated nat...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Gordon JS,Albert DA,Crews KM,Fried J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:To study rates of 3-month retention in a drug treatment therapeutic community and the characteristics of residents who remain in treatment. DESIGN AND METHODS:A total of 200 consecutive admissions to a therapeutic community in Christchurch, New Zealand received a structured interview and question...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Mulder RT,Frampton CM,Peka H,Hampton G,Marsters T

更新日期：2009-07-01 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: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: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:A consumer satisfaction survey was conducted among clients receiving methadone or buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence. The survey aimed to assess client perceptions across a number of treatment domains, including the clinic environment, service provision, clinical relationships, medicati...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Madden A,Lea T,Bath N,Winstock AR

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Despite optimistic predictions when nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) was switched to over-the-counter (OTC) availability, population surveys have failed to demonstrate a positive impact on long-term smoking cessation. This review examined the strength of the evidence from randomised trials and comparison group studi...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Walsh RA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report patterns of use of ready to drinks (RTDs) and to assess if RTD consumers have heavier drinking patterns. RTDs were introduced in 1995. METHOD:Data from a general population sample of 7201 respondents aged 14-65 years, in New Zealand in 2004, were modelled. RESULTS:Nineteen per cent of respondents consum...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Huckle T,Sweetsur P,Moyes S,Casswell S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe temporal trends in methamphetamine use among young injection drug users (IDU) in San Francisco. DESIGN AND METHODS:Secondary analysis of cross-sectional baseline data collected for a longitudinal study of young IDU from 1998 to 2004. Participants were 1445 young IDU (<30 years old) who reported inject...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Inglez-Dias A,Hahn JA,Lum PJ,Evans J,Davidson P,Page-Shafer K

更新日期：2008-05-01 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:In the past decade, methamphetamine has become increasingly a drug of concern globally. The purpose of this study is to describe the changing trends in treatment admissions for methamphetamine abuse in Cape Town, South Africa and to highlight the implications of these changes for policy, practice ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Plüddemann A,Myers BJ,Parry CD

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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: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：:Increasingly, it seems, legal and political debates regarding the granting of new liquor licences are turning to the issue of whether the number and density of alcohol outlets makes a difference in rates of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm. But what is the state of the evidence on this question? In this Ha...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Livingston M,Chikritzhs T,Room R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite evidence for their effectiveness, harm reduction services such as needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) are highly vulnerable to perceptions of community disapproval. This paper reviews Australian research on community attitudes to harm reduction services and its impact on research, policy and practice. The lit...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Treloar C,Fraser S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:Increased access for smokers to pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation suggests that pharmacists have a potential role in influencing how these pharmacotherapies are used in the community. This study aimed to identify the extent and type of advice provided by pharmacists to customers purchasing n...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Paul CL,Tzelepis F,Walsh RA,Turner R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Police Services in a number of Australian states have indicated random roadside drug testing will be implemented to target drug driving. This paper outlines research conducted to provide an estimate of the prevalence of drug driving in a sample of Queensland drivers. Oral fluid samples were collected from 781 drivers ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Davey J,Leal N,Freeman J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to determine patterns of use of medical services and prescriptions for pharmaceuticals among 438 heroin users interviewed for the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) at baseline, 12 and 24 months. Drug use declined markedly, and there were significant improvements in health. There were declines i...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Darke S,Havard A,Ross J,Williamson A,Mills KL,Teesson M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As with other addictions, human alcoholism is characterised as a chronically relapsing condition. Consequently, the therapeutic goal is the development of clinically effective, safe drugs that promote high adherence rates and prevent relapse. These products can then be used in conjunction with psychosocial approaches....

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Lawrence AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Regular and systematic monitoring of drug markets provides the basis for evidence-based policy. In Australia, trends in ecstasy and related drug (ERD) markets have been monitored in selected jurisdictions since 2000 and nationally since 2003, by the Party Drugs Initiative (PDI). The PDI maximises the validity of concl...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Kinner SA,Degenhardt L

更新日期：2006-09-01 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