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| Jim McCambridgeSummaryAffiliation: King's College London Country: UK Publications
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The efficacy of single-session motivational interviewing in reducing drug consumption and perceptions of drug-related risk and harm among young people: results from a multi-site cluster randomized trialJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre The Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Addiction 99:39-52. 2004..To test whether a single session of motivational interviewing (discussing alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use) would lead successfully to reduction in use of these drugs or in perceptions of drug-related risk and harm among young people...- Five-year trends in patterns of drug use among people who use stimulants in dance contexts in the United KingdomJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre, The Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Addiction 100:1140-9. 2005..To describe and evaluate trends in the use of stimulant drugs over a 5-year period using an under-studied data collection method... - Deterioration over time in effect of Motivational Interviewing in reducing drug consumption and related risk among young peopleJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre The Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Addiction 100:470-8. 2005..To test whether beneficial effects of a single session of Motivational Interviewing (MI) on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use apparent after 3 months were maintained until 12 months... - Age of first use and ongoing patterns of legal and illegal drug use in a sample of young LondonersJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre, Denmark Hill, London, England
Subst Use Misuse 40:313-9. 2005..In a series of regression models that take account of the influence of other factors, age of first use is found to have no relationship to levels of ongoing consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis... - Encouraging GP alcohol intervention: pilot study of change-orientated reflective listening (CORL)Jim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre The Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Alcohol Alcohol 39:146-9. 2004.... - The value of independence?Jim McCambridge
Addiction 99:157. 2004 - 5-Year trends in use of hallucinogens and other adjunct drugs among UK dance drug usersJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Eur Addict Res 13:57-64. 2007..To describe and assess trends in the use of hallucinogens and other adjunct drugs over a 5-year period... - Development of a structured generic drug intervention model for public health purposes: a brief application of motivational interviewing with young peopleJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 22:391-9. 2003..McCambridge J, Strang J. Development of a structured generic drug intervention model for public health purposes: a brief application of motivational interviewing with young people... - The reliability of drug use data collected in the classroom: what is the problem, why does it matter and how should it be approached?Jim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry King s College London, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 25:413-8. 2006..Implications for the development of effective drug prevention interventions in schools are also examined... - Cannabis use and the GP: brief motivational intervention increases clinical enquiry by GPs in a pilot studyJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, Addiction Sciences Building, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Br J Gen Pract 53:637-9. 2003..Substantially more positive attitudes and greater clinical activity were observed following receipt of intervention... - The effectiveness of motivational interviewing delivered by youth workers in reducing drinking, cigarette and cannabis smoking among young people: quasi-experimental pilot studyEmily Gray
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry (King's College London, 4 Windsor Walk, Camberwell, London SE5 8AF, UK
Alcohol Alcohol 40:535-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Evidence of effectiveness for the delivery of MI by youth workers in routine conditions has been identified. However, the extent of benefit is much more modest than previously identified in efficacy studies... - Pilot cluster-randomised trial of adjunctive motivational interviewing to reduce crack cocaine use in clients on methadone maintenanceLuke Mitcheson
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK
Eur Addict Res 13:6-10. 2007..This pilot study demonstrated that it was feasible to incorporate a psychosocial intervention within a busy outpatient methadone maintenance programme and the findings support the value of undertaking a larger trial... - Randomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing compared with drug information and advice for early intervention among young cannabis usersJim McCambridge
Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Addiction 103:1809-18. 2008..To test the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) in comparison with drug information and advice in opportunistically securing reductions in drug-related risk among young cannabis users not seeking help... - Engaging the reluctant GP in care of the opiate misuser: Pilot study of change-orientated reflective listening (CORL)John Strang
National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley/Institute of Psychiatry, Addiction Sciences Building, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK
Fam Pract 21:150-4. 2004..Further initiatives are needed to influence practitioner motivation, based on improved understanding of GPs' views on the delivery of primary care for drug misusers... - Socio-demographic predictors of dimensions of the AUDIT score in a population sample of working-age men in Izhevsk, RussiaSarah Cook
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK
Alcohol Alcohol 46:702-8. 2011.... - Are cannabis users exposed to other drug use opportunities? Investigation of high-risk drug exposure opportunities among young cannabis users in LondonJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre, Addiction Sciences Building, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:185-91. 2005..Interpretations of these data are considered and the need for more detailed study with an area of increasing public policy significance is discussed... - The rise of Viagra among British illicit drug users: 5-year survey dataJim McCambridge
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 25:111-3. 2006..Ethnographic and epidemiological study and monitoring of adverse consequences is now needed to fully appreciate reasons for use and the extent of possible harms... - It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it: a qualitative study of advice for young cannabis usersNathan Faulkner
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:129-34. 2009..Advice is a widely recommended and practised intervention with young drug users. Study of precisely how advice is given and received in any setting has, however, been limited... - The efficacy of a brief intervention in reducing hazardous drinking in working age men in Russia: the HIM (Health for Izhevsk men) individually randomised parallel group exploratory trialElizabeth Allen
Medical Statistics Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
Trials 12:238. 2011.... - Cluster randomised trial of the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing for universal preventionJim McCambridge
Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Depend 114:177-84. 2011..This study aimed to test the effectiveness of adaptation of Motivational Interviewing (MI) for universal prevention purposes, i.e. to prevent initiation of new substance use among non-users, and to reduce risks among existing users... - Randomized trial of training and supervision in motivational interviewing with adolescent drug treatment practitionersLuke Mitcheson
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:73-8. 2009..Progress made indicates the importance of ongoing supervision, and for high level skill acquisition to occur requires more intensive support of learning from ongoing practice than was used here... - Comparative psychometric study of a range of hazardous drinking measures administered online in a youth populationBonnita A Thomas
King s College London, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
Drug Alcohol Depend 96:121-7. 2008..To compare the psychometric performance of a range of existing alcohol measures when data are collected online with young people, and thereby to gain insights into the reliability and validity of this mode of data collection... - Can the practitioner correctly predict outcome in motivational interviewing?John Strang
National Addiction Centre, The Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
J Subst Abuse Treat 27:83-8. 2004..This area warrants more specific study... - The HIM (Health for Izhevsk Men) trial protocolSusannah Tomkins
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 8:69. 2008..Signed consent is obtained from those in the intervention arm at this point. Both groups are then invited for 3 and 12 month follow ups. The control group will not receive any additional intervention. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN82405938... - Short forms of the AUDIT in a Web-based study of young drinkersJim McCambridge
Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:18-24. 2009..The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is under-studied among young drinkers, as are the contributions of individual items to total AUDIT scores, and online performance of the existing briefer versions of this instrument... - Increasing practice nurse access to alcohol trainingAnn Deehan
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 21:281-6. 2002..A range of possibilities are identified as alternative approaches to the provision of elective training events which may be more acceptable to the target population of health-care staff... - A case study of publication bias in an influential series of reviews of drug educationJim McCambridge
Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:463-8. 2007..It is suggested that this is particularly necessary for subjects with such direct policy relevance as the effectiveness of drug education in schools... - Liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Britain from 1950 to 2002: an analysis of routine dataDavid A Leon
Non communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet 367:52-6. 2006..Total recorded alcohol consumption in Britain doubled between 1960 and 2002, giving rise to a need to examine and assess cirrhosis mortality trends... - Loss of tolerance and overdose mortality after inpatient opiate detoxification: follow up studyJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry and The Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AF
BMJ 326:959-60. 2003 - Randomized controlled trial of the effects of completing the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test questionnaire on self-reported hazardous drinkingJim McCambridge
Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Addiction 103:241-8. 2008..The direct effects of screening on drinking behaviour have not previously been evaluated experimentally. We tested whether screening reduces self-reported hazardous drinking in comparison with a non-screened control group... - Sexual health risk among dance drug users: cross-sectional comparisons with nationally representative dataLuke Mitcheson
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Marina House, 63 65 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RS, UK
Int J Drug Policy 19:304-10. 2008..To describe the sexual behaviour and related risk of a sample of dance drug users and compare this with data from the UK National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles 2000 survey... - Do brief interventions which target alcohol consumption also reduce cigarette smoking? Systematic review and meta-analysisJim McCambridge
Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
Drug Alcohol Depend 96:263-70. 2008..The behavioral consequences of brief intervention study participation itself warrant further study... - Hazardous drinking and the NHS: the costs of pessimism and the benefits of optimismJim McCambridge
Br J Gen Pract 56:247-8. 2006 - The DYD-RCT protocol: an on-line randomised controlled trial of an interactive computer-based intervention compared with a standard information website to reduce alcohol consumption among hazardous drinkersElizabeth Murray
e Health Unit, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
BMC Public Health 7:306. 2007..Researchers internationally are looking at the potential of Internet interventions in this area... - Consultations about changing behaviourStephen Rollnick
Department of General Practice, Centre for Health Sciences Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN
BMJ 331:961-3. 2005 - Liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Britain, 1950 to 2002David A Leon
Lancet 367:645. 2006 - Against the odds: should GPs have any involvement with gambling problems?Jim McCambridge
Br J Gen Pract 57:327. 2007 - Drug policy and the public good?Jim McCambridge
Addiction 99:388. 2004 - When smokers are resistant to change: experimental analysis of the effect of patient resistance on practitioner behaviourNick Francis
Department of General Practice, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Addiction 100:1175-82. 2005..We set out to explore whether resistance to change among smokers affects practitioner confrontational and other behaviours... - General practitioner screening for excessive alcohol use. General practitioners' experiences are importantJim McCambridge
BMJ 326:336. 2003 - The opportunity for public health activism to reduce alcohol harmJim McCambridge
Addiction 99:1477-8. 2004