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Drug use and risk behaviour among regular ecstasy users: Does sexuality make a difference?Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Cult Health Sex 7:599-614. 2005....
The persistence of the association between adolescent cannabis use and common mental disorders into young adulthoodLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 108:124-33. 2013..Most reports have focused on associations in adolescence, with few studies extending into adulthood. We examine the association from adolescence until the age of 29 years in a representative prospective cohort of young Australians...
The association between delusional-like experiences, and tobacco, alcohol or cannabis use: a nationwide population-based surveySukanta Saha
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD 4076, Australia
BMC Psychiatry 11:202. 2011..The aim of the study was to explore the association between DLE and three commonly used substances--tobacco, alcohol and cannabis...
The impact of changes to heroin supply on blood-borne virus notifications and injecting related harms in New South Wales, AustraliaCarolyn Day
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales Level 2, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
BMC Public Health 5:84. 2005....- Identification and quantification of change in Australian illicit drug marketsStuart Gilmour
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
BMC Public Health 6:200. 2006..This paper aims to investigate the presence of these epidemic patterns, to quantify the scale over which they occur and to estimate the relative importance of the 'heroin shortage' and any epidemic patterns in the drug markets... - Posttraumatic stress disorder among female street-based sex workers in the greater Sydney area, AustraliaAmanda Roxburgh
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Psychiatry 6:24. 2006..It also investigates associations between current PTSD symptoms and: demographic characteristics, psychiatric comorbidity, injecting and sex risk behaviours, and trauma history... - Using intervention time series analyses to assess the effects of imperfectly identifiable natural events: a general method and exampleStuart Gilmour
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 6:16. 2006..ITSA methods are quasi-experimental in nature and the validity of modelling with these methods depends upon assumptions about the timing of the intervention and the response of the process to it... - The predictors and consequences of adolescent amphetamine use: findings from the Victoria Adolescent Health Cohort StudyLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Addiction 102:1076-84. 2007..However, little is known about the predictors and effects of early-onset amphetamine use. We set out to examine these issues using a representative cohort of young people followed-up over 11 years in Victoria, Australia... - Epidemiological patterns of extra-medical drug use in the United States: evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, 2001-2003Louisa Degenhardt
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, B601 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 90:210-23. 2007..This paper describes such patterns based upon more recent data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)... - Hospital separations for cannabis- and methamphetamine-related psychotic episodes in AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 186:342-5. 2007..To examine trends in hospital separations related to "drug-induced" psychosis for cannabis and methamphetamine, in the context of patterns of cannabis and methamphetamine use in the Australian population... - The temporal dynamics of relationships between cannabis, psychosis and depression among young adults with psychotic disorders: findings from a 10-month prospective studyLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Psychol Med 37:927-34. 2007..The design was a prospective study of 101 patients with schizophrenia and related disorders who were assessed monthly over 10 months on medication compliance, cannabis and other drug use, symptoms of depression and symptoms of psychosis... - Who are the new amphetamine users? A 10-year prospective study of young AustraliansLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Addiction 102:1269-79. 2007..We examined these issues using a representative cohort of young people followed-up in Victoria, Australia... - Is cannabis use a contributory cause of psychosis?Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Can J Psychiatry 51:556-65. 2006..To assess whether cannabis use in adolescence and young adulthood is a contributory cause of schizophreniform psychosis in that it may precipitate psychosis in vulnerable individuals... - Trends in morphine prescriptions, illicit morphine use and associated harms among regular injecting drug users in AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, New South Wales
Drug Alcohol Rev 25:403-12. 2006..Further research is required to monitor and reduce morphine diversion and related harms by such polydrug injectors... - Extent of illicit drug use and dependence, and their contribution to the global burden of diseaseLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lancet 379:55-70. 2012..This need is especially urgent in high-income countries with substantial rates of illicit drug use and in low-income and middle-income countries close to illicit drug production areas... - Examining links between cocaine use and street-based sex work in New South Wales, AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
J Sex Res 43:107-14. 2006..Subsequent reductions in cocaine availability led to decreased cocaine use and possession offenses, along with reductions in prostitution offenses... - Using cohort studies to estimate mortality among injecting drug users that is not attributable to AIDSL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Sex Transm Infect 82:iii56-63. 2006..The current review provides estimates of the excess non-AIDS mortality among IDUs... - The "lessons" of the Australian "heroin shortage"Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 1:11. 2006..In this paper we summarise insights from four years' research into the causes, consequences and policy implications of the "heroin shortage"... - Are diagnostic orphans at risk of developing cannabis abuse or dependence? Four-year follow-up of young adult cannabis users not meeting diagnostic criteriaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 92:86-90. 2008..To examine the characteristics of "diagnostic orphans" among cannabis users - those who report one or two symptoms of DSM-IV dependence but do not meet diagnostic criteria for DSM-IV abuse or dependence - 4 years post-assessment... - The epidemiology of GHB and ketamine use in an Australian household surveyLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 19:311-6. 2008..This paper provides the first such Australian data on the patterns and correlates of GHB and ketamine use... - Assessment of cocaine and other drug dependence in the general population: "gated" versus "ungated" approachesLouisa Degenhardt
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, B601 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 93:227-32. 2008..There is a need for large-scale epidemiological surveys to be (a) faithful to diagnostic specifications and (b) constrain time and participant burden associated with each section of a possibly lengthy interview... - Mortality among cocaine users: a systematic review of cohort studiesLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 113:88-95. 2011..To conduct a systematic review of mortality among cohort studies of cocaine users... - Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: why individual, structural, and combination approaches are neededLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lancet 376:285-301. 2010..Although further evidence is needed on how to optimise combinations of interventions in different settings and epidemics, we know enough now about which actions are effective: the challenge is to deliver these well and to scale... - Outcomes of occasional cannabis use in adolescence: 10-year follow-up study in Victoria, AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 2052, NSW, Australia
Br J Psychiatry 196:290-5. 2010..Regular adolescent cannabis use predicts a range of later drug use and psychosocial problems. Little is known about whether occasional cannabis use carries similar risks... - Meth/amphetamine use and associated HIV: Implications for global policy and public healthLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 21:347-58. 2010..More active models of engagement with M/A users and provision of services that meet their specific needs are required... - Evaluating the drug use "gateway" theory using cross-national data: consistency and associations of the order of initiation of drug use among participants in the WHO World Mental Health SurveysLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 108:84-97. 2010..We compared patterns and order of initiation of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other illicit drug use across 17 countries with a wide range of drug use prevalence... - Is ecstasy a drug of dependence?Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 107:1-10. 2010..Further controlled studies are required to investigate this phenomenon... - Estimating the burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and mental disorders: what is 'Global Burden of Disease 2005' and why does it matter?Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 104:1466-71. 2009.... - Injection of medications used in opioid substitution treatment in Australia after the introduction of a mixed partial agonist-antagonist formulationLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 191:161-5. 2009..Comparison was made with injecting of two other opioid substitution treatment medications, methadone and buprenorphine (BPN); severe harms have been documented after injection of the latter... - Mortality among clients of a state-wide opioid pharmacotherapy program over 20 years: risk factors and lives savedLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 105:9-15. 2009..The current study examines reductions in mortality related to treatment in an entire treatment population... - Toward a global view of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine use: findings from the WHO World Mental Health SurveysLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
PLoS Med 5:e141. 2008..This paper describes such data from the first 17 countries participating in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative... - The adverse effects of cannabinoids: implications for use of medical marijuanaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
CMAJ 178:1685-6. 2008 - Australian heroin seizures and the causes of the 2001 heroin shortageLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 19:293-4; discussion 295-6. 2008 - Does the 'gateway' matter? Associations between the order of drug use initiation and the development of drug dependence in the National Comorbidity Study ReplicationL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Psychol Med 39:157-67. 2009..We have examined the role of pre-existing mental disorders and sociodemographics in explaining the predictive effects of violations using data from the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)... - The epidemiology of methamphetamine use and harm in AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, New South Wales
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:243-52. 2008..This paper provides data on methamphetamine use in Australia, and documents trends in methamphetamine-related harms... - The effects of the market withdrawal of temazepam gel capsules on benzodiazepine injecting in Sydney, AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:145-51. 2008..This study assessed the impact on benzodiazepine injection among IDU in Sydney of removing temazepam gel capsule preparations from the Australian market... - The management of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use problems by general practitioners in AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:499-506. 2005..More efforts need to be directed towards assisting GPs to identify and target problematic alcohol and tobacco use among their patients... - The effect of a reduction in heroin supply on fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in New South Wales, AustraliaLouisa J Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 182:20-3. 2005..To examine the impact of a sudden and dramatic decrease in heroin availability, concomitant with increases in price and decreases in purity, on fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in New South Wales, Australia... - Evaluating explanations of the Australian 'heroin shortage'Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia
Addiction 100:459-69. 2005..In this paper we outline and evaluate competing explanations for a heroin shortage that occurred in Australia during 2001 with an abrupt onset at the beginning of 2001... - The epidemiology of ecstasy use and harms in AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, N S W 2052, Australia
Neuropsychobiology 60:176-87. 2009..This paper examines the epidemiology of ecstasy use and harm in Australia using multiple data sources... - Cannabis and psychosisLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2502
Curr Psychiatry Rep 4:191-6. 2002.... - GHB use among Australians: characteristics, use patterns and associated harmLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 67:89-94. 2002..The high rate of problems reported by a group with limited use of this drug suggests that in a context of polydrug use, GHB use is associated with significant risks to users... - Patterns of ecstasy use in Australia: findings from a national household surveyLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 99:187-95. 2004..To examine the patterns, correlates and context of 'recent' (preceding 12 months) ecstasy use using data from a nationally representative sample of Australians interviewed in 2001... - 'Diagnostic orphans' among young adult cannabis users: persons who report dependence symptoms but do not meet diagnostic criteriaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 67:205-12. 2002..To examine the characteristics of 'diagnostic orphans' among cannabis users-those who report one or two symptoms of DSM-IV dependence but do not meet diagnostic criteria for DSM-IV abuse or dependence... - Testing hypotheses about the relationship between cannabis use and psychosisLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, NSW 2052, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 71:37-48. 2003..To model the impact of rising rates of cannabis use on the incidence and prevalence of psychosis under four hypotheses about the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis... - The prevalence and correlates of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) overdose among Australian usersLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSE 2052, Australia
Addiction 98:199-204. 2003..The aim of this study was to examine the correlates, context and risk perceptions regarding gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) overdose among a sample of recreational GHB users in Australia... - Was an increase in cocaine use among injecting drug users in New South Wales, Australia, accompanied by an increase in violent crime?Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 5:40. 2005..Specifically, the paper aims to examine the impact of increased cocaine use among Sydney IDU upon police incidents of robbery with a weapon, assault and homicide... - Age differentials in the impacts of reduced heroin: effects of a "heroin shortage" in NSW, AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 79:397-404. 2005..This paper uses a unique event, the Australian heroin shortage, to see whether an abrupt, substantial and sustained change in heroin supply had different effects on harms related to heroin use among younger and older heroin users... - Underlying causes of cocaine, amphetamine and opioid related deaths in AustraliaLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
J Clin Forensic Med 12:187-95. 2005..To examine the characteristics of deaths in Australia where opioids, cocaine or amphetamines were mentioned, taking into account changes in the use and availability of these drugs in recent years... - Recent trends in the use of "club drugs": an Australian reviewLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Subst Use Misuse 40:1241-56. 2005..This could be most easily achieved by the inclusion of MDMA, ketamine, and GHB in household surveys that are currently collected routinely in a number of countries... - Exploring the association between cannabis use and depressionLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 98:1493-504. 2003..To examine the evidence on the association between cannabis and depression and evaluate competing explanations of the association... - The impact of a reduction in drug supply on demand for and compliance with treatment for drug dependenceLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 79:129-35. 2005..Given the evidence of drug substitution by some users, the current paper also examines the effects of the shortage on entry to treatment for other forms of drug dependence... - The relationship between cannabis use and other substance use in the general populationL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 64:319-27. 2001..The high likelihood of other substance use and substance use disorders needs to be considered among persons seeking treatment for cannabis use problems... - Ambulance calls to suspected overdoses: New South Wales patterns July 1997 to June 1999L Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 25:447-50. 2001..Using data on New South Wales ambulance calls to suspected overdoses from July 1997 to June 1999 to: a) examine temporal and geographic trends in calls; and b) compare geographic patterns of fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose... - Cohort trends in the age of initiation of drug use in AustraliaL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 24:421-6. 2000..To examine birth cohort trends in the prevalence of use and the age of initiation of use of: alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, amphetamines, LSD, and heroin... - Prevalence of injecting drug use and associated risk behavior among regular ecstasy users in AustraliaBethany White
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 83:210-7. 2006..The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of injecting drug use and associated risk behaviour among a sentinel sample of ecstasy users... - Drug dependence and associated risks among female street-based sex workers in the greater Sydney area, AustraliaAmanda Roxburgh
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Subst Use Misuse 43:1202-17. 2008..This study examines drug use and dependence and associated risks among female street-based sex workers... - Alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use among Australians: a comparison of their associations with other drug use and use disorders, affective and anxiety disorders, and psychosisL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 96:1603-14. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: The use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis are associated with different patterns of co-morbidity in the general population... - Drug use and risk among regular injecting drug users in Australia: does age make a difference?Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:357-60. 2008..To examine age-related differences in drug use and risk among regular injecting drug users (IDU) in Australia... - The external validity of results derived from ecstasy users recruited using purposive sampling strategiesLibby Topp
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 73:33-40. 2004..These findings may partially offset concerns that purposive samples of ecstasy users are likely to remain a primary source of ecstasy-related information... - Alcohol- and drug-use disorders in Australia: implications of the National Survey of Mental Health and WellbeingM Teesson
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 34:206-13. 2000..This study reports the prevalence and correlates of ICD-10 alcohol- and drug-use disorders in the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (NSMHWB) and discusses their implications for treatment... - The relationship between cannabis use, depression and anxiety among Australian adults: findings from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-BeingL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 36:219-27. 2001..This study aimed to examine the patterns of association between cannabis use, and anxiety and affective disorders, in the general population... - Patterns of co-morbidity between alcohol use and other substance use in the Australian populationLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 22:7-13. 2003..Co-morbid substance use disorders (sedatives, stimulants or opioids) predicted a high likelihood of seeking treatment for a mental health problem among alcohol-dependent people... - The relationship between tobacco use, substance-use disorders and mental health: results from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-beingL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney 2052, Australia
Nicotine Tob Res 3:225-34. 2001..To examine comorbidity between tobacco use, substance-use disorders and mental health problems among Australian adults aged 18 years and over... - The association between psychosis and problematical drug use among Australian adults: findings from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-BeingL Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Psychol Med 31:659-68. 2001..Work is needed to develop effective treatment approaches for problematical substance use among persons with psychosis... - Substance use disorders in an Australian community surveyMaree Teesson
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 21:275-80. 2002..A third (33%) of those people with an alcohol use disorder and 42% of those with a drug use disorder had consulted a health professional in the past 12 months for their substance use disorder... - Estimating the costs of drug-related hospital separations in AustraliaSteven Riddell
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:156-61. 2008..To estimate the total hospital costs of drug-related separations in Australia from 1999/2000 to 2004/05, and separate costs for the following illicit drug classes: opioids, amphetamine, cannabis and cocaine... - Changes in the initiation of heroin use after a reduction in heroin supplyCarolyn Day
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 25:307-13. 2006..Efforts need to be made to reduce the chances that young people who have initiated methamphetamine injecting do not move to heroin injecting when the heroin supply returns... - Effects of a sustained heroin shortage in three Australian StatesLouisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Addiction 100:908-20. 2005..Documented shifts to other forms of drug use did not appear sufficient to produce increases in deaths, non-fatal overdoses or treatment seeking related to those drugs... - Cohort trends in youth suicide in Australia 1964-1997M Lynskey
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 34:408-12. 2000..This paper examines trends in the rate of suicide among young Australians aged 15-24 years from 1964 to 1997 and presents an age-period-cohort analysis of these trends... - Reasons for cannabis use in psychosisDavid Schofield
University of Sydney, Psychological Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 40:570-4. 2006..To examine the reasons for cannabis use among individuals with psychotic disorders... - The emergence of potent forms of methamphetamine in Sydney, Australia: a case study of the IDRS as a strategic early warning systemLibby Topp
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 21:341-8. 2002..Base and ice are more potent forms of methamphetamine than speed, and international experience, along with preliminary data obtained from the IDRS, suggest that their use is associated with harms in a number of domains... - Changes in patterns of drug injection concurrent with a sustained reduction in the availability of heroin in AustraliaLibby Topp
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 70:275-86. 2003.... - A review of the use of US-derived aetiological fractions in an Australian setting for antenatal problems related to cocaine useSteven Riddell
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, NSW
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:393-4. 2008..As such, it is recommended that any use of these aetiological fractions with Australian data should occur with caution... - Cannabis use and psychosis: a review of clinical and epidemiological evidenceW Hall
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 34:26-34. 2000.... - Injecting risk behaviour and related harm among men who use performance- and image-enhancing drugsBriony Larance
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:679-86. 2008..Our study examines the patterns of use, risk behaviours and related harm associated with PIEDs injection. We also report the ways in which PIEDs users currently seek injecting equipment and harm-reduction advice... - Estimating the level of HIV prevention coverage, knowledge and protective behavior among injecting drug users: what does the 2008 UNGASS reporting round tell us?Bradley M Mathers
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 52:S132-42. 2009..9 million global IDU population... - Changes in patterns of drug use among injecting drug users following changes in the availability of heroin in New South Wales, AustraliaAmanda Roxburgh
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 23:287-94. 2004..It also highlighted the importance of the ongoing monitoring of drug trends in Australia... - Impulsivity and borderline personality as risk factors for suicide attempts among opioid-dependent individualsElizabeth Maloney
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Psychiatry Res 169:16-21. 2009..This research also highlights the importance of assessing impulsivity, in both clinical settings and research, particularly among those with a history of suicidal behaviour... - Gender differences among regular injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia, 1996-2003Courtney Breen
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:353-8. 2005..Treatment and other measures to reduce harm may need to be targeted specifically at women and, in particular, indigenous women... - HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverageBradley M Mathers
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Lancet 375:1014-28. 2010..We undertook a systematic review to estimate national, regional, and global coverage of HIV services in IDUs... - The definition of opioid-related deaths in Australia: implications for surveillance and policyMarianne E Jauncey
Public Health Officer Training Program, Public Health Training and Development Branch, NSW Department of Health, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:401-9. 2005..Any interpretation of reported numbers of opioid deaths should specify any restrictions placed on the data, and describe the implications of definitions used... - CDT, GGT, and AST as markers of alcohol use: the WHO/ISBRA collaborative projectKatherine M Conigrave
Drug and Alcohol Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Sydney, Australia
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:332-9. 2002..The WHO/ISBRA Collaborative Study allows assessment and comparison of CDT, GGT, and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) as markers of drinking in a large, well-characterized, multicenter sample... - Mortality related to pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence: a comparative analysis of coronial recordsAmy E Gibson
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:405-10. 2007..The aim of this study was to compare the mortality associated with oral naltrexone, methadone and buprenorphine in opioid dependence treatment, employing a retrospective data analysis using coronial and prescription data... - The effects of restricting publicly subsidised temazepam capsules on benzodiazepine use among injecting drug users in AustraliaCourtney L Breen
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Med J Aust 181:300-4. 2004..To assess the effect of a restriction on publicly subsidised temazepam 10 mg capsules upon the injection of benzodiazepines by injecting drug users (IDUs)... - Opioid overdose deaths can occur in patients with naltrexone implantsAmy E Gibson
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 186:152-3. 2007..These cases indicate that patients can die from opioid overdose with a naltrexone implant and blood naltrexone levels higher than reported blockade levels...