HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 17, issue 12

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Irish-related publications

Healthy Ireland survey 2021 summary of findings.

Ipsos MRBI (2021) Dublin: Government Publications

Healthy Ireland at work: A National Framework for Healthy Workplaces in Ireland 2021–2025

Department of Health (2021) Dublin: Government of Ireland

[Video] Panel discussion: Drug markets in Ireland and Scotland: problems and possible solutions?

(2021) Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Ireland: country health profile 2021, State of health in the EU.

(2021) Paris / Brussels: OECD Publishing and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Our journey towards vision zero: Ireland’s Government Road Safety strategy 2021–2030.

Road Safety Authority (2021) Dublin: Department of Transport

Growing Up in Ireland: The lives of 20-year-olds: making the transition to adulthood.

O’Mahony, Desmond et al (2021) Dublin: ESRI; Trinity College Dublin; Department of Children Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Health and wellbeing in childhood and adolescence.

Nolan, Anne and Smyth, Emer (2021) Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute.

Towards a neurodevelopmentally aware, trauma-responsive penal policy and practice.

Mulcahy, Jane (2021) DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16066.91845

Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer - towards a comprehensive and coordinated strategy.

European Parliament Special Committee on Beating Cancer (2021) Brussels: European Parliament.

“We don’t have any answers within the current framework”: tensions within cannabis policy change in Ireland.

O'Ralaigh, Chris and Morton, Sarah (2021) Drugs and Alcohol Today, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-10-2020-0064

Prescribing patterns of medicinal cannabis for epilepsy.

Gilligan, M and Widdess-Walsh, P (2021) Irish Medical Journal, 114, (10).

Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee – sentencing judgements.

The Judicial Council, Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee (2021) Dublin: The Judicial Council.

PEIN podcast: Perspectives on prevention - Vivian Geiran.

Quinn, Marian (2021) Prevention & Early Intervention Network Ireland.

Chief Constable’s accountability report to the Northern Ireland Policing Board.

(2021) Belfast: Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Health survey Northern Ireland: first results 2020/21.

Corrigan, Deirdre et al (2021) Belfast: Department of Health.

Credit Unions, gambling, and vulnerability. Report on research seminar, 24 November 2021.

(2021) Dublin: Swoboda Research Centre.

Report on policing performance by the Garda Síochána during the COVID-19 health crisis.

(2021) Dublin: Policing Authority.

National Poisons Information Centre annual report 2020.

(2021) Dublin: National Poisons Information Centre.

Independent Reporting Commission: fourth report.

(2021) Dublin: Department of Justice and Equality.

Simon Communities of Ireland annual report 2020.

(2021) Dublin: Simon Communities of Ireland.

Drinks Ireland annual review 2020-2021.

(2021) Dublin: Drinks Ireland

An Garda Siochana annual policing plan 2020.

(2020) Tullamore: An Garda Siochana.

Recorded crime Q3 2021.

(2021) Cork: Central Statistics Office

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth annual report 2020

(2021) Dublin: Department of Children.

International publications

(2021) Lisbon: EMCDDA

Global drug survey (GDS) 2021 key findings report.

Winstock, Adam et al (2021) London: Global Drug Survey.

Global state of harm reduction - 2021 update.

(2021) London: Harm Reduction International

Alcohol digital environments: challenges and policy options for better health in the WHO European Region.

WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (2021) Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

The prevalence of substance use disorders and substance use in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Devoe, Daniel J et al (2021) Journal of Eating Disorders, 9, (1), 161.

Children whose parents use drugs promising practices and recommendations. Executive summary.

Giacomello, Corina (2021) Strasbourg: Council of Europe International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addictions.

Strategies adopted by addiction facilities during the coronavirus pandemic to support treatment for individuals in recovery or struggling with a substance use disorder: a scoping review.

. de Vargas, Divane et al (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (22), 12094.

Webinar: The relationship between trauma and addiction

Muthiani, Catherine (2021) ISSUP Kenya.

Chicken or egg: a dual diagnosis narrative. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,

Cullen, Oliver John and Norton, Michael John (2021) Early online. doi: 10.1111/jpm.12801

A US national randomized study to guide how best to reduce stigma when describing drug-related impairment in practice and policy.

Kelly, John F et al (2021) Addiction, 116, (7), pp. 1757-1767.

(2021) EMCDDA

Giraudon, Isabelle (2021) Lisbon: EMCDDA

Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce update briefing December 2021.

(2021) Edinburgh: Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce.

Women and drug related deaths – working group report and recommendations.

(2021) Edinburgh: Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce.

Causes of death among people who used illicit opioids in England, 2001–18: a matched cohort study.

Lewer, Dan et al (2021) The Lancet, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00254-1

A system designed for women? Understanding the barriers women face in accessing drug treatment and support services.

(2021) London: We Are With You.

How does the 'environment' come to the person? The 'ecology of the person' and addiction.

Tretter, Felix and Loeffler-Stastka, Henriette (2021) World Journal of Psychiatry, 11, (11), pp. 915-936

Harm reduction must be recognised an essential public health intervention during crises.

Csák, Robert et al (2021) Harm Reduction Journal, 18, (1), 128.

A longitudinal investigation of the impact of emotional reactivity and COVID-19 stress exposure on substance use during the pandemic.

. Bounoua, Nadia and Sadeh, Naomi (2021) Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6. 100284.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of cocaine addiction: a systematic review.

Torres-Castaño, Alezandra et al (2021) Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10, (23), 5595.

Establishing a working definition of user experience for ehealth interventions of self-reported user experience measures with ehealth researchers and adolescents: scoping review

Newton, Amanda S et al (2021) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23, (12), e25012

Drug checking services for people who use drugs: a systematic review.

Maghsoudi, Nazlee et al (2021) Addiction, Early online, doi: 10.1111/add.15734.

EMCDDA (2021)

OAT – We are in it together!

(2021) EuroNPUD

Roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: a gateway to mental health promotion.

Ikeda, Daniel J et al (2021) BMJ Global Health, 6. e007212

Univariable associations between a history of incarceration and HIV and HCV prevalence among people who inject drugs across 17 countries in Europe 2006 to 2020 - is the precautionary principle applicable?

Wiessing, Lucas et al (2021) Euro Surveillance, 26, (49)

A descriptive analysis of urine drug screen results in patients with opioid use disorder managed in a primary care setting.

Sobel, Halle G et al (2021) Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16, (1), 59

Benzodiazepines: uses, dangers, and clinical considerations.

Edinoff, Amber N et al (2021) Neurology International, 13, (4), pp. 594-607

Consumer cannabidiol (CBD) products.

(2021) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

The metabolism of the synthetic cannabinoids ADB-BUTINACA and ADB-4en-PINACA and their detection in forensic toxicology casework and infused papers seized in prisons.

Kronstrand, Robert et al (2021) Drug Testing and Analysis, Early online. doi: 10.1002/dta.3203

The developmental pathway to alcohol use: from exposure to consideration to action.

Smit, Koen (2020), Radboud University.

Digital marketing of alcohol, “limbic capitalism”, and the need for action to protect health and human rights.

Carlin, Eric (2021) SHAAP Blog,

Alcohol and the brain.

Nutt, David et al (2021) Nutrients, 13, (11), 3938

Associations of common mental disorder with alcohol use in the adult general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Puddephatt, Jo-Anne et al (2021) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.15735

Lockdown and licensed premises: COVID-19 lessons for alcohol policy.

Fitzgerald, Niamh et al (2021) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online.

Preventing underage alcohol purchasing online using payment card details.

Muirhead, Jessica (2021) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies.

The hazardous (mis)perception of Self-estimated Alcohol intoxication and Fitness to drivE-an avoidable health risk: the SAFE randomised trial.

Köchling, Jöran et al (2021) Harm Reduction Journal, 18, (1), p. 122.

Analysis of the accuracy and completeness of cardiovascular health information on alcohol industry-funded websites.

Peake, Lewis et al (2021) European Journal of Public Health, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab135

The EASL-Lancet Liver Commission: protecting the next generation of Europeans against liver disease complications and premature mortality.

Karlsen, Tom H et al (2021) Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01701-3

Study on smoke-free environments and advertising of tobacco and related products.

European Commission. (2021) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

Improving implementation of smoking cessation guidelines in pregnancy care: development of an intervention to address system, maternity service leader and clinician factors.

Passey, Megan E et al (2021) Implementation Science Communications, 2, (1), 128.

Internet addiction effect on quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Noroozi, Farzaneh et al (2021) The Scientific World Journal, 2021. 2556679

Smartphone addiction and associated health outcomes in adult populations: a systematic review.

Ratan, Zubair Ahmed et al (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (22), 12257.

Burden and help-seeking behaviors linked to problem gambling and gaming: observational quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Luquiens, Amandine et al (2021) JMIR Mental Health, 8, (11), e26521

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