By Emeritus Professor Shane Darke

Journal articles

Darke S, 2016, 'Addiction Classics', Addiction, 111, pp. 1899, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13530

Torok M; Darke S; Shand F; Kaye S, 2016, 'Investigating heterogeneity in violent offending liability among injection drug users from a developmental perspective', Addictive Behaviors, 60, pp. 165 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.04.013

Darke S; Slade T; Ross J; Marel C; Mills KL; Tessson M, 2016, 'Patterns and correlates of injecting among heroin users: A 11-year follow-up of the Australian treatment outcome study cohort', Addictive Disorders and their Treatment, 15, pp. 111 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ADT.0000000000000082

Darke S; Farrell M, 2016, 'Commentary on Singh et al. (2016): Still searching for the answer', Addiction Abingdon England, 111, pp. 1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13369

Darke S, 2016, 'Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Framework for Establishing Evidence-Based Standards', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 35, pp. 503 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12373

Darke S; Farrell M, 2016, 'Response to commentaries on 'Which medications are suitable for agonist drug maintenance'', Addiction, 111, pp. 781 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13359

Darke S; Farrell M, 2016, 'Which medications are suitable for agonist drug maintenance?', Addiction, 111, pp. 767 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13158

Darke S; Marel C; Mills KL; Ross J; Slade T; Tessson M, 2016, 'Years of potential life lost amongst heroin users in the Australian Treatment Outcome Study cohort, 2001-2015', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 162, pp. 206 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.03.010

Darke S, 2016, 'Heroin overdose.', Addiction, 111, pp. 2060 - 2063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13516

Campbell G; Bruno R; Darke S; Shand F; Hall W; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2016, 'Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Attempts in People Prescribed Pharmaceutical Opioids for Chronic Pain.', Clin J Pain, 32, pp. 292 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000283

Darke S; Duflou J, 2016, 'The toxicology of heroin-related death: estimating survival times', Addiction, 111, pp. 1607 - 1613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13429

Darke S; Farrell M, 2016, 'The twenty-first century opioid epidemic: What is happening and what can be done?', The Addictions Newsletter, Spring, pp. 18 - 20, http://www.apa.org/divisions/div50/Newsletters/tan-spring-2016.pdf

Marel C; Mills K; Darke S; Ross J; Burns L; Teesson M, 2015, 'Can we predict retention in longitudinal studies of substance use? Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study', Addictive Behaviors, 51, pp. 38 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.002

Darke S; Slade T; Ross J; Marel C; Mills KL; Tessson M, 2015, 'Patterns and correlates of alcohol use amongst heroin users: 11-year follow-up of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study cohort', Addictive Behaviors, 50, pp. 78 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.06.030

Darke S; Marel C; Slade T; Ross J; Mills KL; Teesson M, 2015, 'Patterns and correlates of sustained heroin abstinence: Findings from the 11-year follow-up of the australian treatment outcome study', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76, pp. 909 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2015.76.909

Darke S; Marel C; Ross J; Mills KL; Slade T; Tessson M, 2015, 'Health Service Utilization among Heroin Users: 11-Year Follow-up of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study Cohort', Addictive Disorders and their Treatment, 14, pp. 159 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ADT.0000000000000069

Campbell G; Bruno R; Darke S; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Associations of borderline personality with pain, problems with medications and suicidality in a community sample of chronic non-cancer pain patients prescribed opioids for pain', General Hospital Psychiatry, 37, pp. 434 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.05.004

White M; Burton R; Darke S; Eastwood B; Knight J; Millar T; Musto V; Marsden J, 2015, 'Fatal opioid poisoning: A counterfactual model to estimate the preventive effect of treatment for opioid use disorder in England', Addiction, 110, pp. 1321 - 1329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12971

Darke S; Duflou J; Torok M, 2015, 'The health consequences of injecting tablet preparations: Foreign body pulmonary embolization and pulmonary hypertension among deceased injecting drug users', Addiction, 110, pp. 1144 - 1151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12930

West R; Marsden J; Darke S; Humphreys K; Miller P; Hall W; Petry N, 2015, 'Vote of thanks to Professor Tom Babor', Addiction, 110, pp. 1060 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12959

Darke S; Ross J; Marel C; Mills KL; Slade T; Burns L; Teesson M, 2015, 'Patterns and correlates of attempted suicide amongst heroin users: 11-year follow-up of the Australian treatment outcome study cohort', Psychiatry Research, 227, pp. 166 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.010

Teesson M; Marel C; Darke S; Ross J; Slade T; Burns L; Lynskey M; Memedovic S; White J; Mills KL, 2015, 'Long-term mortality, remission, criminality and psychiatric comorbidity of heroin dependence: 11-year findings from the Australian treatment outcome study', Addiction, 110, pp. 986 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12860

Torok M; Darke S; Kaye S; Shand F, 2015, 'The association of early-life and substance use risks to violent offending among injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 10 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12126

Marel C; Teesson M; Mills K; Darke S; Ross J; Slade T; Burns L; Lynskey M, 2015, 'Long-term patterns of heroin use and mental health: 11-Year follow-up of the Australian treatment outcome study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e193 - e193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.440

Mills K; Marel C; Darke S; Ross J; Slade T; Burns L; Teesson M, 2015, 'The long-term impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on recovery from heroin dependence', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e41 - e41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.484

Campbell G; Darke S; Bruno R; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The prevalence and correlates of chronic pain and suicidality in a nationally representative sample.', Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 49, pp. 803 - 811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867415569795

Darke S; Marel C; Mills KL; Ross J; Slade T; Burns L; Teesson M, 2014, 'Patterns and correlates of non-fatal heroin overdose at 11-year follow-up: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 144, pp. 148 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.001

Darke S; Torok M; Duflou J, 2014, 'Circumstances and toxicology of sudden or unnatural deaths involving alprazolam', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 138, pp. 61 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.01.023

Kozor R; Grieve SM; Buchholz S; Kaye S; Darke S; Bhindi R; Figtree GA, 2014, 'Regular cocaine use is associated with increased systolic blood pressure, aortic stiffness and left ventricular mass in young otherwise healthy individuals', Plos One, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089710

Darke S; Torok M, 2014, 'The association of childhood physical abuse with the onset and extent of drug use among regular injecting drug users', Addiction, 109, pp. 610 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12428

Darke S, 2014, 'Opioid overdose and the power of old myths: What we thought we knew, what we do know and why it matters', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 109 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12108

Kaye S; Darke S; Torok M, 2014, 'Diversion and misuse of pharmaceutical stimulants among illicit drug users', Addiction Research and Theory, 22, pp. 109 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2013.779677

Darke S; Torok M; Duflou J, 2014, 'Sudden or unnatural deaths involving anabolic-androgenic steroids', Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59, pp. 1025 - 1028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12424

Torok M; Darke S; Shand F; Kaye S, 2014, 'Violent offending severity among injecting drug users: Examining risk factors and issues around classification', Addictive Behaviors, 39, pp. 1773 - 1778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.07.002

Darke S; Farrell M, 2014, 'Would legalizing illicit opioids reduce overdose fatalities? Implications from a natural experiment', Addiction, 109, pp. 1237 - 1242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12456

Marel C; Mills KL; Darke S; Ross J; Slade T; Burns L; Teesson M, 2013, 'Static and dynamic predictors of criminal involvement among people with heroin dependence: Findings from a 3-year longitudinal study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 133, pp. 600 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.003

Darke S; Duflou J; Torok M; Prolov T, 2013, 'Toxicology, circumstances and pathology of deaths from acute alcohol toxicity', Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 20, pp. 1122 - 1125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2013.09.002

Darke S; Torok M, 2013, 'Attitudes of regular injecting drug users towards the legal status of the major illicit drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 483 - 488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12050

Darke S, 2013, 'The trip to Echo Spring: Why writers drink', ADDICTION, 108, pp. 1690 - 1690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12286

Darke S, 2013, 'Commentary on Sartor etal. (2013): Trauma and drug use-more evidence for self-medication?', Addiction, 108, pp. 1001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12154

Darke S, 2013, 'Pathways to heroin dependence: Time to re-appraise self-medication', Addiction, 108, pp. 659 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04001.x

Kaye SS; Darke S; Torok M, 2013, 'Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among illicit psychostimulant users: a hidden disorder?', Addiction, 108, pp. 923 - 931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12086

Darke S; Duflou J; Torok M; Prolov T, 2013, 'Characteristics, circumstances and toxicology of sudden or unnatural deaths involving very high-range alcohol concentrations', Addiction, 108, pp. 1411 - 1417, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12191/pdf

Darke S; Torok M, 2013, 'Childhood physical abuse, non-suicidal self-harm and attempted suicide amongst regular injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.026

Darke S, 2013, 'Commentary on Sartor et al. (2013): Trauma and drug use—more evidence for self-medication?', Addiction, 108, pp. 1001 - 1001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12154/full

Darke S; Torok M; Duflou J, 2013, 'Contributory and incidental blood concentrations in deaths involving Citalopram', Journal of Forensic Sciences, 58, pp. 432 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12046/pdf

McDonald S; Darke S; Kaye SS; Torok M, 2013, 'Deficits in social perception in opioid maintenance patients, abstinent opioid users and non-opioid users', Addiction, 108, pp. 566 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12040

Darke S, 2013, 'Pathways to heroin dependence: Time to re-appraise self-medication', Addiction, 104, pp. 659 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04001.x

Darke S, 2013, 'The trip to echo spring: why writers drink: Book review', Addiction, 108, pp. 1690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12286/pdf

White J; Teesson M; Darke S; Mills K; Ross J; Slade T; Burns L, 2012, 'A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR FEMALES WITH HEROIN DEPENDENCE: FINDINGS FROM THE 11 YEAR FOLLOW UP OF THE AUSTRALIAN TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 59 - 59, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700181&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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