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[Webpage] Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use.
The Citizens' Assembly (2023)
Drugnet Ireland issue 84 Winter 2023, plus data insert.
(2023) Dublin: Health Research Board.
'The area I'm from is very rough': drug users' views on the role of social and economic factors in their experiences of drug-related harm.
O'Mahony, Shane (2023) Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, pp. 1-29. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2023.2177919
Prescription drugs with potential for misuse: protocol for a multi-indicator analysis of supply, detection and the associated health burden in Ireland between 2010 and 2020.
Cousins, Gráinne et al (2023) BMJ Open, 13, (3). 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069665
Illicit drug use in university students in the UK and Ireland: a PRISMA-guided scoping review.
Boden, Maeve and Day, Ed (2023) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18, 18. doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00526-1
Adolescent addiction service report 2023.
Adolescent addiction service. (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Support for evidence-based alcohol policy in Ireland: results from a representative household survey.
Calnan, Susan and Millar, Sean and Mongan, Deirdre (2023) European Journal of Public Health, doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad031
Alcohol branding during rugby union matches in Ireland after commencement of Sect. 15 from the Public Health (Alcohol) Act: a frequency analysis of highlights from the European Rugby Champions Cup and Six Nations Championship.
Critchlow, Nathan and Purves, Richard I (2023) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s11845-023-03331-8
Webinar: Learning together: progressing decriminalisation in Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Poland & Maine.
Scottish Drugs Forum, Ana Liffey Drug Project. (2023) Scottish Drugs Forum.
Working to decriminalise people who use drugs: learning from decriminalisation efforts in 5 international jurisdictions.
Scottish Drugs Forum. (2023) Glasgow and Dublin: Scottish Drugs Forum and Ana Liffey Drugs Project.
UISCE advocacy videos. Now You See Me Campaign.
'You can't fix this in six months': the intersectionality of women's substance use in the Irish context.
Morton, Sarah et al (2023) Dublin: University College Dublin and Merchants Quay Ireland.
Embedding women's mental health in Sharing the Vision.
Specialist group on women’s mental health. (2022) Dublin: Department of Health.
Is an EU-wide approach to the mental health crisis necessary?
Mitchell, Gerry et al (2023) Dublin and Brussels: TASC and Foundation for European Progressive Studies.
A mixed methods study of attendance and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C.
Nic An Riogh, Eithne et al (2023) Irish Medical Journal, 116, (3), p. 742
Barriers to alcohol treatment services.
Make the change: addressing barriers to alcohol treatment services in Ireland. Foley, Niamh (2023) Alcohol Action Ireland
Youth Diversion Programme annual conference 2022.
The youth justice strategy: a new beginning, Croke Park, 9 November 2022. Report of proceedings. Egan, Annabel (2023) Dublin: Department of Justice.
Exploring barriers and enablers to the delivery of Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural interventions in Ireland: a cross-sectional survey study.
Meade, Oonagh et al (2023) British Journal of Health Psychology, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12652
The role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on people in opiate agonist treatment: the importance of feeling unloved.
McDonagh, David and Comiskey, Catherine and de Vries, Han (2022) In: Lisbon Addictions 2022, 23-25 November 2022, Lisbon.
Physical and mental illness comorbidity among individuals with frequent self-harm episodes: a mixed-methods study.
Sadath, Anvar et al (2023) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1121313
Youth suicide and self-harm: latent class profiles of adversity and the moderating roles of perceived support and sense of safety.
Silke, Charlotte et al (2023) Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Early online. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01762-1
An open secret: self-harm and stigma in Ireland and Northern Ireland
(2023) Dublin: Samaritans Ireland.
Profile of people attending emergency departments with thoughts of self-harm and suicide: a descriptive study of a nurse-led programme in Ireland.
Kavalidou, Katerina et al (2023) International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Early online, doi.org/10.1111/inm.13146
How to be Irish in an epidemic: a dossier article on HIV and AIDS in Ireland, then and now.
Foley, Bill et al (2023) The Journal of Medical Humanities, 44. pp. 7-26. doi.org/10.1007/s10912-022-09768-9
Maternal imprisonment in Ireland: a scoping study.
(2023) Dublin: Irish Penal Reform Trust.
National Action Plan Against Racism.
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. (2023) Dublin: Government of Ireland.
Report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022.
(2023) Dublin: Joint Committee on Justice.
A dialogue with Dr. Liam Curran regarding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Redmond, Darren (2023) Again for the first time podcast.
Guide to import and export licences and letters of no objection for controlled drugs (including the import of cannabis products for medical use).
(2022) Dublin: Health Products Regulatory Authority
Driving down alcohol harms. Policy briefing: office for alcohol harm reduction.
Alcohol Action Ireland. (2023) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland.
Hospital-presenting self-harm during 2021.
(2023) Cork: National Suicide Research Foundation.
Self-harm data 2020, by CHO area.
Joyce, Mary et al (2023) Cork: National Suicide Research Foundation.
Sláintecare Action Plan 2023.
(2023) Dublin: Department of Health.
Sláintecare progress report 2022.
(2023) Dublin: Department of Health
HSE national service plan 2023.
(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive.
Health and wellbeing key performance indicator metadata 2023.
(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
HSE Talking health and wellbeing podcast.
(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive.
Provisional Crime Statistics 2022.
The second report of the structured chronic disease management treatment programme in general practice.
(2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive
Drogheda implementation plan - second biannual progress report.
(2023) Dublin: Department of Justice.
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International publications
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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2022.
International Narcotics Control Board. (2023) Vienna: United Nations.
Women and drugs: health and social responses.
Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study.
EMCDDA webinar: Responding to stimulant use — developments in treatment.
Global coverage of interventions to prevent and manage drug-related harms among people who inject drugs: a systematic review.
Colledge-Frisby, Samantha et al (2023) The Lancet Global Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00058-X
Epidemiology of injecting drug use, prevalence of injecting-related harm, and exposure to behavioural and environmental risks among people who inject drugs: a systematic review.
Degenhardt, Louisa et al (2023) The Lancet Global Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00057-8
Understanding DSM-5-TR changes addressing substance use disorders for the helping professional.
Haywood, Jennifer (2023) Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network.
Addictions treatment mechanisms of change science and implementation science: a critical review.
Magill, Molly et al (2023) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.15053
Communication skills training for improving the communicative abilities of student social workers.
Reith-Hall, Emma and Montgomery, Paul (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (1). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1309
Optimizing online learning resources for substance use professionals in England: lessons from user-centered design.
Calder, Robert et al (2023) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2186204
Guideline development in harm reduction: considerations around the meaningful involvement of people who access services.
Adams, Alison et al (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 4. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100086
Engaging patients who use alcohol and other drugs: a practical approach.
Macaulay, Shani et al (2023) Australian Journal of General Practice, 52, (3), pp. 115-121. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-04-22-6387
The future of drug monitoring in Europe until 2030. A report summarising the findings and lessons learnt from the EMCDDA’s ‘futures study.
(2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Co-designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia.
Brien, Rita et al (2023) Harm Reduction Journal, 20, 30. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00761-6
Adaptation toolkit: co-creating a local resource with caregivers supporting a young person with substance use disorder.
(2023) Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Experiences of stigma while visiting healthcare services among people who use drugs in Australia, 2022.
Sutherland, Rachel et al (2023) Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
The PRIMERA project – parental mental health and family-focused interventions.
McGilloway, Sinead and Mulligan, Christine (2023) London: Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health.
Impact of substance-related harms on injury hospitalizations in Canada, from 2010 to 2020.
Toigo, Stephanie et al (2023) Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 43, (3), pp. 130-138.
Drug science live podcast.
Nutt, David et al (2023) London: Drug Science
The death penalty for drug offences 2022: global overview 2022
Girelli, Giada et al (2023) London: Harm Reduction International.
Policy traps and policy placebos: assessing drug policy network responses to drug related deaths.
McPhee, Ian and Sheridan, Barry (2023) Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 24, (1), pp. 39-52.
Efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol and other drug use disorders: is a one-size-fits-all approach appropriate?
Magill, Molly et al (2023) Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 14. pp. 1-11. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S362864
Non-familial intergenerational interventions and their impact on social and mental wellbeing of both younger and older people: a mapping review and evidence and gap map.
Campbell, Fiona et al (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (1), e1306. doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1306.
Drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services: National workforce census 2022.
NHS Benchmarking Network. (2023) London: NHS Health Education England.
Seasonal, weekly and other cyclical patterns in deaths due to drug poisoning in England and Wales.
Lewer, Dan et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16175
Comparison of paediatric emergency department visits for attempted suicide, self-harm, and suicidal ideation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Madigan, Sheri et al (2023) The Lancet. Psychiatry, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00036-6
Increases in ‘deaths of despair’ during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA and UK.
Angus, Colin et al (2023) Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.019
Emergency department experiences of people who use drugs who left or were discharged from hospital against medical advice.
Mayer, Samara et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (2). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282215
Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder in adults with a history of adverse childhood experiences: a systematic review of psychological interventions.
Molina, Genevieve and Whittaker, Anne (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100028
Attrition of offences related to organized crime in the criminal justice system.
(2023) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Helping family members affected by a relative’s substance use or gambling: an evaluation study of the 5-Step Method delivered in the Netherlands.
van Beek, Max et al (2023) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2165040
Substance use, risk behaviours and well-being after admission to a quasi-residential abstinence-based rehabilitation programme: 4-year follow-up.
MacKenzie, Nina et al (2023) BJPsych Open, 9, (2). doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.23
A realist review of residential treatment for adults with substance use disorder.
De Salis, Henry F et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13615
A systematic review of remotely delivered contingency management treatment for substance use.
Coughlin, Lara N et al (2023) Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 147. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.208977
Neuroplastic changes in addiction memory-how music therapy and music-based intervention may reduce craving: a narrative review.
Pasqualitto, Filippo et al (2023) Brain Sciences, 13, (2). doi: 10.3390/brainsci13020259
Neurobiology of disorganized attachment: a review of primary studies on human beings.
Arancibia, Marcelo et al (2023) Neuroscience Insights, 18. doi: 10.1177/26331055221145681
The global report on cocaine 2023 - Local dynamics, global challenges.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2023) Vienna: United Nations.
Drug Science submits evidence to the ACMD nitrous oxide review.
(2023) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Nitrous oxide – updated harms assessment.
(2023) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Interventions to enhance testing and linkage to treatment for hepatitis C infection for people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cunningham, Evan B et al (2023) International Journal on Drug Policy, 111. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103917
Improved health-related quality of life after hepatitis C viraemic clearance among people who inject drugs may not be durable.
McDonald, Scott A et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16169
The acceptability of overdose alert and response technologies: introducing the TPOM-ODART framework.
Dumbrell, Josh et al (2023) Harm Reduction Journal, 20, 40. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00763-4.
Adaptation of the Tele-Harm Reduction intervention to promote initiation and retention in buprenorphine treatment among people who inject drugs: a retrospective cohort study.
Suarez, Edward et al (2023) Annals of Medicine, 55, (1), pp. 733-743. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2023.2182908
Peer naloxone supply project: an evaluation of three pilot areas.
(2023) Edinburgh: Scottish Drugs Forum.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs: a global mapping of service delivery.
Shaw, Graham et al (2023) Harm reduction journal, 20, 16. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00729-6
Opioid prescribing and social deprivation: a retrospective analysis of prescribing for CNCP in Liverpool CCG.
Begley, Emma K et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280958
Does opioid agonist treatment reduce overdose mortality risk in people who are older or have physical comorbidities? Cohort study using linked administrative health data in New South Wales, Australia, 2002-2017
Larney, Sarah et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16178
How do patients feel during the first 72 h after initiating long-acting injectable buprenorphine? An embodied qualitative analysis.
Neale, Joanne et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16171
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy.
Krawczyk, Noa et al (2023) The Lancet Public Health, 8, (3), e238-e246. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00023-3
Incremental expenditures attributable to daily dispensation and witnessed ingestion for opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia: 2014-20.
Nosyk, Bohdan et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16160
Association of household opioid availability with opioid overdose.
Hendricks, Michelle A et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (3). 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.3385
Maternal opioid treatment after delivery and risk of adverse infant outcomes: population based cohort study.
Zipursky, Jonathan S et al (2023) BMJ, 380. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-074005
A systematic review of trends in US attitudes toward cannabis legalization.
Chiu, Vivian et al (2022) Substance Use & Misuse, 57, (7), pp. 1052-1061. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2063893
The effect of recreational cannabis legalization on rates of traffic injury in Canada.
Walker, Madison et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16188
Cannabis use, childhood trauma and their associations with markers of acute and chronic inflammation at age 24.
Power, Emmet et al (2022) Neuroscience Applied, 1, (Supplement 2). doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2022.100678
Mechanisms of injury in adolescent trauma patients with a positive marijuana screen.
Aryan, Negaar et al (2023) The American Surgeon, Early online. doi.org/10.1177/00031348231157807
Cannabidiol-associated hepatotoxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lo, Lindsay A et al (2023) Journal of Internal Medicine, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/joim.13627
Not all vaping is the same: differential pulmonary effects of vaping cannabidiol versus nicotine.
Bhat, Tariq A et al (2023) Thorax, Early online. doi: 10.1136/thorax-2022-218743
Risk of readmission among individuals with cannabis use disorder during a 15-year cohort study: the impact of socio-economic factors and psychiatric comorbidity.
Rabiee, Rynaz et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16158
Endocannabinoid system and exogenous cannabinoids in depression and anxiety: a review.
Hasbi, Ahmed et al (2023) Brain Sciences, 13, (2). doi: 10.3390/brainsci13020325
An observational study of safety and clinical outcome measures across patient groups in the United Kingdom medical cannabis registry.
Olsson, Fabian et al (2023) Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 16, (3), pp. 257-266. doi.org/10.1080/17512433.2023.2183841
Using social media data to investigate public perceptions of cannabis as a medicine: narrative review.
Khademi, Sedigh et al (2023) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25. doi: 10.2196/36667
Piloting a classification framework for the types of evidence used in alcohol policymaking.
Kowalski, Michala et aL (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13599
Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on deaths and hospitalisations in Scotland: a controlled interrupted time series study.
Wyper, Grant M A et al (2023) The Lancet, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00497-X
Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) on alcohol-attributable deaths and hospital admissions in Scotland.
Wyper, Grant M A et al (2023) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol consumption and harm in Scotland and England: an evidence summary.
Fraser, Catriona and Giles, Lucie (2023) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.
Informing the development of diagnostic criteria for differential diagnosis of alcohol-related cognitive impairment (ARCI) among heavy drinkers: a systematic scoping review.
Jones, Lisa et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (2). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280749
Parental divorce, discord, and polygenic risk on children's alcohol initiation and lifetime risk for disorder.
Kuo, Sally I-Chun et al (2023) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.15042
Non-invasive neuromodulation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex to reduce craving in alcohol use disorder: a meta-analysis.
Sorkhou, Maryam et al (2022) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 4. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100076
Validation of the FASD-Tree as a screening tool for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Mattson, Sarah N et al (2023) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 47, (2), pp. 263-272
An investigation of the utility of the Australian Guide to the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in young children.
Dawe, Sharon et al (2023) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.15012
Latent classes of neurodevelopmental profiles and needs in children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure.
McLachlan, Kaitlyn et al (2023) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.15028
‘When I came to university, that’s when the real shift came’: alcohol and belonging in English higher education.
Fenton, Laura et al (2023) Journal of Youth Studies, doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2190013
Young people’s explanations for the decline in youth drinking in England.
Whitaker, Victoria et al (2023) BMC Public Health, 23, (402). doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14760-y
Rate-dependent effects of narrative interventions in a longitudinal study of individuals who use alcohol
Craft, William H et al (2023) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, Early online. doi: 10.1111/acer.15020
A comparative study of industry responses to government consultations about alcohol and gambling in the UK.
Bhuptani, Saloni et al (2023) European Journal of Public Health, doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad018
Association of fully branded and standardized e-cigarette packaging with interest in trying products among youths and adults in Great Britain.
Taylor, Eve et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (3). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1799
What drives public perceptions of e-cigarettes? A mixed-methods study exploring reasons behind adults' perceptions of e-cigarettes in Northern England.
Arshad, Humairah et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 245. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109806
Age-dependent effects of tobacco smoke and nicotine on cognition and the brain: a systematic review of the human and animal literature comparing adolescents and adults.
Colyer-Patel, Karis et al (2023) Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 146. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105038
The role of smoking in COVID-19 progression: a comprehensive meta-analysis.
Gallus, Silvano et al (2023) European Respiratory Review, 32, (167). doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0191-2022
Financial incentives for quitting smoking in pregnancy: are they cost-effective?
McMeekin, Nicola et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16176
Autism and gambling: a systematic review, focusing on neurocognition.
Chamberlain, Samuel R et al (2023) Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105071
Features linked to treatment outcomes in behavioral addictions and related disorders.
Mestre-Bach, Gemma and Potenza, Marc N (2023) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, (4). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20042873
Potential biological markers and treatment implications for binge eating disorder and behavioral addictions.
Mestre-Bach, Gemma and Potenza, Marc N (2023) Nutrients, 15, (4). doi: 10.3390/nu15040827
Using theoretical models of problematic internet use to inform psychological formulation: a systematic scoping review.
Tunney, Conall and Rooney, Brendan (2023) Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 28, (2), pp. 810-830. doi: 10.1177/13591045221104569
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