Review of adolescent substance use and responses in the WHO Western Pacific Region
Substance use amongst adolescents (those in the age group of 10-19) is an important public health issue in many countries of the region.
Project Status:
Completed
Patterns of alcohol and drug use
An RCT of cannabinoid replacement therapy (Sativex®) for the management of treatment-resistant cannabis dependent patients
This project will conduct the first-ever outpatient RCT to test the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of the pharmaceutical cannabinoid nabiximols (Sativex®) for treating cannabis dependence.
Project Status:
Current
Integrated management pathways for alcohol and drug clients into treatment (IMPACT)
This innovative, integrated care project was implemented in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District to improve integration of services provided to those who are frequent attenders to the Emergency Department and have drug and alcohol use disorders.
Project Status:
Current
Positive life pathways for vulnerable adolescents: The role of a life management program approach
This project undertakes research to understand the pathways of vulnerable adolescents and the role of the Ted Noffs Program for Adolescent Life Management (PALM) in assisting young people to get their lives back on track.
Project Status:
Current
The toxicology of heroin-related death: estimating survival times
The rapidity of overdose and death is of major clinical importance. Essentially, is there time to intervene, or are such deaths typically so rapid as to preclude meaningful intervention? The presence of 6-monoacetly-morphine (6MAM) is indicative of a rapid death following heroin administration.
Project Status:
Completed
Circumstances and causes of death of compulsive hoarders
Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating disorder. Little is known of the substance use of hoarders, or the circumstances in which they die.
Project Status:
Completed
Toward a comprehensive picture of the epidemiology of alcohol and illicit drug use disorders: Novel analyses of the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Surveys
In this study, we will undertake detailed analyses of the largest cross-national epidemiologic study of mental and substance use disorders ever conducted. The WHO World Mental Health Survey (WMHS) initiative is a massive, unique endeavour.
Project Status:
Current
Opioid substitution therapy among chronic pain patients dependent on opioid medications: Current utilisation, barriers and opportunities
This study examines the utilisation of opioid substitution therapy among a large community sample of chronic non-cancer pain patients receiving long-term opioid substitution therapy (OST).
Project Status:
Current
The RADAR Project: identifying early warning signals on the pathways to alcohol use disorder
Globally, harmful alcohol use continues to be a major modifiable contributor to the burden of disease.
Project Status:
Current
The POPPY Project: Investigating the use of prescribed opioids in Australia
This research project seeks to examine the patterns and costs of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme-subsidised opioid use, including extra-medical use, in the Australian population.
Project Status:
Current