By Professor Alison Ritter

Journal articles

Askew R; Ritter A, 2023, 'When self-direction meets conformity: Surfacing Schwartz's 10 basic human values in drug policy dialogue with lived/living experience participants', International Journal of Drug Policy, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104257

Kowalski M; Livingston M; Wilkinson C; Ritter A, 2023, 'An overlooked effect: domestic violence and alcohol policies in the night-time economy', Addiction, 118, pp. 1471 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16192

McLauchlan L; Kelaita P; Kowalski M; Ritter A, 2023, 'Post-retirement enlightenment syndrome: Worthy of investigation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104059

Kowalski M; Livingston M; Wilkinson C; Ritter A, 2023, 'The impact of tableside ordering technologies on alcohol sales to the intoxicated', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1161 - 1164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13639

Picco L; Ritter A; Nielsen S, 2023, 'Prescription drug monitoring programs in Australia: A call for a comprehensive evaluation', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 745 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13652

Kowalski M; Wilkinson C; Livingston M; Ritter A, 2023, 'Piloting a classification framework for the types of evidence used in alcohol policymaking', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 652 - 663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13599

Zakimi N; Greer A; Bouchard M; Dhillon A; Ritter A, 2023, 'Sociometric network analysis in illicit drugs research: A scoping review', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282340

Ritter A; McLauchlan L, 2023, 'Citizens’ juries and their role in improved alcohol policy: damp squib, or useful tool?', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 30, pp. 413 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2050185

Drysdale K; Bates S; Ritter A; Smyth C; Leeuw ED; Katz I, 2023, 'Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place-based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12621

Stirling R; Nathan S; Ritter A, 2023, 'Prioritizing measures to assess performance of drug treatment services: a Delphi process with funders, treatment providers and service-users', Addiction, 118, pp. 119 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16038

McLauchlan L; Lancaster K; Kearnes M; Mellor R; Ritter A, 2022, '“It's professional but it's personal”: Participation, personal connection, and sustained disagreement in drug policy reform', International Journal of Drug Policy, 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103903

Mellor R; Kearnes M; Lancaster K; McLauchlan L; Ritter A, 2022, 'Established Tables and Emergent Huddles: Exploring the Processes of Participation Associated With the Policy Changes to Opioid Pharmacotherapy Treatment in Australia in the Context of COVID-19', Contemporary Drug Problems, 49, pp. 385 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914509221123001

Barrett L; Mellor R; Ritter A; McLauchlan L; Kearnes M, 2022, 'Navigating the grey: Experiences of incremental cannabis reform in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 1621 - 1629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13518

Ritter A, 2022, 'Words matter: A commentary on the new UK drug strategy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103846

Vuong T; Gillies M; Larney S; Montebello M; Ritter A, 2022, 'The association between involuntary alcohol treatment and subsequent emergency department visits and hospitalizations: a Bayesian analysis of treated patients and matched controls', Addiction, 117, pp. 1589 - 1597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15755

O'Reilly K; Kowalski M; Barratt MJ; Ritter A, 2022, 'Distinguishing personal use of drugs from drug supply: Approaches and challenges', International Journal of Drug Policy, 103, pp. 103653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103653

Curchin K; Weight T; Ritter A, 2022, 'Moral framings in the Australian parliamentary debate on drug testing of welfare recipients', Social Policy and Administration, 56, pp. 409 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12774

Ritter A; van de Ven K; Vuong T; Chalmers J; Dobbins T; Livingston M; Berends L, 2022, 'Are market mechanisms associated with alcohol and other drug treatment outcomes?', Addiction, 117, pp. 1105 - 1116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15681

Greer A; Bonn M; Shane C; Stevens A; Tousenard N; Ritter A, 2022, 'The details of decriminalization: Designing a non-criminal response to the possession of drugs for personal use', International Journal of Drug Policy, 102, pp. 103605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103605

Sommerville K; Ritter A; Stephenson N, 2022, 'Pill testing policy: A comparative analysis using the Advocacy Coalition Framework', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 275 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13352

Conigrave KM; Ali RL; Armstrong R; Chikritzhs TN; d’Abbs P; Harris MF; Hewlett N; Livingston M; Lubman DI; McKenzie A; O’Leary C; Ritter A; Wilson S; Grimmond M; Banks E, 2021, 'Revision of the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol', Medical Journal of Australia, 215, pp. 518 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51336

Riordan BC; Winter DT; Barrett L; Ritter A; Lancaster K; Seear K; Butler K; Haber PS, 2021, 'Guidelines for the treatment of alcohol problems: an introduction', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 215, pp. S3 - S5, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000703210100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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

Wilkinson C; Ritter A, 2021, 'Applying a ‘harm to others’ research framework to illicit drugs: political discourses and ambiguous policy implications', Addiction, 116, pp. 1941 - 1946, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15243

Wilkinson C; Ritter A, 2021, 'Thinking beyond the individual, a response to commentaries', Addiction, 116, pp. 1952 - 1953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15605

Mellor R; Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2021, 'Recovery from alcohol problems in the absence of treatment: a qualitative narrative analysis', Addiction, 116, pp. 1413 - 1423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15288

Mellor R; Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2021, 'Examining untreated and treated alcohol problem resolution in an Australian online survey sample', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1037 - 1046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13257

Vuong T; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Ali R; Nguyen N; Minh KP, 2021, 'Quality of life as a predictor of time to heroin relapse among male residents following release from compulsory rehabilitation centres in Vietnam', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 296 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13176

van de Ven K; Ritter A; Vuong T; Livingston M; Berends L; Chalmers J; Dobbins T, 2021, 'A comparison of structural features and vulnerability between government and nongovernment alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment providers', Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 132, pp. 108467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108467

Madden A; Lancaster K; Ritter A; Treloar C, 2021, 'Making legitimacy: Drug user representation in United Nations drug policy settings', International Journal of Drug Policy, 87, pp. 103014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103014

Ritter A, 2021, 'Mental Health Ontologies: How We Talk About Mental Health, and Why it Matters in the Digital Age Janna Hastings, Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Press, 2020. ISBN 9781905816576', Addiction, 116, pp. 2248 - 2249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15418

Stirling R; Ritter A; Rawstorne P; Nathan S, 2020, 'Contracting treatment services in Australia: Do measures adhere to best practice?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 86, pp. 102947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102947

Nielsen S; Picco L; Kowalski M; Sanfilippo P; Wood P; Larney S; Bruno R; Ritter A, 2020, 'Routine opioid outcome monitoring in community pharmacy: Outcomes from an open-label single-arm implementation-effectiveness pilot study', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 16, pp. 1694 - 1701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.02.009

O'Reilly MJA; Hughes CE; Bright DA; Ritter A, 2020, 'Structural and functional changes in an Australian high-level drug trafficking network after exposure to supply changes', International Journal of Drug Policy, 84, pp. 102797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102797

Hughes C; Hulme S; Ritter A, 2020, 'The relationship between drug price and purity and population level harm', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, pp. 1 - 26

Cox S; Moss AC; Ritter A, 2020, 'Editorial for special issue: Vulnerable groups: Addiction research, policy and practice', Addictive Behaviors, 104, pp. 106266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106266

Shanahan M; Seddon J; Ritter A; De Abreu Lourenco R, 2020, 'Valuing families' preferences for drug treatment: a discrete choice experiment', Addiction, 115, pp. 690 - 699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14816

O'Keefe D; Ritter A; Stoove M; Hughes C; Dietze P, 2020, 'Harm reduction programs and policy in Australia: Barriers and enablers to effective implementation', Sucht, 66, pp. 33 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000641

Mellor R; Ritter A, 2020, 'Redressing responses to the treatment gap for people with alcohol problems: The overlooked role of untreated remission from alcohol problems', Sucht, 66, pp. 21 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000640

Rhodes T; Ritter A, 2020, 'Editing the International Journal of Drug Policy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 76, pp. 102664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102664

van de Ven K; Ritter A; Berends L; Chalmers J; Lancaster K, 2020, 'Perceptions of purchasing and payment mechanisms in alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia: A qualitative study involving alcohol and other drug service providers and purchasers of treatment', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 189 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13027

van de Ven K; Ritter A; Roche A, 2020, 'Alcohol and other drug (AOD) staffing and their workplace: examining the relationship between clinician and organisational workforce characteristics and treatment outcomes in the AOD field', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 27, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2019.1622649

Ritter A, 2020, 'Making drug policy in summer—drug checking in Australia as providing more heat than light', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 12 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13018

Greer A; Ritter A, 2020, 'The legal regulation of drugs and role of government: Perspectives from people who use drugs', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 206, pp. 107737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107737

Greer A; Ritter A, 2019, 'Harm reduction and the opioid crisis: Emerging policy challenges', International Journal of Drug Policy, 71, pp. 139 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.05.015

Strang J; McDonald R; Campbell G; Degenhardt L; Nielsen S; Ritter A; Dale O, 2019, 'Take-Home Naloxone for the Emergency Interim Management of Opioid Overdose: The Public Health Application of an Emergency Medicine', Drugs, 79, pp. 1395 - 1418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40265-019-01154-5

Mellor R; Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2019, 'Systematic review of untreated remission from alcohol problems: Estimation lies in the eye of the beholder', Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 102, pp. 60 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.04.004

Lancaster K; Rhodes T; valentine K; Ritter A, 2019, 'A ‘promising tool’? A critical review of the social and ethico-political effects of wastewater analysis in the context of illicit drug epidemiology and drug policy', Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 9, pp. 85 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2019.06.006

Belackova V; Salmon AM; Day CA; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Hedrich D; Kerr T; Jauncey M, 2019, 'Drug consumption rooms: A systematic review of evaluation methodologies', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 406 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12919

Greer AM; Ritter A, 2019, '“It's about bloody time”: Perceptions of people who use drugs regarding drug law reform', International Journal of Drug Policy, 64, pp. 40 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.12.006

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