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The 10 most important things known about addictionDoug Sellman
Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, National Addiction Centre NAC, Christchurch, New Zealand
Addiction 105:6-13. 2010..The paper concludes with a call for unity between warring factions in the field to use the knowledge already known more effectively for the betterment of tangata whaiora (patients) suffering from addictive disorders...
Should ethanol be scheduled as a drug of high risk to public health?J D Sellman
National Addiction Centre, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
J Psychopharmacol 23:94-100. 2009..The dangerousness level of ethanol was found to be at least similar to that of GHB in this analysis. This highlights a major discrepancy in public policy...
Profile of young people attending alcohol and other drug treatment services in Aotearoa, New Zealand: clinical file searchRia Schroder
National Addiction Centre, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:963-8. 2008..The aim of the present study was to provide a profile of young people attending alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services in Aotearoa, New Zealand...
Youth retention: factors associated with treatment drop-out from youth alcohol and other drug treatmentRia Schroder
National Addiction Centre, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:663-8. 2009..This study examined factors associated with treatment drop-out among young people aged 13-19 years attending alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment...
Alcohol and drug treatment population profile: a comparison of 1998 and 2004 data in New ZealandSimon Adamson
National Addiction Centre, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch
N Z Med J 119:U2284. 2006..To describe the profile of clients attending dedicated alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services in New Zealand, and to compare this profile with data from a 1998 survey...
Retention of adolescents with substance dependence and coexisting mental health disorders in outpatient alcohol and drug group therapyBronwyn Pagey
Youth Speciality Service, Canterbury District Health Board, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Int J Ment Health Nurs 19:437-44. 2010....
A longitudinal evaluation of medical student knowledge, skills and attitudes to alcohol and drugsGavin Cape
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Addiction 101:841-9. 2006..To examine the knowledge, skills and attitudes of medical students to alcohol and drugs as training progresses...
Addictive overeating: lessons learned from medical students' perceptions of Overeaters AnonymousRia Schroder
National Addiction Centre, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, PO Box 4345, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
N Z Med J 123:15-21. 2010..To explore medical students' perceptions of Overeaters Anonymous (OA)...
Prolactin response to fenfluramine in abstinent, alcohol-dependent patientsRichard J Porter
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand
Addict Biol 13:380-5. 2008..The reduced CORT response in abstinent alcoholics further supports evidence of hypofunction of the adrenocortical system in this group...
Alcohol and drug treatment for women: clinicians' beliefs and practiceLois Cowan
School of Nursing, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, PO Box 540, Christchurch, New Zealand
Int J Ment Health Nurs 12:48-55. 2003..Implications for mental health nursing include the need to more systematically incorporate gender-based treatment needs into practice and undergraduate and postgraduate education and training programmes...
Alcohol cardio-protection has been talked upDoug Sellman
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
N Z Med J 122:97-101. 2009..The status of alcohol as a potentially dangerous recreational drug is emphasised as a warning against talking up alcohol as a cardio-protection manoeuvre by anyone...
