By Emeritus Professor Shane Darke

Journal articles

DARKE S; SWIFT W; HALL W, 1994, 'Prevalence, severity and correlates of psychological morbidity among methadone maintenance clients', Addiction, 89, pp. 211 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb00880.x

Darke S; Hall W; Swift W, 1994, 'Prevalence, symptoms and correlates of antisocial personality disorder among methadone maintenance clients', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 34, pp. 253 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(94)90164-3

Darke S, 1994, 'Reply to Dr Seivewright', Addiction, 89, pp. 1703 - 1703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03773.x

Darke S, 1994, 'The use of benzodiazepines among injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Review, 13, pp. 63 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595239400185741

DARKE S; ROSS J; COHEN J, 1994, 'The use of benzodiazepines among regular amphetamine users', Addiction, 89, pp. 1683 - 1690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03769.x

DARKE S; COHEN J; ROSS J; HANDO J; HALL W, 1994, 'Transitions between routes of administration of regular amphetamine users', Addiction, 89, pp. 1077 - 1083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb02784.x

Darke S; Swift W; Hall W; Ross M, 1993, 'Drug use, HIV risk-taking and psychosocial correlates of benzodiazepine use among methadone maintenance clients', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 34, pp. 67 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(93)90047-T

HALL W; DARKE S; ROSS M; WODAK A, 1993, 'Patterns of drug use and risk‐taking among injecting amphetamine and opioid drug users in Sydney, Australia', Addiction, 88, pp. 509 - 516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02057.x

DARKE S, 1992, 'COCAINE, AIDS, AND INTRAVENOUS DRUG-USE - FRIEDMAN,SR, LIPTON,DS, STIMMEL,B', BRITISH JOURNAL OF ADDICTION, 87, pp. 1604 - 1604, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1992JX83000014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Darke S; Hall W; Ross M, 1992, 'Benzodiazepine prescribing and injecting drug users [17]', Medical Journal of Australia, 157, pp. 573 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb137382.x

Darke S; Hall W; Ross M; Wodak A, 1992, 'Benzodiazepine use and HIV risk-taking behaviour among injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 31, pp. 31 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(92)90005-W

DARKE S; HALL W; WODAKI A; HEATHER N; WARD J, 1992, 'Development and validation of a multidimensional instrument for assessing outcome of treatment among opiate users: the Opiate Treatment Index', British Journal of Addiction, 87, pp. 733 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb02719.x

Darke S; Baker A; Dixon J; Wodak A; Heather N, 1992, 'Drug use and HIV risk-taking behaviour among clients in methadone maintenance treatment', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 29, pp. 263 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(92)90101-H

DARKE S, 1992, 'Injecting drug users and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus: what do we know?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 11, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595239200185631

Ross MW; Darke S, 1992, 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know: dimensions and measurement of attitudes toward injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 30, pp. 71 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(92)90038-E

WARD J; DARKE S; HALL W; MATTICK R, 1992, 'Methadone maintenance and the human immunodeficiency virus: current issues in treatment and research', British Journal of Addiction, 87, pp. 447 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb01945.x

DARKE S; WODAK A; HALL W; HEATHER N; WARD J, 1992, 'Prevalence and predictors of psychopathology among opioid users', British Journal of Addiction, 87, pp. 771 - 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb02723.x

DARKE S, 1992, 'The measurement of outcome in opiate treatment evaluation studies', Drug and Alcohol Review, 11, pp. 169 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595239200185651

DARKE S; WARD J; ZADOR D; SWIFT G, 1991, 'A scale for estimating the health status of opioid users', British Journal of Addiction, 86, pp. 1317 - 1322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01707.x

DARKE S; HEATHER N; HALL W; WARD J; WODAK A, 1991, 'Estimating drug consumption in opioid users: reliability and validity of a‘recent use' episodes method', British Journal of Addiction, 86, pp. 1311 - 1316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01706.x

Markham R; Darke S, 1991, 'The effects of anxiety on verbal and spatial task performance', Australian Journal of Psychology, 43, pp. 107 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049539108259108

Darke S; Guinan J; Gold J, 1991, 'The injecting and sexual behaviour of intravenous drug users', Medical Journal of Australia, 154, pp. 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb121109.x

Darke S; Hall W; Heather N; Ward J; Wodak A, 1991, 'The reliability and validity of a scale to measure HIV risk-taking behaviour among intravenous drug users', AIDS, 5, pp. 181 - 185

DARKE S; HALL W; CARLESS J, 1990, 'Drug use, injecting practices and sexual behaviour of opioid users in Sydney, Australia', British Journal of Addiction, 85, pp. 1603 - 1609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb01649.x

Guinan JJ; Darke S; Gold J, 1990, 'If I have sex with a duck dose that make me a drake? The Albion Street (AIDS) Centre, intravenous drug use and 'prostitution' (I: Reply)', Medical Journal of Australia, 152, pp. 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125325.x

Morlet A; Darke S; Guinan JJ; Wolk J; Gold J, 1990, 'Intravenous drug users who present to the Albion Street (AIDS) Centre for diagnosis and management of human immunodeficiency virus infection', Medical Journal of Australia, 152, pp. 78 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb124460.x

Darke S; Hall W, 1990, 'The injecting and sexual behaviour of intravenous drug users (I)', Medical Journal of Australia, 153, pp. 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125519.x

Darke S; Hall W; Carless J, 1990, 'The injecting and sexual behaviour of intravenous drug users in Sydney', Medical Journal of Australia, 152, pp. 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125293.x

Darke S, 1988, 'Anxiety and working memory capacity', Cognition and Emotion, 2, pp. 145 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699938808408071

Darke S, 1988, 'Effects of Anxiety on Inferential Reasoning Task Performance', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, pp. 499 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.55.3.499

Conference Papers

Teesson M; Marel C; Slade T; Darke S; Ross J; Burns L; Mills KL, 2014, 'LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF HEROIN USE AND MENTAL HEALTH: FINDINGS FROM THE 11-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE AUSTRALIAN TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 58 - 58, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800168&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Teesson M; Marel C; Mills KL; Darke S; Ross J; Slade T; White J; Memedovic S; Lynskey M; Burns L; Brady K, 2014, 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE: 11-YEAR FINDINGS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 12 - 12, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800035&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Johnston AK; Slade T; Darke S; Pirkis J; Ross JE, 2009, 'Temporal trends in suicidality in Australia 1997 to 2007', Canberra, presented at Australian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Conference, Canberra, 02 December 2009 - 04 December 2009

Johnston AK; Darke S; Slade T; Ross JE; Pirkis J, 2009, 'Temporal trends in suicide, suicidal ideation and attempts in Australia, 1997 to 2007.', Montevideo, Uruguay, presented at International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montevideo, Uruguay, 27 October 2009 - 31 October 2009

Ross JE; Darke S, 1998, 'Benzodiazepine dependence and psychopathology among heroin users', in National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Monograph No. 37, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, pp. 1 - 10, presented at National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Annual Symposium, Sydney

Hall WD; Darke S, 1997, 'Trends in opiate overdose deaths in Australia 1979-1995', in Wayne Hall (ed.), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Monograph No. 35, Sydney, pp. 25 - 36, presented at National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Monograph No. 35, Sydney, 14 August 1997 - 15 August 1997

Conference Presentations

Darke S, 2024, 'The changing face of overdose', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBO7_cTwPU&t=1508s

Conference Abstracts

Memedovic S; Slade T; Ross J; Teesson M; Darke S; Mills K; Burns L, 2012, 'RUMINATION, DEPRESSION AND SUBSTANCE USE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY (ATOS)', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 31, pp. 41 - 42, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700129&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Reports

Deady M; Ross J; Darke S, 2015, Suicide Assessment Kit (SAK): A comprehensive assessment and policy development package, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/Suicide%20Assessment%20Kit%20updated.pdf

Darke S; Shakeshaft A; Doran C, 2014, Alcohol and violence: Alcohol consumption, homicide, and completed suicide in Australia, 1979-2009, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 324, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/alcohol-and-violence-alcohol-consumption-homicide-and-completed-suicide-australia-1979-2009

Ross J; Darke S; Kelly E; Hetherington K, 2010, Suicide risk assesment and intervention strategies: Current practices in Australian residential drug and alcohol rehabiliation services, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/suicide-risk-assessment-and-intervention-strategies-current-practices-australian

Torok M; Darke S; Kaye SS; Ross JE; McKetin R, 2008, Comparative rates of violent crime amongst methamphetamine and opioid users : victimistation and offending, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF), Hobart, Monograph Series No. 32, http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_32.pdf

Darke S; Ross JE; Hando J; Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2007, Illicit Drug use in Australia: Epidemiology, use patterns and associated harm, National Drug Strategy

Maloney EA; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Mattick RP; Nelson E, 2007, The prevalence and associated risk factors of suicidal behaviour among opioid dependent persons: a case-control study, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, 283, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/all/shared_files/ndarc/resources/TR.283.pdf

Ross J; Teesson M; Darke S; Lynskey M; Hetherington K; Mills K; Williamson A; Fairbairn S, 2003, Characteristics of heroin users entering three treatment modalities in New South Wales: Baseline findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS), NDARC UNSW, Sydney, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/characteristics-heroin-users-entering-three-treatment-modalities-new-south-wales-baseline

Shanahan M; Havard A; Mills K; Williamson A; Ross J; Teesson M; Darke S; Ali R; Ritter A; Cooke R; Lynskey M, 2003, Health services use and treatment costs over 12 months among heroin users: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/TR.203.pdf

Ross JE; Lynskey M; Teesson M; Darke S; Havard A; Mills K; Williamson A; Hetherington K; Fairbairn S, 2003, Three Month Outcomes for the Treatment of Heroin Dependence Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS), New South Wales, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/TR.159.PDF

Ross J; Lynskey M; Teesson M; Darke S; Havard A; Mills K; Williamson A; Hetherington K; Fairbairn S, 2003, Three month outcomes for the treatment of heroin dependence: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) New South Wales, NDARC UNSW, Sydney, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/three-month-outcomes-treatment-heroin-dependence-findings-australian-treatment-outcome

Teesson M; Ross JE; Darke S; Lynskey M; Mills K; Williamson A; Hetherington K; Fairbairn S; Havard A; Wilhelm E; Shanahan M, 2003, Twelve month outcomes of the treatment of heroin dependence: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) New South Wales, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/TR.191.pdf

Darke S; Ross JE; Hando J; Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2000, Illicit drug use in Australia epidemiology, use patterns and associated harms, National Drug Strategy (Australia), Canberra

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