June 2018

The long-term impact of post traumatic stress disorder on recovery from heroin dependence

The high prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among people with heroin dependence and its impact on short term outcomes has been well established.

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June 2016

Years of potential life lost amongst heroin users in the Australian Treatment Outcome Study cohort, 2001-2015

Heroin use carries the highest burden of disease of any drug of dependence, with rates of mortality more typical of the elderly Indeed, it has been estimated that heroin users die at a rate 15 time

June 2016

Pain, alcohol use disorders and risky patterns of drinking among people with chronic non-cancer pain receiving long-term opioid therapy

The prescribing and use of pharmaceutical opioids has increased internationally.

June 2016

The long-term effectiveness of a selective, personality-targeted prevention program in reducing alcohol use and related harms: a cluster randomized controlled trial

It is estimated that at least 240 million adults worldwide suffer from an alcohol use disorder and that early initiation to drinking is associated with an increased risk of developing a disorder.

June 2016

Lancet Series: Substance Use and Young People

A major global review of substance use in young people, published in Lancet Psychiatry, and led by NDARC’s Professor Louisa Degenhardt and University of Queensland’s Wayne Hall confirms that adoles

June 2016

Evidence based review of current therapies under trial for treatment of cannabis use disorder

Cannabis is the most widely used and variably regulated drug in the world, with increasing trends of use being reported in the US, Australia, Asia, and Africa.

June 2016

Men, work and mental health: a systematic review of depression in male-dominated industries and occupations

NCETA undertook a systematic review of studies reporting prevalence rates for depression in male dominated workforce groups. The review forms part of a larger program of work exploring risk factors for mental illness in male-dominated industries and effective intervention approaches.

June 2016

Creating healthy workplaces

This report outlines the findings from NCETA’s three year trial Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm in the Workplace project funded by VicHealth. The project built on NCETA’s 15 year workplace research program and involved a comprehensive and tailored intervention designed to build knowledge on how to reduce alcohol-related harm in the workplace.

June 2016

Articulating addiction in alcohol and other drug policy

Taking AOD policy in Australia and Canada as its empirical focus, and in-depth interviews with policy makers, service providers and advocates in each country as its key method, this article compares the addiction concepts articulated by professionals working in each setting.

June 2016

Taking a population perspective on alcohol harm

Improving public knowledge about alcohol harm will increase government appetite for regulation, write the authors of this Perspectives article published online in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

April 2016

Estimating the number of regular and dependent methamphetamine users in Australia, 2002–2014

Almost 270,000 Australians aged between 15 and 54 years are regular users of methamphetamine, and over half of those are dependent on the drug.

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