By Dr Toby Lea

Journal articles

Takeuchi J; Chan C; MacGibbon J; Broady TR; Lea T; Mao L; Bavinton B; Holt M, 2023, 'Trends in illicit drug use and their association with HIV transmission risks from behavioural surveillance of Australian gay and bisexual men', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 539 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13781

Race K; Murphy D; Pienaar K; Lea T, 2023, 'Injecting as a sexual practice: Cultural formations of ‘slamsex’', Sexualities, 26, pp. 620 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460720986924

Power J; Lea T; Melendez-Torres GJ; Lyons A; Norman T; Hill AO; Bourne A, 2022, 'Health literacy, financial insecurity and health outcomes among people living with HIV in Australia', Health Promotion International, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac161

Bavinton BR; Chan C; Hammoud MA; Maher L; Haire B; Degenhardt L; Holt M; Lea T; Bath N; Storer D; Jin F; Grulich AE; Bourne A; Saxton P; Prestage GP; Murphy D; Mackie B; Batrouney C; Ellard J; Grierson J; Pastorelli M, 2022, 'Increase in Depression and Anxiety Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men During COVID-19 Restrictions: Findings from a Prospective Online Cohort Study', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, pp. 355 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02276-2

Power J; Amir S; Lea T; Brown G; Lyons A; Carman M; Rule J; Bourne A, 2021, 'Bisexual Men Living with HIV: Wellbeing, Connectedness and the Impact of Stigma', AIDS and Behavior, 25, pp. 4085 - 4093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03236-6

Haber PS; Riordan BC; Winter DT; Barrett L; Saunders J; Hides L; Gullo M; Manning V; Day CA; Bonomo Y; Burns L; Assan R; Curry K; Mooney-Somers J; Demirkol A; Monds L; McDonough M; Baillie AJ; Clark P; Ritter A; Quinn C; Cunningham J; Lintzeris N; Rombouts S; Savic M; Norman A; Reid S; Hutchinson D; Zheng C; Iese Y; Black N; Draper B; Ridley N; Gowing L; Stapinski L; Taye B; Lancaster K; Stjepanović D; Kay-Lambkin F; Jamshidi N; Lubman D; Pastor A; White N; Wilson S; Jaworski AL; Memedovic S; Logge W; Mills K; Seear K; Freeburn B; Lea T; Withall A; Marel C; Boffa J; Roxburgh A; Purcell-Khodr G; Doyle M; Conigrave K; Teesson M; Butler K; Connor J; Morley KC, 2021, 'New Australian guidelines for the treatment of alcohol problems: an overview of recommendations', Medical Journal of Australia, 215, pp. S3 - S32, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51254

Day CA; Bonomo Y; Burns L; Assan R; Curry K; Mooney--Somers J; Demirkol A; Monds L; Reid S; Norman A; Hutchinson D; Zheng C; Iese Y; Black N; Memedovic S; Draper BM; Ridley N; White N; Pastor A; Wilson S; Freeburn B; Boffa JD; Purcell-Khodr G; Doyle M; Jaworski AL; Lea T; Roxburgh A; Logge W; Withall A; Conigrave KM, 2021, 'Providing appropriate treatment and care to people with alcohol problems: a summary for key specific populations', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 215, pp. S21 - S27, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000703210100004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Treloar C; Hopwood M; Drysdale K; Lea T; Holt M; Dowsett GW; Aggleton P; Bryant J, 2021, 'Stigma as understood by key informants: A social ecological approach to gay and bisexual men's use of crystal methamphetamine for sex', International Journal of Drug Policy, 94, pp. 103229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103229

Drysdale K; Bryant J; Dowsett GW; Lea T; Treloar C; Aggleton P; Holt M, 2021, 'Priorities and practices of risk reduction among gay and bisexual men in Australia who use crystal methamphetamine for sex.', Int J Drug Policy, 93, pp. 103163 - 103163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103163

Holt M; MacGibbon J; Bear B; Lea T; Kolstee J; Crawford D; Murphy D; Power C; Ellard J; de Wit J, 2021, 'Trends in Belief That HIV Treatment Prevents Transmission Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Results of National Online Surveys 2013-2019.', AIDS Educ Prev, 33, pp. 62 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2021.33.1.62

Lea T; Brener L; Lambert S; Whitlam G; Holt M, 2021, 'Treatment outcomes of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer alcohol and other drug counselling service in Australia: A retrospective analysis of client records', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1358 - 1368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13303

MacGibbon J; Lea T; Ellard J; Murphy D; Kolstee J; Power C; Crawford D; Bear B; de Wit J; Holt M, 2020, 'Access to subsidised healthcare affects HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among gay and bisexual men in Australia', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Publish Ahead of Print, pp. 430 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002572

Hammoud MA; Maher L; Holt M; Degenhardt L; Jin J; Murphy D; Bavinton B; Grulich A; Lea T; Haire B; Bourne A; Saxton P; Vaccher S; Ellard J; Mackie B; Batrouney C; Bath N; Prestage G, 2020, 'Physical distancing due to COVID-19 disrupts sexual behaviours among gay and bisexual men in Australia', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Publish Ahead of Print, pp. 309 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002462

Kolstee J; Holt M; Jin J; Hammoud MA; Degenhardt L; Maher L; Lea T; Prestage G, 2020, 'Characteristics of gay and bisexual men who rarely use HIV risk reduction strategies during condomless anal intercourse: Results from the FLUX national online cohort study.', PLoS One, 15, pp. e0233922 - e0233922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233922

Hammoud MA; Jin F; Maher L; Bourne A; Haire B; Saxton P; Vaccher S; Lea T; Degenhardt L; Prestage G, 2020, 'Biomedical HIV Protection Among Gay and Bisexual Men Who Use Crystal Methamphetamine', AIDS and Behavior, 24, pp. 1400 - 1413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02739-7

Lea T; Amada N; Jungaberle H; Schecke H; Scherbaum N; Klein M, 2020, 'Perceived outcomes of psychedelic microdosing as self-managed therapies for mental and substance use disorders', Psychopharmacology, 237, pp. 1521 - 1532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-020-05477-0

Drysdale K; Bryant J; Holt M; Hopwood M; Dowsett GW; Aggleton P; Lea T; Treloar C, 2020, 'Destabilising the ‘problem’ of chemsex: Diversity in settings, relations and practices revealed in Australian gay and bisexual men's crystal methamphetamine use', International Journal of Drug Policy, 78, pp. 102697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102697

Pienaar K; Murphy DA; Race K; Lea T, 2020, 'Drugs as technologies of the self: Enhancement and transformation in LGBTQ cultures', International Journal of Drug Policy, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102673

Lea T; Amada N; Jungaberle H, 2020, 'Psychedelic Microdosing: A Subreddit Analysis', Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 52, pp. 101 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2019.1683260

Boettiger DC; Salazar-Vizcaya L; Dore GJ; Gray RT; Law MG; Callander D; Lea T; Rauch A; Matthews GV, 2020, 'Can Australia Reach the World Health Organization Hepatitis C Elimination Goal by 2025 among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-positive Gay and Bisexual Men?', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70, pp. 106 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz164

Lea T; Amada N; Jungaberle H; Schecke H; Klein M, 2020, 'Microdosing psychedelics: Motivations, subjective effects and harm reduction', International Journal of Drug Policy, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.11.008

Amada N; Lea T; Letheby C; Shane J, 2020, 'Psychedelic Experience and the Narrative Self An Exploratory Qualitative Study', JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES, 27, pp. 6 - 33, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000576353800001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Holt M; Lee E; Lea T; Bavinton B; Broady T; Mao L; MacGibbon J; Keen P; Murphy D; Bear B; Crawford D; Ellard J; Kolstee J; Power C; Prestage G; Grulich A; Guy R; de Wit J, 2020, 'HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis cascades to assess implementation in Australia: results from repeated, national behavioural surveillance of gay and bisexual men, 2014-2018', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 86, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002243

Vaccher SJ; Hammoud MA; Bourne A; Lea T; Haire BG; Holt M; Saxton P; Mackie B; Badge J; Jin F; Maher L; Prestage G, 2020, 'Prevalence, frequency, and motivations for alkyl nitrite use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 76, pp. 102659 - 102659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102659

Schecke H; Lea T; Bohn A; Köhler T; Sander D; Scherbaum N; Deimel D, 2019, 'Crystal Methamphetamine Use in Sexual Settings Among German Men Who Have Sex With Men', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00886

Newman C; Persson A; Kumar S; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2019, 'Experiences of Family Belonging among Two Generations of Sexually Diverse Australians', Family Relations, 69, pp. 292 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fare.12411

Hakim J; Møller K; Florêncio J; Murphy D; Race K; Pienaar K; Lea T, 2019, 'CHEMSEX: DIGITAL, CHEMICAL AND COMMUNAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF DISINHIBITION', AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2019i0.10947

Holt M; Lea T; Bear B; Halliday D; Ellard J; Murphy D; Kolstee J; de Wit J, 2019, 'Trends in Attitudes to and the Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis by Australian Gay and Bisexual Men, 2011–2017: Implications for Further Implementation from a Diffusion of Innovations Perspective', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1939 - 1950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2368-y

Lea T; Hammoud M; Bourne A; Maher L; Jin F; Haire B; Bath N; Grierson J; Prestage G, 2019, 'Attitudes and Perceived Social Norms toward Drug Use among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia', Substance Use and Misuse, 54, pp. 944 - 954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1552302

Lea T; Anning M; Wagner S; Owen L; Howes F; Holt M, 2019, 'Barriers to accessing HIV and sexual health services among gay men in Tasmania, Australia', Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 31, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538720.2019.1567427

Holt M; Lea T; Mao L; Kolstee J; Zablotska-Manos I; Duck T; Allan B; West M; Lee E; Hull P; Grulich A; De Wit J; Prestage G, 2018, 'Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia: results of repeated behavioural surveillance in 2013–17', The Lancet HIV, 5, pp. e448 - e456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30072-9

Jin F; Hammoud MA; Maher L; Degenhardt L; Bourne A; Lea T; Vaccher S; Grierson J; Haire BG; Prestage G, 2018, 'Age related prevalence and age related incidence of illicit drug use in a cohort of Australian gay and bisexual men: Results form the FLUX study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, pp. 175 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.04.009

Bui H; Zablotska-Manos I; Hammoud M; Jin F; Lea T; Bourne A; Iversen J; Bath N; Grierson J; Degenhardt L; Prestage G; Maher L, 2018, 'Prevalence and correlates of recent injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Australia: Results from the FLUX study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 222 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.018

Pienaar K; Murphy DA; Race K; Lea T, 2018, 'Problematising LGBTIQ drug use, governing sexuality and gender: A critical analysis of LGBTIQ health policy in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 187 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.008

Ezard N; Webb B; Clifford B; Cecilio ME; Jellie A; Lea T; Rodgers C; Ruth S; Bruno R, 2018, 'Substance Use and Sex Index (SUSI): First stage development of an assessment tool to measure behaviour change in sexualised drug use for substance use treatment studies', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 165 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.03.020

Gray RT; Wilson DP; Guy RJ; Stoove M; Hellard ME; Prestage GP; Lea T; De Wit J; Holt M, 2018, 'Undiagnosed HIV infections among gay and bisexual men increasingly contribute to new infections in Australia', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 21, pp. e25104 - e25104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25104

Hammoud MA; Vaccher S; Jin F; Bourne A; Haire BG; Maher L; Lea T; Prestage G, 2018, 'The new MTV generation: Using methamphetamine, Truvada and Viagra to enhance sex and stay safe.', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 197 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.02.021

Brener L; Lea T; Rance J; Wilson H; Bryant J; Ezard N, 2018, 'Providing a model of health care service to stimulant users in Sydney', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 25, pp. 130 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1221061

Hammoud MA; Bourne A; Maher L; Jin F; Haire B; Lea T; Degenhardt L; Grierson J; Prestage G, 2017, 'Intensive sex partying with gamma-hydroxybutyrate: factors associated with using gamma-hydroxybutyrate for chemsex among Australian gay and bisexual men – results from the Flux Study', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 123 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17146

Prestage G; Hammoud M; Lea T; Jin F; Maher L, 2017, 'Measuring drug use sensation-seeking among Australian gay and bisexual men', International Journal of Drug Policy, 49, pp. 73 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.027

Loi B; Lea T; Howard J, 2017, 'Substance Use, Mental Health, and Service Access among Bisexual Adults in Australia', Journal of Bisexuality, 17, pp. 400 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2017.1401501

Holt M; Lea T; Schmidt HM; Kolstee J; Ellard J; Murphy D; Truong HH; De Wit J, 2017, 'Willingness to use and have sex with men taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): Results of online surveys of Australian gay and bisexual men, 2011-2015', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 93, pp. 438 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052774

Stoové M; Asselin J; Pedrana A; Lea T; Hellard M; Wilson D; Prestage G; de Wit J; Holt M, 2017, 'Declining prevalence of undiagnosed HIV in Melbourne: Results from community-based bio-behavioural studies of gay and bisexual men', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 57 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12708

Hammoud MA; Jin F; Lea T; Maher L; Grierson J; Prestage G, 2017, 'Off-Label Use of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitor Erectile Dysfunction Medication to Enhance Sex Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Results From the FLUX Study', Journal of Sexual Medicine, 14, pp. 774 - 784, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.04.670

Lea T, 2017, 'Commentary on Kecojevic et al. (2017): Challenges in researching substance use in sexual minority populations', Addiction, 112, pp. 625 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13770

Hammoud MA; Jin F; Degenhardt L; Lea T; Maher L; Grierson J; Mackie B; Pastorelli M; Batrouney C; Bath N; Bradley J; Prestage GP, 2017, 'Following Lives Undergoing Change (Flux) study: Implementation and baseline prevalence of drug use in an online cohort study of gay and bisexual men in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 41, pp. 41 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.11.012

Lea T; Kolstee J; Lambert S; Ness R; Hannan S; Holt M, 2017, 'Methamphetamine treatment outcomes among gay men attending a LGBTI-specific treatment service in Sydney, Australia', PLoS ONE, 12, pp. e0172560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172560

Race K; Lea T; Murphy D; Pienaar K, 2017, 'The future of drugs: Recreational drug use and sexual health among gay and other men who have sex with men', Sexual Health, 14, pp. 42 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16080

Bryant J; Hopwood M; Dowsett GW; Aggleton P; Holt M; Lea T; Drysdale K; Treloar C, 2017, 'The rush to risk when interrogating the relationship between methamphetamine use and sexual practice among gay and bisexual men', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 242 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.010

Holt M; Lea T; Mao L; Zablotska-Manos I; Lee E; Hull P; de Wit JBF; Prestage G, 2017, 'Adapting behavioural surveillance to antiretroviral-based HIV prevention: reviewing and anticipating trends in the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys', Sexual Health, 14, pp. 72 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16072

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