Recent publications

Prevalence and current situation

Associations and mediating factors between adverse childhood experiences and substance use behaviours in early adulthood: a population-based longitudinal study

Mongan D, Millar S, Brennan M, et al. (2025) Addict. Behav. 161, 108194. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42204/

 

Breaking barriers: a qualitative exploration of healthcare access for crack cocaine users in Limerick

Duopah YA, Moran L, Elmusharaf K, et al. (2024) BMC Health Serv. Res. 24, 1450. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42321/

 

Barriers and enablers for adolescents accessing substance-use treatment: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

James PD, Nash M and Comiskey CM (2024) Int. J. Ment. Health Nurs. 33, (6), pp. 1687-1710.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42288/

 

Amid magic and menace: psychiatrists’ attitudes to psilocybin therapy

Gribben A, Burke T, Harrington C, et al. (2024) Ir. J. Psychol. Med. 41, (4), pp. 451-459.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42222/ 

 

Prevalence of self-harm among children and adolescents in the Republic of Ireland: a systematic review

Lynch S, Begley A, McDonnell T, Leahy D, Gavin B and McNicholas F (2024) Ir. J. Psychol. Med.,42, (1), pp. 71-84.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42290/

 

A qualitative analysis of people who died by suicide and had gambling documented in their coronial file

Reynolds CME, Cox G, Lyons S, et al. (2025) Addict. Behav. 163, 108267. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42583/

 

Responses

Implementing culturally appropriate recovery approaches in mental health services: perspectives from the Irish Traveller community

Villani J, Kuosmanen T, McDonagh M, et al. (2024) Ir. J. Psychol. Med. Early Online, pp. 1-9.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42318/

 

Examination of patients presenting to the emergency department as “apparently drunk”

Hanrahan MT, O’Mahony M, McLoughlin D and Sheahan A (2025) Ir. J. Med. Sci. 194, pp. 375-384.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42545/

 

Policy

Editorial. A chance for countries to support Ireland’s world-leading cancer warning labels for alcohol containers

O’Brien P, Gleeson D, Kuntsche E, et al. (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, (2), pp. 385-388.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42305/

 

Consumer reactions to multiple and single health warnings on static alcohol ads: a factorial survey experiment with a convenience sample of adults in Ireland

Filipova V, Hooper D and Kenny P (2024) Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, (2), pp. 389-402.
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42439/