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Injecting drug use via femoral vein puncture: preliminary findings of a point-of-care ultrasound service for opioid-dependent groin injectors in treatmentRichard Senbanjo
Community Drug Services, KCA UK, 171, Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7SG, UK
Harm Reduct J 9:6. 2012..abstract:..
Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventionsJohn Strang
King s College London, National Addiction Centre, London, UK
Lancet 379:71-83. 2012..Nevertheless, important opportunities exist for science to inform these deliberations and guide the selection of policies that maximise the public good...- Impact of supervision of methadone consumption on deaths related to methadone overdose (1993-2008): analyses using OD4 index in England and ScotlandJohn Strang
Kings College London, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8BB, UK
BMJ 341:c4851. 2010..To evaluate the impact of introduction of supervision of methadone dosing on deaths related to overdose of methadone in Scotland and England between 1993 and 2008 while controlling for increased prescribing of methadone... - Supervised injectable heroin or injectable methadone versus optimised oral methadone as treatment for chronic heroin addicts in England after persistent failure in orthodox treatment (RIOTT): a randomised trialJohn Strang
King s College London, National Addiction Centre, London, UK
Lancet 375:1885-95. 2010..We aimed to compare the effectiveness of supervised injectable treatment with medicinal heroin (diamorphine or diacetylmorphine) or supervised injectable methadone versus optimised oral methadone for chronic heroin addiction... - Drugs and pregnancy--outcomes of women engaged with a specialist perinatal outreach addictions serviceSoraya Mayet
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:497-503. 2008..Integrated perinatal addictions treatment may deliver benefits; however, engaging women into treatment earlier and reducing substance use before conception remains the objective... 
Relationship between prescribing and risk of opiate overdose among drug users in and out of maintenance treatmentLan Ho Man
National Addiction Centre, London, UK
Eur Addict Res 10:35-40. 2004..Drug users' overdose risk may vary as a result of their prescribed and non-prescribed drug use. Interventions should be developed and tailored according to clients' needs and current use patterns...- Factors associated with the prescribing of buprenorphine or methadone for treatment of opiate dependenceGayle Ridge
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, London, UK
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:95-100. 2009..Buprenorphine was more likely to be prescribed for short-term detoxification and methadone for maintenance treatment... - The effectiveness of combined naloxone/lofexidine in opiate detoxification: results from a double-blind randomized and placebo-controlled trialTracy Beswick
The National Addiction Centre, London, UK
Am J Addict 12:295-305. 2003..Implications for future research are discussed... - Does prescribing for opiate addiction change after national guidelines? Methadone and buprenorphine prescribing to opiate addicts by general practitioners and hospital doctors in England, 1995-2005John Strang
National Addiction Centre, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Addiction 102:761-70. 2007..To assess changes in opiate prescribing (1995-2005) following a decade of national guidelines to address substandard opiate substitution prescribing for heroin addiction... - Pharmacodynamics of diazepam co-administered with methadone or buprenorphine under high dose conditions in opioid dependent patientsNicholas Lintzeris
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, P O Box 48, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:187-94. 2007..Benzodiazepine abuse is common among methadone- and buprenorphine-maintained patients; however interactions between these drugs under high dose conditions have not been adequately examined under controlled conditions... - Interactions on mixing diazepam with methadone or buprenorphine in maintenance patientsNicholas Lintzeris
National Addiction Center, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, England
J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:274-83. 2006..Diazepam may significantly alter the response to opioid substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine... - Cannabis use in adolescents: the impact of risk and protective factors and social functioningDavid Best
National Addiction Centre Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:483-8. 2005..Overall, the study showed that early onset, itself predicted by social networks, is linked to more frequent use of cannabis and that this appears to be sustained by less time spent with parents and more with drug-using peers... - 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... - 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... - Overdose training and take-home naloxone for opiate users: prospective cohort study of impact on knowledge and attitudes and subsequent management of overdosesJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre Institute of Psychiatry The Maudsley, Addiction Sciences Building, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Addiction 103:1648-57. 2008..To examine the impact of training in overdose management and naloxone provision on the knowledge and confidence of current opiate users; and to record subsequent management of overdoses that occur during a 3-month follow-up period... - Drugs, alcohol and pregnant women--changing characteristics of women engaging with a specialist perinatal outreach addictions serviceSoraya Mayet
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:490-6. 2008..However, improvements are needed for engaging all referred women and accessing women at an earlier gestation... - Feasibility and acceptability of an intranasal diamorphine spray as an alternative to injectable diamorphine for maintenance treatmentTimothy B Mitchell
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK
Eur Addict Res 12:91-5. 2006..IN administration may be an alternative or supplementary form of diamorphine maintenance and deserves serious further investigation... - 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 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... - Changes in route of drug administration among continuing heroin users: outcomes 1 year after intake to treatmentMichael Gossop
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8AF, UK
Addict Behav 29:1085-94. 2004..quot;Reverse transitions" (from injecting to chasing) may represent a useful intermediate treatment goal for drug injectors who cannot achieve abstinence... - What difference does training make? A randomized trial with waiting-list control of general practitioners seeking advanced training in drug misuseJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley, King s College London, London, UK
Addiction 102:1637-47. 2007..To measure changes in knowledge, attitudes and clinical practice of general practitioners (GPs) enrolled to receive training in the management of drug misusers... - Does active referral by a doctor or 12-Step peer improve 12-Step meeting attendance? Results from a pilot randomised control trialVictoria Manning
Kings College London, National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8BB, UK
Drug Alcohol Depend 126:131-7. 2012..Active engagement in 12-Step self-help groups (SHG) is associated with improvements in substance use outcomes during and after treatment, yet levels of participation in SHG meetings in the U.K. remain low... - Persistence of drug use during imprisonment: relationship of drug type, recency of use and severity of dependence to use of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine in prisonJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre Institute of Psychiatry Maudsley Hospital, London, UK
Addiction 101:1125-32. 2006..To investigate the persistence of use of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine drugs during imprisonment, and to identify factors associated with increased levels of persistence... - 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... - 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.... - Getting by with a little help from your friends: the impact of peer networks on criminality in a cohort of treatment-seeking drug usersDavid Best
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK
Addict Behav 28:597-603. 2003..Social networks represent an important marker for integration in criminal networks in treatment-seeking drug users and a long-term barrier to rehabilitation... - After the randomised injectable opiate treatment trial: post-trial investigation of slow-release oral morphine as an alternative opiate maintenance medicationAlyson J Bond
Addictions Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 31:492-8. 2012..To establish if slow-release oral morphine (SROM) is an acceptable maintenance medication in heroin users currently being prescribed injectable diamorphine, who are intolerant to supplementary methadone... - Is attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after inpatient treatment related to improved outcomes? A 6-month follow-up studyMichael Gossop
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8RF, UK
Alcohol Alcohol 38:421-6. 2003..This study investigates the relationship between attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings prior to, during, and after leaving treatment, and changes in clinical outcome following inpatient alcohol treatment... - Cognitive impairment in dual diagnosis inpatients with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorderVictoria Manning
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8BB, UK
Schizophr Res 114:98-104. 2009..An understanding of the cognitive profile of people with dual diagnosis may help to tailor treatment delivery to meet their specific needs, enhance cognitive strengths, accommodate deficits and improve treatment outcomes... - Follow-up of provision of inpatient treatment for UK Healthcare Professionals with alcohol dependence: snapshot of a pilot specialist National Health ServiceSamantha R Gross
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, UK
Subst Use Misuse 44:1916-25. 2009..There is a need for supported and dedicated services for this group within the UK National Health Service. The study's limitations are noted... - 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... - Major disruptions of sleep during treatment of the opiate withdrawal syndrome: differences between methadone and lofexidine detoxification treatmentsTracy Beswick
National Addiction Centre, The Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Addict Biol 8:49-57. 2003.... - Heroin and methadone prescriptions from a London drug clinic over the first 15 years of operation (1968-1983): old records examinedJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry The Maudsley, London, UK
Subst Use Misuse 41:1227-38. 2006..Reference to the original records reveals a more interesting picture than might be evident from the potentially selective recall of contemporary or historical commentators... - Does anyone care about names? How attendees at substance misuse services like to be addressed by health professionalsFrancis Keaney
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London and The Maudsley Hospital, London, UK
Eur Addict Res 10:75-9. 2004.... - 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... - 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 - Brief, personality-targeted coping skills interventions and survival as a non-drug user over a 2-year period during adolescencePatricia J Conrod
Addictions Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:85-93. 2010..Selective interventions targeting personality risk are showing promise in the prevention of problematic drinking behavior, but their effect on illicit drug use has yet to be evaluated... - Effect of national guidelines on prescription of methadone: analysis of NHS prescription data, England 1990-2001John Strang
National Addiction Centre (Maudsley/Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF
BMJ 327:321-2. 2003 - The prescribing of methadone and other opioids to addicts: national survey of GPs in England and WalesJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre NAC, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London and The Maudsley
Br J Gen Pract 55:444-51. 2005..GPs occupy a pivotal position in relation to providing services to opiate misusers in the UK, and this is now cited to support initiatives in other countries... - Supervised fixing rooms, supervised injectable maintenance clinics--understanding the differenceJohn Strang
National Addiction Centre, King's College London, London SE5 8AF
BMJ 328:102-3. 2004 - The relative impact of waiting time and treatment entry on drug and alcohol useDavid Best
National Addiction Centre The Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Addict Biol 7:67-74. 2002.... - 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... - A Short Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (SAWS): development and psychometric propertiesMichael Gossop
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Addict Biol 7:37-43. 2002..The procedures leading to the development of the scale are described and results are presented showing that the SAWS has high internal consistency, and good construct and concurrent validity... - The fine line between harm reduction and harm production--development of a clinical policy on femoral (groin) injectingDeborah Zador
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Eur Addict Res 14:213-8. 2008..This paper reports the reasons for, and outcome of, development of a clinical policy on injecting into the deep femoral vein (groin injecting)... - Measuring therapeutic attitude among drug workersIan P Albery
Division of Psychology, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 0AA, London, UK
Addict Behav 28:995-1005. 2003..Implications for the development of a process-driven theoretical understanding of TC and situational constraints are discussed, and applied recommendations for training intervention are presented... - 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... - Dying for heroin: the increasing opioid-related mortality in the Republic of Ireland, 1980-1999Michael J A Kelleher
National Addiction Centre and Maudsley Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Eur J Public Health 15:589-92. 2005..Over the past 20 years there has been a steady rise in mortality associated with opioid misuse in several Western countries. We aimed to examine trends in opioid-related mortality over a 20-year period in the Republic of Ireland... - 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... - Unmet drug and alcohol service needs of homeless people in London: a complex issueJane Fountain
Centre for Ethnicity and Health, University of Central Lancashire, London, UK
Subst Use Misuse 38:377-93. 2003..The challenge for services is to build these potential clients' motivation to accept health-conferring intervention... - Peer overdose resuscitation: multiple intervention strategies and time to response by drug users who witness overdoseDavid Best
National Addiction Centre/Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 21:269-74. 2002.... - Sentenced to treatment: early experience of drug treatment and testing orders in EnglandEmily Finch
National Addiction Centre and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK
Eur Addict Res 9:131-7. 2003..The paper concludes that partnership working and clear objectives are vital for treatment programmes to operate effectively. More research is needed to explore the most optimum way to deliver treatment in the context of a DTTO... - 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...