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Association between the location of Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) providers and heroin-related ambulance attendances

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Introduction Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an evidence-based intervention that reduces harms associated with heroin use. Ambulance services often serve as the first point of contact for people experiencing these acute harms.
Natasha Hall, Bosco Rowland, Rowan P. Ogeil, Rick Loos, Ziad Nehme, Dan I. Lubman   +5 more
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‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Drug alerts designed for health and community workforces have potential to avert acute harms associated with unpredictable illicit drug markets, by preparing workers to respond to unusual drug-related events, and distribute information to ...
Isabelle Volpe, Rita Brien, Jasmin Grigg, Stephanie Tzanetis, Sione Crawford, Tom Lyons, Nicole Lee, Ginny McKinnon, Caitlin Hughes, Alan Eade, Monica J. Barratt   +10 more
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“I was worried if I don’t have a broken leg they might not take it seriously”: Experiences of men accessing ambulance services for mental health and/or alcohol and other drug problems

Health Expectations, 2019
Background A large proportion of ambulance callouts are for men with mental health and/or alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, but little is known about their experiences of care.
Nyssa Ferguson, Michael Savic, Terence V. McCann, Kate Emond, Emma Sandral, Karen Smith, Louise Roberts, Emma Bosley, Dan I. Lubman   +8 more
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Twelve-month outcomes of MAKINGtheLINK: A cluster randomized controlled trial of a school-based program to facilitate help-seeking for substance use and mental health problems

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Young people experiencing mental health problems are often reluctant to seek help, particularly from professionals (i.e., doctors or mental health workers).
Dan I Lubman, Ali Cheetham, Emma Sandral, Rory Wolfe, Catherine Martin, Fiona Blee, Bonita J Berridge, Anthony F. Jorm, Coralie Wilson, Nicholas B. Allen, Lisa McKay-Brown, Jenny Proimos   +11 more
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Affected family members’ experience of, and coping with, aggression and violence within the context of problematic substance use: a qualitative study

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background Families have an important role supporting a family member with problematic substance use (PSU), although this can often be challenging and confronting.
Terence V. McCann, Dan I. Lubman, Gayelene Boardman, Mollie Flood   +3 more
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Opioid-related harms and experiences of care among people in justice settings in New South Wales, Australia: evidence from the National Ambulance Surveillance System

Harm Reduction Journal
Background People in justice settings experience higher rates of psychiatric morbidity, including alcohol and drug use disorders, compared with the general population.
Naomi Beard, Michael McGrath, Harry M. X. Lai, James Wilson, Anthony Hew, Amaya Muñoz Labiano, Dan I. Lubman, Rowan P. Ogeil   +7 more
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Colposcopy at a turning point

Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2018
For women who have abnormal Pap test results, the biopsy under colposcopic evaluation is the gold standard for determining the treatment modality. To increase the effectiveness of colposcopic communication, the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) recently published fourth new nomenclature, aiming to create an evidence-
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“Fourteen Dollars for One Beer!” Pre‐drinking is associated with high‐risk drinking among Victorian young adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013
Objective: Pre‐drinking entails consuming alcohol before attending licensed venues. We examined the relationship between pre‐drinking, intention to get drunk and high‐risk drinking among Victorians aged 18–24 years, to consider whether reducing pre ...
Sarah MacLean, Sarah Callinan
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Emotion Recognition and Impulsive Choice in Relation to Methamphetamine Use and Psychosis Symptoms

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
Introduction: The cognitive profiles of people with methamphetamine use disorder are characterized by impulsivity and impairment in social cognition. However, previous studies have not fully accounted for the presence and impact of co-occurring mental ...
Shalini Arunogiri, Shalini Arunogiri, Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Rebecca McKetin, Adam J. Rubenis, Adam J. Rubenis, Rebecca E. Fitzpatrick, Dan I. Lubman, Dan I. Lubman   +8 more
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Predicting Turning Points

, 2000
This paper presents a new method for predicting turning points. The paper formally defines a turning point; develops a probit model for estimating the probability of a turning point; and then examines both the in-sample and out-of-sample forecasting performance of the model.
Daniel M. Chin, John F. Geweke, Preston J. Miller   +2 more
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