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：: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：: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：:The internet can provide wide access to online smoking cessation programmes developed by highly qualified professionals. Compared with one-to-one counselling in smoking cessation clinics or on telephone quitlines, the mass-level dissemination of automatised, individualised counselling on the internet is comparable to ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Etter JF

更新日期：2006-01-01 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

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：:It appears that the literature on agonist maintenance therapies for opioid dependence pays more attention to outcomes during, rather than after, treatment. This review aims to (a) estimate to what extent opioid abstinence can be expected from former maintenance patients, (b) examine possible relationships between pati...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Kornør H,Waal H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family plays a key part in both preventing and intervening with substance use and misuse, both through inducing risk, and/or encouraging and promoting protection and resilience. This review examines a number of family processes and structures that have been associated with young people commencing substance use and...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Velleman RD,Templeton LJ,Copello AG

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:General practitioners (GPs) are in a unique position to detect and manage patients with co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders (dual diagnosis). It has been estimated that over 30% of patients presenting to general practice have a diagnosable mental disorder and 12% have dual diagnosis. Unfortunately, bet...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Marshall KL,Deane FP

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Substance misuse is common in early psychosis, and impacts negatively on outcomes. Little is known about effective interventions for this population. We report a pilot study of brief intervention for substance misuse in early psychosis (Start Over and Survive: SOS), comparing it with Standard Care (SC). Twenty-five in...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Kavanagh DJ,Young R,White A,Saunders JB,Wallis J,Shockley N,Jenner L,Clair A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Windows of opportunity for changing drug laws open infrequently and they often close without legislative change being affected. In this paper the author, who has been intimately involved in the process, describes how evidence-based recommendations to 'decriminalize' cannabis have recently been progressed through publi...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Lenton S

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：: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：: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：:In May 2002 Buprenorphine (Subutex) was listed on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule for treatment in opioid dependence. In addition to broadening treatment options, buprenorphine has the advantage of an improved safety profile. The risk of overdose is lessened but other risks remain due to diversion. Fre...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Feeney GF,Fairweather P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate relationships between adolescent cannabis use and indices of parent - child attachment, family functioning and parent attitudes to drugs and delinquency. A total of 2848 year 9 and 2363 year 11 students participated in the Victorian Adolescent Health and Well-Being Survey...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Olsson CA,Coffey C,Toumbourou JW,Bond L,Thomas L,Patton G

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:In response to the rising concerns about the rate of heroin-related fatalities, overdose prevention campaigns, run by both users' organizations and government agencies, have been implemented in a number of states across Australia. In Western Australia (WA) in mid-1997, various overdose prevention initiatives were impl...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hargreaves K,Lenton S,Phillips M,Swensen G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to present a description and preliminary findings of a 12-month trial of a Local Court diversion programme, called MERIT for Magistrates' Early Referral into Treatment. The aim of MERIT is to divert eligible drug offenders to treatment and rehabilitation services. A total of 172 offenders ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Reilly D,Scantleton J,Didcott P

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：: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：:The purpose of the study was to provide updated estimates of alcohol-caused mortality rates in Australia between 1990 and 1997, making adjustments for changes in the prevalence of high-risk alcohol use estimated on the basis of per capita alcohol consumption (PCAC). Deaths wholly and partially attributable to high-ris...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Heale P,Chikritzhs T,Jonas H,Stockwell T,Dietze P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the characteristics associated with smoking during pregnancy. A total of 7836 pregnant women were surveyed between 1992 and 1999 in England. Of these 27% were smoking during pregnancy. Pregnant women were more likely to smoke if they were less educated, living in rented accommodation, in unskil...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Penn G,Owen L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine patterns and yearly trends in alcohol-related hospitalization rates during the period 1987/88-1995/96 for men and women living in metropolitan and rural/remote Victoria. Alcohol-related hospitalizations were extracted from the Victorian Inpatient Minimum Dataset (VMD) for the...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hanlin K,Jonas H,Laslett AM,Dietze P,Rumbold G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews evidence on two hypotheses about the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis. The first hypothesis is that heavy cannabis use may cause a "cannabis psychosis"-a psychosis that would not occur in the absence of cannabis use, the symptoms of which are preceded by heavy cannabis use and remit a...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hall W

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine whether methadone maintenance treatment reduces injecting risk behaviour (and therefore transmission of blood-borne viral infections) among prisoners in New South Wales (NSW), using comparison of retrospective reports of drug use in prisons for people who received standard drug...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Dolan KA,Wodak AD,Hall WD

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Demographic, drug use and criminal correlates of risky drug practices were examined among 279 detained youth in NSW Juvenile Justice Centres. Binge drinking was common, with 63% reporting the consumption of at least five drinks in a row in the 2 weeks prior to incarceration. It was associated with being older, being f...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Hando J,Howard J,Zibert E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the prevalence and predictors of smoking by pregnant women attending a public antenatal clinic. The prevalence of smoking in this population (n = 2577) was found to be 38.0% (95% CI 36.1-39.9%). A review of previous research investigating variables associated with smoking in pregnancy indicated tha...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Walsh RA,Redman S,Brinsmead MW,Fryer JL

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients in hospitals who experience alcohol-related problems is high, and the provision of intervention for these patients is a significant public health measure. The current move towards casemix funding of acute hospital services provides an opportunity for the development of such programmes. Modificat...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Ryder D

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Studies of the processes by which people give up dependent heroin use are useful in helping services evaluate their treatment practices and in informing drug policy debates. In this exploratory investigation, a diverse group of 18 Canberra-based ex-users was interviewed about stopping, the role of treatment and their ...

journal_title：Drug and alcohol review

authors： Bammer G,Weekes S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00