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Characteristics of affected family members seeking treatment in their own right: a secondary analysis of existing Irish health data for 2010–2020
Kelleher, Cathy and Carew, Anne Marie and Lyons, Suzi (2023) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2232243
National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2022 alcohol treatment demand.
Condron, Ita and Lyons, Suzi and Carew, Anne Marie (2023) Dublin: Health Research Board.
National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) annual report on the activities of Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, 2022
Daly, Antoinette and Lynn, Ena (2023) Dublin: Health Research Board
North East Inner City dual diagnosis care pathway
Dublin North, North East Recovery College, Dublin North East Inner City, Recovery Academy Ireland, Dublin City University (2023) Dublin: Dublin North, North East Recovery College
The HSE ‘Safer Nightlife’ Programme 2022. Volunteer feedback on the provision of harm reduction outreach in Irish festival settings
Killeen, Nicki and Corrigan, Nicola and Keenan, Eamon (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Changes in first-time registration for opioid agonist treatment in Ireland between 1999 and 2019
McCarron, Peter et al (2023) Journal of Substance Use, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2023.2231536
Disordered alcohol and substance use in Irish farmers: a cross-sectional survey
O'Connor, Siobhán et al (2023) The Journal of Rural Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12783
Social disparities in alcohol's harm to others: evidence from 32 European countries
Kilian, Carolin et al (2023) International Journal on Drug Policy, 118. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104079
Analysis of changes in alcohol prices, taxation and affordability in the Republic of Ireland
Angus, Colin (2023) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland
The future of youth work. Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
(2023) Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas
Mortality risk following self-harm in young people: a population cohort study using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm
Ross, Emma et al (2023) Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 64, (7), pp. 1015-1026. doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13784
Interacting with patients at risk of self-harm or suicide - A qualitative study of community pharmacists and pharmacy staff
O'Driscoll, Michelle et al (2023) Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 11, 100293. doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100293
Hepatitis C [Webpage]
Health Service Executive (2023)
Local community safety partnership pilot: interim evaluation report
McGrath, K et al (2023) Dublin: Centre for Effective Services
Final review of the National Strategy on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-making 2015 – 2020
(2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Pathways to social work. Surveying the motivations & challenges in becoming a social worker
Mooney, Joseph et al (2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
Evaluation of the Planet Youth Project in Galway, Mayo & Roscommon 2018 - 2022
Carroll & Daly Consultants (2023) Galway: Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force
Growing up in Ireland. Key findings: cohort ’08 at 13 years old
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Central Statistics Office. (2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness in the UK and Ireland: a scoping review
McNeill, Sarah et al (2022) BMC Health Services Research, 22, 910. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08265-y
A place to call home: a rights based approach to understanding the lived experience of children and families facing homelessness or housing insecurity
Main report. Corr, Mary Louise et al (2023) Belfast: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Pandemic unemployment and social disadvantage in Ireland
Whelan, Adele et al (2023) Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute
Office of the Inspector of Prisons: inspections recommendation monitoring database [Webpage].
Office of the Inspector of Prisons (2023)
HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report 2022
HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention. (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive annual report and financial statements 2022
(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Health services healthy Ireland implementation plan 2023 – 2027
(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Prison re-offending statistics 2020
(2023) Cork: Central Statistics Office
Irish beer market report 2022
(2023) Dublin: Drinks Ireland
National Women and Infants Health Programme annual report 2022
McGrane, Kilian (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
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International publications
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A caring, compassionate and human rights informed drug policy for Scotland
(2023) Edinburgh: Scottish Government
Older people and drugs: health and social responses
(2023) Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Relational stigma as a social determinant of health: “I'm not what you _____see me as”
Addison, Michelle et al (2023) SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 4. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100295
“You don’t get that from professionals”: a consumer-led peer recovery program for families and friends of individuals with alcohol and other drugs use issues in Darwin
Tari-Keresztes, Noemi et al (2023) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, (8). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20085514
A qualitative examination of social identity and stigma among adolescents recovering from alcohol or drug use
Blyth, Sophia H et al (2023) Addictive Behaviors Reports, 18. doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2023.100505
Composition of social networks to build recovery capital differ across early and stable stages of recovery
Roxburgh, Ariel Dart et al (2023) Addiction Research & Theory, doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2238594
Rebuilding social networks in long-term social recovery from substance-use problems
Vigdal, Mariann Iren et al (2023) The British Journal of Social Work, doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad134
Time-varying effect modeling with intensive longitudinal data: examining dynamic links among craving, affect, self-efficacy and substance use during addiction recovery
Stull, Samuel W et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16284
Lifestyle factors related to prevalent chronic disease multimorbidity: a population-based cross-sectional study
Niebuur, Jacobien et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287263
A systematic review of quality of life and health-related quality of life as outcomes in substance and behavioural addictions
Dyer, Andrew et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13717
Understanding the mechanisms of action and effects of drugs of abuse
Ciucă Anghel, Daniela-Mădălina et al (2023) Molecules, 28, (13). doi: 10.3390/molecules28134969
European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN Plus): data and analysis
Most recent data from the European Syringe Collection and Analysis Project Enterprise (ESCAPE): data explorer, analysis and key findings. [Webpage]
Who supports drug-checking services in Australia? An analysis of 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey data
Caluzzi, Gabriel et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13707
Impact of safer supply programs on injection practices: client and provider experiences in Ontario, Canada
Gagnon, Marilou et al (2023) Harm Reduction Journal, 20. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00817-7
"2.5 g, I could do that before noon": a qualitative study on people who use drugs' perspectives on the impacts of British Columbia's decriminalization of illegal drugs threshold limit
Ali, Farihah et al (2023) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18. doi: 10.1186/s13011-023-00547-w
From harm to hope: a 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives first annual report 2022-23
Home Office (2023) London: HM Government.
Analysis of the UK Government's 10-Year drugs strategy - a resource for practitioners and policymakers
Holland, Adam et al (2023) Journal of Public Health, 45, (2). doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac114
Contribution from the Civil Society Forum on Drugs to enhance the gender perspective into EU drug policy
(2023) Amsterdam: Civil Society Forum on Drugs
Key figures on Europe - 2023 edition
Eurostat (2023) Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Hospitalization associated with comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders among adults with covid-19 treated in US emergency departments from April 2020 to August 2021
Schieber, Lyna Z et al (2023) JAMA Psychiatry, 80, (4), pp. 331-341. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.5047
Cause-specific excess mortality after first diagnosis of bipolar disorder: population-based cohort study
Paljärvi, Tapio et al (2023) BMJ Mental Health, 26, (1).
Youth violence intervention programme for vulnerable young people attending emergency departments in London: a rapid evaluation
Appleby, John et al (2023) Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11, (10), pp. 1-122. doi: 10.3310/JWKT0492
Functional Family Therapy for families of youth (age 11–18) with behaviour problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Littell, Julia H et al (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (3). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1324
The effects of flipped classrooms to improve learning outcomes in undergraduate health professional education
Naing, Cho et al (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (3). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1339
Editorial: How Addiction handles disagreements over potentially harmful terminology
Humphreys, Keith et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16302
NDARC webinar series presentations:
Generation COVID: young adult substance use
Hussong, Andrea M et al (2023) Current Opinion in Psychology, 52, 101640. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101640.
New benzodiazepines – bromazolam
(2023) Edinburgh: Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR)
Editorial. Opioid crisis: addiction, overprescription, and insufficient primary prevention
(2023) The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 23. doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100557
Trends in opioid toxicity-related deaths in the us before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2011-2021.
Gomes, Tara et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (7). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.22303
Co-involvement of opioids in drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants, 2011–2021
Spencer, Merianne Rose et al (2023) Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.
Opioid-related deaths during hospital admissions or shortly after discharge in the United Kingdom: a thematic framework analysis of coroner reports
Lewer, Dan et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (4). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283549
'I'm not going to leave someone to die': carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences
Speakman, Elizabeth M et al (2023) Harm Reduction Journal, 20, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00750-9
Personal recovery among people with opioid use disorder during treatment with extended-release naltrexone
Marciuch, Anne et al (2023) Heliyon, 9, (7). doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17516
Application of The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to inform understanding of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of opioid and naloxone training on college campuses
Shelton, Rachel C et al (2023) Implementation Science Communications, 4. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00438-y
The path that ends AIDS: UNAIDS global AIDS update 2023
(2023) Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Guideline: Vitamin B12 deficiency in over 16s: diagnosis and management
Draft for consultation, July 2023. (2023) London: NICE
Cocaine or methamphetamine use during young adulthood following stimulant use for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during adolescence
McCabe, Sean Esteban et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (7). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.22650
The implementation and public health impacts of cannabis legalization in Canada: a systematic review
Hall, Wayne et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16274
The science and safety of recreational marijuana
Gaines Buchler, Emily (2023) John Hopkins University Hub
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) report for 2022, regulated cannabis markets and international legal tensions: a missed opportunity
(2023) London: International Drug Policy Consortium
The impact of cannabis legalization and decriminalization on acute poisoning: a systematic review
Allaf, Sara et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16280
Cannabis use disorder and perioperative complications
Potnuru, Paul P et al (2023) JAMA Surgery, Early online
Impact of the introduction of medical cannabis in the UK on risk perception and recreational use of cannabis: a longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis
Waldron, Jon et al (2023) Drug Science, Policy and Law, doi.org/10.1177/20503245231168392
To weed or not to weed: a systematic review exploring the potential for cannabis use in cardiovascular disease, mental health and pain management
Seffah, Kofi D et al (2023) Cureus, 15, (6). doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40606
Recommendations for reducing the risk of cannabis use-related adverse psychosis outcomes: a public mental health-oriented evidence review
Fischer, Benedikt et al (2023) Journal of Dual Diagnosis, Early online. pp. 1-26. doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2226588
Pouring over public opinion: alcohol policies in the UK
(2023) London: Alcohol Health Alliance
Trends in alcohol-related liver disease mortality in Australia: an age-period-cohort perspective
Livingston, Michael et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16275
Characteristics of people who have received treatment for late-onset problem drinking and alcohol use disorder: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
McInerney, Kevin et al (2023) Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 40, (2), pp. 100-126. doi.org/10.1177/14550725221143170
Fetal alcohol syndrome in the UK. Burleigh
Charlotte Rebecca et al (2023) Archives of Disease in Childhood, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-325571
Why stigma matters in addressing alcohol harm.
Morris, James and Schomerus, Georg (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, (5), pp. 1264-1268. doi: 10.1111/dar.13660
Mortality and alcohol-related morbidity in patients with delirium tremens, alcohol withdrawal state or alcohol dependence in Norway: a register-based prospective cohort study
Bramness, Jørgen G et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16297
Reported road casualties in Great Britain involving illegal alcohol levels: 2021
(2023) London: Department of Transport.
A qualitative study of the views of alcohol frequent attenders at Royal Alexandra Hospital, Renfrewshire
Barrie, Ken et al (2023) Edinburgh: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
GBD 2019 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Collaborators (2023) EClinicalMedicine, 59. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101936
Impacts of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations on use of e-cigarettes in adolescents in Great Britain: a natural experiment evaluation
Moore, Graham et al (2023) Public Health Research, 11, (5), pp. 1-102. doi: 10.3310/WTMH3198
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke
(2023) Geneva: World Health Organization
Trends in cross-border and illicit tobacco purchases among people who smoke in England, 2019-2022
Jackson, Sarah et al (2023) Tobacco Control, Early online doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-057991
Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems or cigarette smoking after US Food and Drug Administration-prioritized enforcement against fruit-flavored cartridges
Kasza, Karin A et al (2023) JAMA network open, 6, (6). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21109
Perceptions about levels of harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes relative to cigarettes, and associations with relative e-cigarette harm perceptions, e-cigarette use and interest
Wackowski, Olivia A et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16258
Cardiopulmonary impact of electronic cigarettes and vaping products: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association
Rose, Jason J et al (2023) Circulation, Early online. doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001160
Heated tobacco products: summary of research and evidence of health impacts
(2023) Geneva: World Health Organization
Neuroimaging findings in adolescent gaming disorder: a systematic review
Khor, E, et al (2023) Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Early online. 10.1017/ipm.2023.36
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