Pathways to heroin dependence: the role of self-medication
In this review, the self-medication hypothesis is examined in relation to the development and chronicity of heroin dependence.
Project Status:
Completed
Opioids
Tasmanian Review of Opioid Prescribing
Project Status:
Current
Child protection and mothers in substance abuse treatment
Project Status:
Completed
Development of an opioid aberrant drug behaviour scale for use in multiple healthcare settings
An emerging body of literature from the United States (US) describes ‘aberrant’ (i.e. divergent) medication-related behaviours among pain patients, and the extent to which they are associated with harm, including medical morbidity, dependence and diversion.
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Completed