By Dr Chrianna Irene Bharat

Journal articles

Bharat C; Huang X; Campbell G; Tisdale C; Glasgow S; Nielsen S; Pollock Z; Santo T; Kale S; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2026, 'Cannabis and cannabinoids for the treatment of mental and substance use disorders and symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental and observational studies', Psychiatry Research, 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117380

George P; Bharat C; Murray K; Hunter M; Hoey MA; Zhu K, 2026, 'Multimorbidity, physical function, and risk of falls in middle-aged adults', Bone, 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2026.117974

O'Shea R; Hui J; Bharat C; Murray K; Arscott G; Hunter M; Walsh J; Zhu K, 2026, 'DXA-Measured Visceral Adipose Tissue and Accelerated Biological Aging in Middle-Aged Adults', Obesity, 34, pp. 1613 - 1622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.70239

Degenhardt L; Farrell M; Doyle M; Stone J; Bharat C; Hickman M; Martinello M; Weatherburn D; Dean K; Coyte J; Macdonald C; Harrod ME; Grant L; Larman G; Vickerman P; McGrath C; Thompson P; Churchill A; Dore G; Santo T, 2026, 'Health, Social and Recidivism Outcomes Among People Who Have Been Incarcerated in New South Wales, Australia: Study Protocol and Cohort Profile for the Prison Outcomes STudy (POST)', Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.70161

Varney B; Jones N; Bharat C; Brett J; Degenhardt L; Oei JL; Pearson SA; Havard A; Tran DT, 2026, 'Retention in opioid agonist treatment during pregnancy and variations according to treatment and maternal characteristics', Addiction, 121, pp. 1520 - 1529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70325

Macdonald C; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Hickman M; Stone J; Sutherland R; Harrod M; Grebely J; Santo T, 2026, 'Factors Associated With Adult Incarceration Among People With Opioid Use Disorder in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.70153

Santo T; Bharat C; Rodgers C; Harrod M; Taylor S; Zahra E; Sutherland R; Peacock A; Grebely J; Hickman M; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2026, 'Factors Associated With Opioid Agonist Treatment Engagement and Harm Reduction Service Use: Findings From the New South Wales Opioid Dependence Survey', Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.70132

Clare PJ; Bharat C, 2026, 'Target trial emulation for addiction research—A useful method but not a panacea', Addiction, 121, pp. 469 - 471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70327

Tran DT; Varney B; Jones N; Bharat C; Brett J; Oei JL; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L; Havard A, 2026, 'Trends in Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Dependence During Pregnancy: A Population-Based Study in New South Wales 2005–2021', Drug and Alcohol Review, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.70139

Zhou J; Varney B; Jones N; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Havard A; Tran DT, 2026, 'Postpartum retention in opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence: A population-based cohort study', Archives of Women S Mental Health, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-025-01640-8

Hopkins RE; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Abdel-Shaheed C; Blyth FM; Walpola R; Currow DC; Cashin AG; Demirkol A; Pearson SA; Gisev N, 2026, 'Prescription opioid discontinuation and mortality due to suicide or unintentional overdose', Pain, 167, pp. 469 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003824

Lingham G; Nilagiri VK; Brown H; Bharat C; Lee SSY; Franchina M; Hunter M; Murray K; Alonso-Caneiro D; Olsen CM; Whiteman DC; Mackey DA, 2026, 'Are Ocular Markers of Sun Exposure Associated With Skin Cancer? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.70148

Chandra J; Bartlett B; Bharat C; Lee S; Flicker L; Murray K; Dwivedi G; Yeap B, 2026, 'Cardiovascular Risk Following Pneumonia in Older Males: A Longitudinal Cohort Study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 35, pp. s614 - s615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2026.07.976

Hoey MA; Zhu K; Murray K; Bharat C; Eikelboom RH; Hunter M, 2025, 'The associations of multimorbidity with fall- and fracture-related hospitalisations: the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study', Archives of Osteoporosis, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11657-025-01600-w

Price O; Bharat C; Jones NR; Peacock A; Read P; Hickman M; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'The impact of opioid agonist treatment on the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infection notifications among people with a history of opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia: A retrospective data linkage study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112929

Jones NR; Hickman M; Bharat C; Nielsen S; Larney S; Ghouse NF; Lappin J; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Identifying key risk factors for intentional self-harm, including suicide, among a cohort of people prescribed opioid agonist treatment: A predictive modelling study', Addiction, 120, pp. 2044 - 2054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70095

Santo TJ; Chaillon A; Martin N; Hickman M; Jones N; Farrell M; Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Borquez A, 2025, 'Quantifying the impact of a large-scale opioid agonist treatment program on suicide prevention in New South Wales, Australia: A data-modeling study', Addiction, 120, pp. 1601 - 1609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.70018

Zhu K; Hunter M; Bharat C; Murray K; Hui J; Walsh JP; Hung J, 2025, 'DXA-Measured Visceral Adipose Tissue and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events in Middle-Aged Adults: Busselton Healthy Ageing Study', Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocd.2025.101599

Bartlett B; Sanfilippo FM; Lee S; Ludewick H; Waterer G; Rajwani A; Bharat C; Ihdayhid AR; Corrales-Medina V; Dwivedi G, 2025, 'The Risk of Adverse Cardiac Events after Pneumonia in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease', Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 22, pp. 855 - 862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202407-714OC

Jones N; Ghouse FN; Gibson A; Tran DT; Santo T; Bharat C; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Data Resource Profile Update: The Opioid Agonist Treatment and Safety II (OATS II) Study, 2001–22, New South Wales, Australia', International Journal of Epidemiology, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf037

Bharat C; Hopkins RE; Chambers M; Degenhardt L; Peacock A; Farrell M; Yuen WS; Man N; Gisev N, 2025, 'Age, period, and cohort trends of substance poisoning, alcohol-related disease, and suicide deaths in Australia, 1980–2019', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 60, pp. 693 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02749-4

Campbell G; Tran DT; Bharat CI; Degenhardt L; Draper B; Pearson SA; Gisev N; Havard A, 2025, 'Risk of self-harm and suicide associated with the use of opioid analgesics', British Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10436

Chidwick K; Bharat C; Gisev N; Havard A; Camacho X; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Trends in prescription opioid analgesic use in Australia from 2015 to 2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104666

Huangfu G; Murray K; Bharat C; Sukudom S; Yeap B; Dwivedi G, 2025, 'Obstructive Sleep Apnoea is Common in Individuals With Normal Android-Gynoid Fat Mass Ratios and Linked to High Cardiometabolic Risk: A Community-Wide, Gender-Specific Analysis', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 34, pp. S656 - S657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2025.06.893

Santo T; Chaillon A; Martin N; Bharat C; Jones N; Farrell M; Hickman M; Borquez A; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'Quantifying the Impact of Opioid Agonist Treatment on Suicide Mortality in New South Wales, Australia: A Population-Level Analysis from 2001 to 2020', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267, pp. 112133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112133

Gillies MB; Chidwick K; Bharat C; Camacho X; Currow D; Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Long-term prescribed opioid use after hospitalization or emergency department presentation among opioid naïve adults (2014–2020)—A population-based descriptive cohort study', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90, pp. 2111 - 2123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16093

Bharat C; Farrell M, 2024, 'National approaches to reduce mortality after prison release', Lancet Public Health, 9, pp. e412 - e413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00105-1

Gillies MB; Camacho X; Bharat C; Buizen L; Blyth F; Currow D; Wilson A; Degenhardt L; Gisev N; Pearson SA, 2024, 'Oxycodone initiation in Australia (2014–2018): Sociodemographic factors and preceding health service use', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90, pp. 1656 - 1666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16063

Hopkins RE; Bharat C; Buizen L; Close J; Ivers R; Draper B; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L; Gisev N, 2024, 'Age-Related Risk of Serious Fall Events and Opioid Analgesic Use', JAMA Internal Medicine, 184, pp. 394 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8154

Gillies MB; Bharat C; Camacho X; Daniels B; Hall K; Kelly TL; Kelty E; Lin J; Litchfield M; Lopez D; Noghrehchi F; Raubenheimer J; Varney B; Pratt N, 2024, 'Medicine utilization studies in Australian individual-level dispensing data: A blinded, multi-center replicated analysis', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5776

Bharat C; Gisev N; Barbieri S; Dobbins T; Larney S; Buizen L; Degenhardt L, 2024, 'Prescription opioid use among people with opioid dependence and concurrent benzodiazepine and gabapentinoid exposure: An analysis of overdose and all-cause mortality', International Journal of Drug Policy, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104287

Bharat C; Chidwick K; Gisev N; Farrell M; Ali R; Degenhardt L, 2024, 'Trends in use of medicines for opioid agonist treatment in Australia, 2013–2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104255

Ayonrinde O; Uchila R; Olynyk J; Bharat C; Murray K, 2024, 'SAT-471 Relationship between steatotic liver disease, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular related outcomes-20 year follow-up of a longitudinal cohort study', Journal of Hepatology, 80, pp. S655 - S656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(24)01888-9

Henriques Franca M; Bharat C; Novello E; Hwang I; Medina-Mora ME; Benjet C; Andrade LH; Vigo DV; Viana MC, 2023, 'Towards measuring effective coverage: critical bottlenecks in quality- and user-adjusted coverage for major depressive disorder in São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-023-00583-w

Bharat C; Webb P; Wilkinson Z; McKetin R; Grebely J; Farrell M; Holland A; Hickman M; Tran LT; Clark B; Peacock A; Darke S; Li JH; Degenhardt L, 2023, 'Agreement between self-reported illicit drug use and biological samples: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Addiction, 118, pp. 1624 - 1648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16200

Havard A; Jones N; Bharat C; Gisev N; Pearson SA; Shakeshaft A; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2023, 'Mortality during and after specialist alcohol and other drug treatment: Variation in rates according to principal drug of concern and treatment modality', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1461 - 1471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13669

Gisev N; Buizen L; Hopkins RE; Schaffer AL; Daniels B; Bharat C; Dobbins T; Larney S; Blyth F; Currow DC; Wilson A; Pearson SA; Degenhardt L, 2023, 'Five-Year Trajectories of Prescription Opioid Use', JAMA Network Open, 6, pp. E2328159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28159

Bharat C; Glantz MD; Aguilar-Gaxiola S; Alonso J; Bruffaerts R; Bunting B; Caldas-de-Almeida JM; Cardoso G; Chardoul S; de Jonge P; Gureje O; Haro JM; Harris MG; Karam EG; Kawakami N; Kiejna A; Kovess-Masfety V; Lee S; McGrath JJ; Moskalewicz J; Navarro-Mateu F; Rapsey C; Sampson NA; Scott KM; Tachimori H; ten Have M; Vilagut G; Wojtyniak B; Xavier M; Kessler RC; Degenhardt L, 2023, 'Development and evaluation of a risk algorithm predicting alcohol dependence after early onset of regular alcohol use', Addiction, 118, pp. 954 - 966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16122

Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Pearson SA; Buizen L; Wilson A; Dobbins T; Gisev N, 2023, 'A data-informed approach using individualised dispensing patterns to estimate medicine exposure periods and dose from pharmaceutical claims data', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 32, pp. 352 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5567

Degenhardt L; Bharat C; Glantz MD; Bromet EJ; Alonso J; Bruffaerts R; Bunting B; de Girolamo G; de Jonge P; de Jonge P; Florescu S; Gureje O; Haro JM; Harris MG; Hinkov H; Karam EG; Karam G; Kovess-Masfety V; Lee S; Makanjuola V; Medina-Mora ME; Navarro-Mateu F; Piazza M; Posada-Villa J; Scott KM; Stein DJ; Tachimori H; Tintle N; Torres Y; Viana MC; Kessler RC; Aguilar-Gaxiola S; Al-Hamzawi A; Al-Kaisy MS; Altwaijri Y; Helena Andrade L; Atwoli L; Benjet C; Borges G; Caldas-de-Almeida JM; Cardoso G; Chatterji S; Cia AH; Demyttenaere K; Hu CY; de Jonge P; Karam AN; Kawakami N; Kiejna A; Lee S; Lepine JP; McGrath J; Mneimneh Z; Moskalewicz J; Posada-Villa J; Slade T; Stagnaro JC; ten Have M; Vigo DV; Whiteford H; Williams DR; Wojtyniak B, 2022, 'The associations between traumatic experiences and subsequent onset of a substance use disorder: Findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109574

Catlett B; Hajarizadeh B; Cunningham E; Wolfson-Stofko B; Wheeler A; Khandaker-Hussain B; Feld JJ; Martró E; Chevaliez S; Pawlotsky JM; Bharat C; Cunningham PH; Dore GJ; Applegate T; Grebely J, 2022, 'Diagnostic Accuracy of Assays Using Point-of-Care Testing or Dried Blood Spot Samples for the Determination of Hepatitis C Virus RNA: A Systematic Review', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 226, pp. 1005 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac049

Bharat C; Gisev N; Barbieri S; Dobbins T; Larney S; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2022, 'Trends in opioid analgesic utilisation among people with a history of opioid dependence', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109548

Bharat C; Gisev N; Barbieri S; Dobbins T; Larney S; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2022, 'The effect of opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids, and opioid agonist treatment on mortality risk among opioid-dependent people.', International Journal for Population Data Science, 7, pp. 1954, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1954

Kessler RC; Kazdin AE; Aguilar-Gaxiola S; Al-Hamzawi A; Alonso J; Altwaijri YA; Andrade LH; Benjet C; Bharat C; Borges G; Bruffaerts R; Bunting B; de Almeida JMC; Cardoso G; Chiu WT; Cía A; Ciutan M; Degenhardt L; de Girolamo G; de Jonge P; de Vries Y; Florescu S; Gureje O; Haro JM; Harris MG; Hu C; Karam AN; Karam EG; Karam G; Kawakami N; Kiejna A; Kovess-Masfety V; Lee S; Makanjuola V; McGrath J; Medina-Mora ME; Moskalewicz J; Navarro-Mateu F; Nierenberg AA; Nishi D; Ojagbemi A; Oladeji BD; O'Neill S; Posada-Villa J; Puac-Polanco V; Rapsey C; Ruscio AM; Sampson NA; Scott KM; Slade T; Stagnaro JC; Stein DJ; Tachimori H; ten Have M; Torres Y; Viana MC; Vigo DV; Williams DR; Wojtyniak B; Xavier M; Zarkov Z; Ziobrowski HN, 2022, 'Patterns and correlates of patient-reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys', World Psychiatry, 21, pp. 272 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.20971

Chaillon A; Bharat C; Stone J; Jones N; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Farrell M; Vickerman P; Hickman M; Martin NK; Bórquez A, 2022, 'Modeling the population-level impact of opioid agonist treatment on mortality among people accessing treatment between 2001 and 2020 in New South Wales, Australia', Addiction, 117, pp. 1338 - 1352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15736

Warfield SC; Bharat C; Bossarte RM; DePhilippis D; Farrell M; Hoover M; Larney S; Marshalek P; McKetin R; Degenhardt L, 2022, 'Trends in comorbid opioid and stimulant use disorders among Veterans receiving care from the Veterans Health Administration, 2005–2019', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109310

Degenhardt L; Bharat C; Chiu WT; Sampson NA; Kessler RC; Kazdin AE; Harris MG; McGrath JJ; Vigo DV; Vigo DV; Alonso J; Andrade LH; Bruffaerts R; Bunting B; Cardoso G; de Girolamo G; Florescu S; Gureje O; Makanjuola V; Haro JM; Hu C; Karam AN; Karam EG; Kovess-Masfety V; Lee S; Medina-Mora ME; Moskalewicz J; Navarro-Mateu F; Posada-Villa J; Rapsey C; Stagnaro JC; Tachimori H; ten Have M; Torres Y; Williams DR; Zarkov Z; Al-Hamzawi A; Al-Kaisy MS; Altwaijri YA; Atwoli L; Benjet C; Borges G; Bromet EJ; Caldas-de-Almeida JM; Chatterji S; Cia AH; Demyttenaere K; Florescu S; Giovanni de Girolamo ; Hinkov H; Peter de Jonge ; Karam G; Kawakami N; Kiejna A; Lee S; Lepine JP; Mneimneh Z; Piazza M; Scott KM; Slade T; Stein DJ; Margreet ten Have ; Viana MC; Vigo DV; Whiteford H; Wojtyniak B, 2021, 'Perceived helpfulness of treatment for alcohol use disorders: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109158

Bharat C; Larney S; Barbieri S; Dobbins T; Jones NR; Hickman M; Gisev N; Ali R; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'The effect of person, treatment and prescriber characteristics on retention in opioid agonist treatment: a 15-year retrospective cohort study', Addiction, 116, pp. 3139 - 3152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15514

Bharat C; Degenhardt L; Dobbins T; Larney S; Farrell M; Barbieri S, 2021, 'Using administrative data to predict cessation risk and identify novel predictors among new entrants to opioid agonist treatment', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109091

Santo T; Clark B; Hickman M; Grebely J; Campbell G; Sordo L; Chen A; Tran LT; Bharat C; Padmanathan P; Cousins G; Dupouy J; Kelty E; Muga R; Nosyk B; Min J; Pavarin R; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'Association of Opioid Agonist Treatment with All-Cause Mortality and Specific Causes of Death among People with Opioid Dependence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', JAMA Psychiatry, 78, pp. 979 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0976

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