Despite the increasing use of the internet by the general community to access information about alcohol/other drug use and related conditions, there remains no central portal through which people can reliably access a range of evidence-based information and treatment for alcohol/other drug...
Heroin dependence is remarkably persistent, and in many cases it is a lifelong condition with a high mortality rate. Yet, the natural history of heroin dependence has rarely been studied. The Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) is a landmark Australian cohort study examining...
Despite a high prevalence of drug and alcohol (AOD)-related morbidity among patients presenting to emergency departments, acute care settings and pre-admission clinics, previous research has found AOD-related morbidity is not commonly identified on admission. AOD-related morbidity has important...
Limited research suggests a strong association between adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorders (SUD), with adult ADHD over-represented among people with substance use problems (20-40% prevalence). ADHD complicates the course of SUD, such that...
The traditional response of the human service system to the needs of homeless people experiencing mental health conditions involves specialist homelessness, drug and alcohol, and mental health services providing support in a largely autonomous fashion. Cross-sector co-ordination...
Homelessness is a prevailing issue in contemporary Australian society and yet little is known about the social and economic costs to the individual and to the community. The purpose of The National Homelessness Study is to collect information which will assist understanding of the effect of...
Many young people regard alcohol and illicit drugs as part of the repertoire of products that facilitate socializing through intoxication. This has become a pressing public policy issue because the practice costs society dearly. Economic research supports increasing the price of alcohol to...
The current study will be the first of its kind to use integrative data analyses - a highly innovative approach - to pool data from four large and long-running Australasian cohort studies to better understand the link between cannabis use and later-life outcomes. Dramatically improved knowledge...
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