Recent publications

Prevalence and current situation

Longitudinal associations between childhood adversity and alcohol use behaviours in early adulthood: examining the mediating roles of parental and peer relationships

Mongan D, Millar S, Brennan MM, Doyle A, Galvin B and McCarthy N (2025) Child Abuse Negl, 161: 107302. Available from:
https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42645/

The mediating role of impulsivity on suicidal behaviour among higher education students with depression and substance abuse disorders

McHugh R, McLafferty M, Brown N, et al. (2025) Alcohol, 124: 89–96. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42985/

The impact of the home life environment and organised extracurricular activities on adolescent cannabis use: Findings from the Irish Planet Youth Survey

Daly FP, Millar S, Major E and Barrett PM (2025) Public Health, 242: 375–381. Available from:  https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42978/

Neurologists’ perspectives of cannabis-based medicines: results from an all-Ireland survey

Savio M, Kearney H and Downer EJ (2025) Ir J Med Sci, 194(2): 687–697. Available from:  https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42664/  

Identifying barriers and facilitators to psychosocial care for people living with HIV in Ireland: a mixed methods study

Burke A, Davoren MP, Arensman E and Harrington J (2025) BMC Public Health, 25: 707. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42721/  

Early and risky adolescent alcohol use independently predict alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drug use in early adulthood in Ireland: a longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative cohort

Brennan MM, Mongan D, Doyle A, et al. (2025) BMC Public Health, 25(1): 1129. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42914/  

Barriers and enablers of addiction recovery amongst people experiencing homelessness in Dublin, Ireland: A proposed conceptual framework adapted from the REC-CAP

Ingram C, Buggy C and Perrotta C (2025) J Subst Use Addict Treat, 172: 209669. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42836/  

Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in Four Celtic Nations: A Mixed-Method Study

Maxwell S, McAloney K, Strongylou D, O’Brien R, Stenhouse R and Frankis J (2025) J Interpers Violence, Early online. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43040/  

“I Just Wouldn’t Like Him to go Through What I Went Through as a Kid”: A Qualitative Study on the Mitigating Effects of Positive Childhood Experiences in Mothers with a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences in an Irish Population

Tadjine L and Swords L (2025) Community Ment Health J, 61(3): 492–501. Available from:  https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42969/   

Faltering care: why mothers experiencing homelessness in Dublin, Ireland, miss their childcare visits

Lucey H (2025) Anthropol Med, 32(1): 17–32. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42920/  

People experiencing homelessness requiring psychiatric review in prison, a study of a male and female remand prison over 1 year period

Gallagher M, Sheehy S, Connaughton M, Hickey P and Ivers J-H (2025) Ir J Med Sci, 194(3):
1053–1066. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43030/  

Mental illness and suicidality among Roma and traveller communities in the UK, Ireland, and other countries: a systematic review

Dagli A and Webb RT (2025) BMC Psychiatry, 25(1): 331. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/43019/  

 

Responses

Prioritising research on marketing and consumption of No and Low (NoLo) alcoholic beverages in Ireland

Dumbili EW, Leonard P, Larkin J and Houghton F (2025) Int J Drug Policy, 139: 104794. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42968/  

 

Policy

Is big money distorting the global drug policy conversation?

Smyth BP (2025) Addiction, 120(6): 1284–1285. Available from: https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/42984/