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View article: Does alcohol use and related harm differ based on the age of initiation to alcohol? Results from a prospective cohort study
Does alcohol use and related harm differ based on the age of initiation to alcohol? Results from a prospective cohort study Open
Background and Aims There is evidence to suggest that earlier initiation to alcohol increases the rate and severity of alcohol consumption. However, this often overlooks the fact that earlier initiation also means a longer drinking history…
View article: Individual-level harm reduction intervention coverage among people in Australia who inject drugs
Individual-level harm reduction intervention coverage among people in Australia who inject drugs Open
Individual-level needle/syringe and OAT coverage among people who inject drugs in Australian capital cities is high relative to targets, but there are gaps in the implementation of THN. Despite high syringe coverage, a notable minority rep…
View article: 681. ENDOCANNABINOIDS AND INTRUSIVE MEMORIES: EVIDENCE FOR A ROLE OF ANANDAMIDE FROM TWO EXPERIMENTAL HUMAN STUDIES
681. ENDOCANNABINOIDS AND INTRUSIVE MEMORIES: EVIDENCE FOR A ROLE OF ANANDAMIDE FROM TWO EXPERIMENTAL HUMAN STUDIES Open
Background Preclinical evidence strongly suggests that the endocannabinoid system (particularly the ligands anandamide and 2-AG) is involved in trauma responses and negative emotional memories, which are relevant to posttraumatic stress di…
View article: Changes in Drug‐Induced Hospitalisations and Deaths During the First Year of the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 Pandemic in Australia
Changes in Drug‐Induced Hospitalisations and Deaths During the First Year of the <span>COVID</span>‐19 Pandemic in Australia Open
Introduction We aimed to determine whether the trend in the rate of drug‐induced hospitalisations and deaths changed during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia. Methods Data comprised crude monthly rates (per 1,000,000 per…
View article: Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market
Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market Open
View article: Risk communication about high‐dose MDMA: Impact of a hypothetical drug alert on future MDMA use
Risk communication about high‐dose MDMA: Impact of a hypothetical drug alert on future MDMA use Open
Introduction Despite high‐dose 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) drug alerts being distributed, no research has been conducted as to changes in use in response. This study aimed to determine if: (i) high‐dose MDMA drug alerts, and (…
View article: Measuring recovery among people who have completed residential rehabilitation: Factor structure and scoring of the substance use recovery evaluator
Measuring recovery among people who have completed residential rehabilitation: Factor structure and scoring of the substance use recovery evaluator Open
Introduction The substance use recovery evaluator (SURE) is a new patient‐reported outcome measure of recovery from alcohol and other drugs. The original SURE validation study did not include clients from residential rehabilitation treatme…
View article: Fluorescence emission of the JUNO liquid scintillator
Fluorescence emission of the JUNO liquid scintillator Open
JUNO is a huge neutrino detector that will use 20 kton of organic liquid scintillator as its detection medium. The scintillator is a mixture of linear alkyl benzene (LAB), 2.5 g/L of 2,5-diphenyloxazole (PPO) and 3 mg/L of 1,4-Bis(2-methyl…
View article: Australian Drug Trends 2025: Key Findings from the National Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews
Australian Drug Trends 2025: Key Findings from the National Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews Open
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national illicit drug monitoring system that has been conducted annually since 2000 and is part of Drug Trends. The IDRS interviews people who inject drugs (PWID) from every capital city of Aus…
View article: Ecstasy And Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews 2025: Background And Methods
Ecstasy And Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews 2025: Background And Methods Open
The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) is an illicit drug monitoring system conducted in all states and territories of Australia since 2003 and forms part of Drug Trends. This background and methods document for the 2025 EDR…
View article: Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews 2025: Background and Methods
Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews 2025: Background and Methods Open
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national illicit drug monitoring system that has been conducted annually since 2000 and is part of Drug Trends. The IDRS interviews people who inject drugs (PWID) from every capital city of Aus…
View article: Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence: A randomised, placebo‐controlled trial
Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence: A randomised, placebo‐controlled trial Open
Aims This study tested the efficacy and safety of a 12‐week course of lisdexamfetamine in reducing methamphetamine use, an outcome which is associated with improvements in health and wellbeing, in people dependent on methamphetamine. Desig…
View article: Distillation and gas stripping purification plants for the JUNO liquid scintillator
Distillation and gas stripping purification plants for the JUNO liquid scintillator Open
View article: Naloxone cascade of care among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2020–2022
Naloxone cascade of care among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2020–2022 Open
Participants reported high THN awareness and acquisition, with lower carriage. Future efforts should focus on improving THN access and reducing barriers to carriage, particularly for people experiencing homelessness or who primarily inject…
View article: Refractive index in the JUNO liquid scintillator
Refractive index in the JUNO liquid scintillator Open
View article: The impact of codeine rescheduling on non-opioid analgesic use by people who regularly use codeine: a prospective cohort study
The impact of codeine rescheduling on non-opioid analgesic use by people who regularly use codeine: a prospective cohort study Open
View article: The key role of specific <scp>DSM</scp>‐5 diagnostic criteria in the early development of alcohol use disorder: Findings from the <scp>RADAR</scp> prospective cohort study
The key role of specific <span>DSM</span>‐5 diagnostic criteria in the early development of alcohol use disorder: Findings from the <span>RADAR</span> prospective cohort study Open
Background Prevention and early intervention of alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a public health priority, yet there are gaps in our understanding of how AUD emerges, which symptoms of AUD come first, and whether there are modifiable risk fac…
View article: Distillation and Stripping purification plants for JUNO liquid scintillator
Distillation and Stripping purification plants for JUNO liquid scintillator Open
The optical and radiochemical purification of the scintillating liquid, which will fill the central detector of the JUNO experiment, plays a crucial role in achieving its scientific goals. Given its gigantic mass and dimensions and an unpr…
View article: Refractive index in the JUNO liquid scintillator
Refractive index in the JUNO liquid scintillator Open
In the field of rare event physics, it is common to have huge masses of organic liquid scintillator as detection medium. In particular, they are widely used to study neutrino properties or astrophysical neutrinos. Thanks to its safety prop…
View article: High COVID-19 vaccine uptake following initial hesitancy among people in Australia who inject drugs
High COVID-19 vaccine uptake following initial hesitancy among people in Australia who inject drugs Open
We observed higher COVID-19 vaccine uptake than expected given previous studies of vaccine acceptability among people who inject drugs. However, it was lower than the general population. People who inject drugs and reside in unstable housi…
View article: Transitions to polysubstance use: Prospective cohort study of adolescents in Australia
Transitions to polysubstance use: Prospective cohort study of adolescents in Australia Open
Background and aims Adolescent polysubstance use has been associated with adverse social and health outcomes. Our aim was to measure rates and transitions to polysubstance use during adolescence and identify factors associated with initiat…
View article: Development and validation of a brief screening tool for over-the-counter codeine dependence
Development and validation of a brief screening tool for over-the-counter codeine dependence Open
The CDS exhibits reasonable cross-sectional and longitudinal sensitivity but low specificity, partly due to its brevity. However, the inclusive nature of the CDS is not a negative for application as a screening tool in a pharmacy setting a…
View article: Trends and psychosocial correlates of same day polysubstance use among people who inject drugs in Australia, 2012-2022
Trends and psychosocial correlates of same day polysubstance use among people who inject drugs in Australia, 2012-2022 Open
Same day polysubstance use has remained relatively common among this sample over time, although the typology has changed. Collectively, our findings point to diverse drug use patterns among people who inject drugs and reiterate the need fo…
View article: Substance use, socio‐demographic characteristics, and self‐rated health of people seeking alcohol and other drug treatment in New South Wales: baseline findings from a cohort study
Substance use, socio‐demographic characteristics, and self‐rated health of people seeking alcohol and other drug treatment in New South Wales: baseline findings from a cohort study Open
Objective To investigate the demographic characteristics, substance use, and self‐rated health of people entering treatment in New South Wales public health services for alcohol, amphetamine‐type stimulants, cannabis, cocaine, or opioids u…
View article: Identifying thresholds for clinically meaningful change among clients of drug and alcohol services using the Australian Treatment Outcomes Profile
Identifying thresholds for clinically meaningful change among clients of drug and alcohol services using the Australian Treatment Outcomes Profile Open
Aims The Austraian Treatment Outcomes Profile (ATOP) is a brief clinical outcomes tool used widely in the Australian alcohol and other drugs treatment sector to monitor clients’ substance use, health, wellbeing and clinical risk factors. I…
View article: Dosing and Therapeutic Conduct in Administration Sessions in Substance-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Systematized Review
Dosing and Therapeutic Conduct in Administration Sessions in Substance-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Systematized Review Open
While the potential of serotonergic psychedelics and related substances as adjuncts in substance-assisted psychotherapy (SAPT) has been investigated for the treatment of several disorders, evidence for the appropriate therapeutic conduct i…
View article: <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 vaccine attitudes and facilitators among people in Australia who inject drugs
<span>COVID</span>‐19 vaccine attitudes and facilitators among people in Australia who inject drugs Open
Introduction We aimed to describe COVID‐19 vaccination attitudes and identify potential facilitators for vaccine uptake among people who inject drugs. Methods People who inject drugs were recruited from all eight Australian capital cities …
View article: Disruption to Australian heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions
Disruption to Australian heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions Open
View article: Relationships between the Symptomatology and Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia: Three, Five, Eleven, or a Greater Number of Valid Syndromes?
Relationships between the Symptomatology and Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia: Three, Five, Eleven, or a Greater Number of Valid Syndromes? Open
The marked heterogeneity between individuals diagnosed as experiencing schizophrenia has troubled nosologists since the very coining of the term. Catalysed by Crows (1980) hypothesis of independent positive, and negative syndromes, which l…
View article: Australian Drug Trends 2023: Key Findings from the National Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews.
Australian Drug Trends 2023: Key Findings from the National Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews. Open