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A Tale of Two Towns: A Comparative Study Exploring the Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Capital among People Seeking Recovery from Substance Misuse.

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

A tiered model of substance use severity and life complexity: Potential for application to needs-based planning

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

After 30 years of dissemination, have we achieved sustained practice change in motivational interviewing?

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Alcohol problems among migrants in substance use treatment: the role of drinking patterns in countries of birth.

scientific article published in January 2014

Alcohol, drug and related health and wellbeing issues among young people completing an online screen

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

Alprazolam and wider benzodiazepine misuse in Australia – sources of supply and evidence of harms

article

Are the Twelve Steps more acceptable to drug users than to drinkers? A comparison of experiences of and attitudes to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) among 200 substance misusers attending inpatient detoxification.

scientific article published in July 2001

Assessing recovery and functioning in former problem drinkers at different stages of their recovery journeys.

scientific article published on January 2011

Breaking good: breaking ties with social groups may be good for recovery from substance misuse

scientific article published on 11 September 2014

Breaking the habit: a retrospective analysis of desistance factors among formerly problematic heroin users.

scientific article published in November 2008

Building addiction recovery capital through online participation in a recovery community

scientific article published on 30 September 2017

Challenging the brain disease model of addiction: European launch of the addiction theory network

journal article; published in Addiction Research & Theory in 2018

Changes in neuropsychological functioning during alcohol detoxification.

scientific article published on 20 September 2008

Characteristics of individuals presenting to treatment for primary alcohol problems versus other drug problems in the Australian patient pathways study.

scientific article

Continuing the conversation: 30 years of motivational interviewing dissemination.

scientific article published in July 2016

Cost of drug use and criminal involvement before and during methadone treatment.

scientific article published in December 1999

Detecting lifetime alcohol problems in individuals referred for liver transplantation for nonalcoholic liver failure.

scientific article published in November 2008

Developing strengths-based recovery systems through community connections.

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Development and validation of a Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10) for alcohol and drug use disorder

scientific article

Different forms of heroin and their relationship to cook-up techniques: data on, and explanation of, use of lemon juice and other acids

scientific article (publication date: April 2001)

Does active referral by a doctor or 12-Step peer improve 12-Step meeting attendance? Results from a pilot randomised control trial.

scientific article

Does prescribing for opiate addiction change after national guidelines? Methadone and buprenorphine prescribing to opiate addicts by general practitioners and hospital doctors in England, 1995-2005.

scientific article published in May 2007

Drinking and smoking as concurrent predictors of illicit drug use and positive drug attitudes in adolescents.

scientific article published in November 2000

Drug deaths in police custody: is dual diagnosis a significant factor?

scientific article published in August 2004

Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: what do they know and what do they need to know?

scientific article

Ethnic and gender differences in drinking and smoking among London adolescents.

scientific article published on February 2001

Exploring mortality among drug treatment clients: The relationship between treatment type and mortality.

scientific article

Exploring the focus and experiences of smartphone applications for addiction recovery.

scientific article

Factors influencing mortality among alcohol and drug treatment clients in Victoria, Australia: the role of demographic and substance use characteristics.

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Getting by with a little help from your friends: the impact of peer networks on criminality in a cohort of treatment-seeking drug users.

scientific article published in April 2003

Hepatitis B and C in alcohol-dependent patients admitted to a UK alcohol inpatient treatment unit.

scientific article published in September 2001

Is an arcade-style computer game an effective medium for providing drug education to schoolchildren?

scientific article published in January 2000

Major disruptions of sleep during treatment of the opiate withdrawal syndrome: differences between methadone and lofexidine detoxification treatments.

scientific article published in March 2003

Mapping heroin careers: utilising a standardised history-taking method to assess the speed of escalation of heroin using careers in a treatment-seeking cohort.

scientific article published in March 2008

Mapping the recovery stories of drinkers and drug users in Glasgow: quality of life and its associations with measures of recovery capital.

scientific article published on 27 May 2011

Measuring capital in active addiction and recovery: the development of the strengths and barriers recovery scale (SABRS)

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

Money well-spent: Further evidence of improved outcomes for methamphetamine users following treatment

scientific article published in June 2016

Motivational drive and alprazolam misuse: A recipe for aggression?

scientific article

New estimates of the number of children living with substance misusing parents: results from UK national household surveys

scientific article

Online screening for alcohol and other drug problems: an acceptable method for accessing help.

scientific article published in August 2013

Overdose training and take-home naloxone for opiate users: prospective cohort study of impact on knowledge and attitudes and subsequent management of overdoses.

scientific article published on October 2008

Peer overdose resuscitation: multiple intervention strategies and time to response by drug users who witness overdose.

scientific article published in September 2002

Peer-initiated overdose resuscitation: fellow drug users could be mobilised to implement resuscitation.

scientific article

Predictors of psychological morbidity in liver transplant assessment candidates: is alcohol abuse or dependence a factor?

scientific article

Recovery capital pathways: Modelling the components of recovery wellbeing.

scientific article published on 28 September 2017

Relationship between drug treatment engagement and criminal thinking style among drug-using offenders

scientific article published on 10 January 2009

Relationship between prescribing and risk of opiate overdose among drug users in and out of maintenance treatment.

scientific article

Risk behaviours for HIV and hepatitis infection among anabolic-androgenic steroid users

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Screening for cognitive functioning in psychiatric outpatients with schizophrenia, alcohol dependence, and dual diagnosis.

scientific article published on 14 February 2007

Social identity, social networks and recovery capital in emerging adulthood: A pilot study.

scientific article

Strategies to facilitate integrated care for people with alcohol and other drug problems: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 07 April 2017

Substance use outcomes following treatment: Findings from the Australian Patient Pathways Study.

scientific article

Test-retest reliability of the Severity of Dependence Scale

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

The Assessment of Recovery Capital: Properties and psychometrics of a measure of addiction recovery strengths ⬇️

scientific article published on August 10, 2012

The Maudsley Addiction Profile (MAP): a brief instrument for assessing treatment outcome.

scientific article published in December 1998

The emergence of a recovery movement for alcohol and drug dependence.

scientific article published on 19 March 2012

The role of abstinence and activity in the quality of life of drug users engaged in treatment.

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

The role of forensic medical examiners and their attitudes on delivering brief alcohol interventions in police custody.

scientific article published in January 2002

Time of day of methadone consumption and illicit heroin use.

scientific article published in December 1997

Trends in amphetamine-related harms in Victoria

scientific article published in September 2013

Why the mechanisms of 12-Step behaviour change should matter to clinicians

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

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