By Professor Tony Gerard Butler

Journal articles

Yap L; Carruthers S; Thompson S; Cheng W; Jones J; Simpson P; Richards A; Thein HH; Haber P; Lloyd A; Butler T, 2014, 'A descriptive model of patient readiness, motivators, and hepatitis C treatment uptake among Australian prisoners.', PLoS One, 9, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087564

Butler T; Stover J; Shyu J; Hutchinson Dr. N; Kapp T; Boose Dr. JA; Hoy C; Stramaglia M; Young D, 2014, 'Biologics production and single-use technologies: Challenges, trends and techniques', American Pharmaceutical Review, 17

Mina MM; Clark PJ; Beasley HM; Herawati L; Butler TG; Lloyd AR, 2014, 'Enhancing hepatitis C treatment in the custodial setting: A national roadmap', Medical Journal of Australia, 200, pp. 15 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10654

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Gisev N; Trevena J; Burns L; Kimber J; Shanahan M; Butler T; Mattick RP; Weatherburn D, 2014, 'Imprisonment of opioid-dependent people in New South Wales, Australia, 2000-2012: A retrospective linkage study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 165 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12123

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Weatherburn DJ; Gibson A; Mattick R; Butler T; Burns L, 2014, 'The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison: Retrospective data linkage study', Addiction, 109, pp. 1306 - 1317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12536

Grace J; Krom I; Maling C; Butler T; Midford R; Simpson P, 2013, 'Review of Indigenous offender health (updated).', Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 12, http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/

Richmond RL; Indig DT; Butler TG; Wilhelm KA; Archer VA; Wodak AD, 2013, 'A randomized controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention conducted among prisoners', Addiction, 108, pp. 966 - 974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12084

Butler T; Yap L; Donovan B; Richters J, 2013, 'Condoms for prisoners: No evidence that they increase sex in prison, but they increase safe sex', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89, pp. 377 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050856

Indig D; Wodak AD; Richmond RL; Butler TG; Archer VA; Wilhelm KA, 2013, 'Heroin use impairs smoking cessation among Australian prisoners', BMC Public Health, 13, pp. 1200 - 1200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1200

Fetherston J; Carruthers S; Butler TG; Wilson DP; Sindicich N, 2013, 'Rates of injection in prison in a sample of Australian injecting drug users', Journal of Substance Use, 18, pp. 65 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2012.760008

Richmond RL; Indig D; Butler TG; Wilhelm KA; Archer VA; Wodak AD; Wilhelm K, 2013, 'Smoking and Other Drug Characteristics of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Prisoners in Australia', Journal of Addiction, 2013, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/516342

Richmond RL; Butler T; Wilhelm K; Indig D; Archer V; Wodak A, 2013, 'Study protocol: A randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention conducted among prisoners.', British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, 3, pp. 1607 - 1620, http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract.php?iid=205&id=12&aid=1396&ei=PsEjU5W9L8mZkgWcm4CwAg&usg=AFQjCN

Doyle M; Fisher C; Saggers S; Butler T, 2012, 'ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG INTERVENTION PROGRAMS WITHIN AUSTRALIAN PRISONS FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MEN', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 68 - 68, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700211&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Butler T, 2012, 'Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes', CURATOR-THE MUSEUM JOURNAL, 55, pp. 243 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2151-6952.2012.00145.x

Richters J; Butler TG; Schneider K; Yap L; Kirkwood K; Grant L; Richards A; Smith A; Donovan BJ, 2012, 'Consensual sex between men and sexual violence in Australian prisons', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, pp. 517 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-010-9667-3

Kariminia A; Butler TG; Jones J; Law MG; Han A, 2012, 'Increased mortality among Indigenous persons during and after release from prison in New South Wales', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36, pp. 274 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00844.x

Yap L; Butler TG; Richters J; Malacova E; Wand HC; Smith AMA; Grant L; Richards A; Donovan B, 2012, 'Penile implants among prisoners - a cause for concern?', PLoS One, 8, pp. e53065, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053065

Kinner SA; Streitberg L; Butler TG; Levy MH, 2012, 'Prisoner and ex-prisoner health: Improving access to primary care', Australian Family Physician, 41, pp. 535 - 536

Butler TG; Malacova E; Richters J; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith AMA; Donovan B, 2012, 'Sexual behaviour and Sexual health of Australian prisoners', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 64 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12104

Malacova E; Butler TG; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith AMA; Donovan B, 2012, 'Sexual coercion prior to imprisonment: prevalence, demographic and behavioural correlates', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 23, pp. 533 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2011.011069

Richmond RL; Butler TG; Indig DT; Wilhelm KA; Archer V; Wodak AD, 2012, 'The challenges of reducing tobacco use among prisoners', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 625 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00435.x

Butler T; Indig D; Allnutt S; Mamoon H, 2011, 'Co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder among Australian prisoners', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 188 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00216.x

Schofield PW; Butler TG; Hollis SJ; D''ste C, 2011, 'Are prisoners reliable survey respondents? A validation of self-reported traumatic brain injury (TBI) against hospital medical records', Brain Injury, 25, pp. 74 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2010.531690

Malacova E; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith A; Donovan B, 2011, 'Attitudes towards Sex: A Comparison of Prisoners and the General Community', Sexual Health, 8, pp. 355 - 362, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=368723163652406;res=IELHEA

Richmond RL; Wilhelm KA; Indig D; Butler TG; Archer V; Wodak AD, 2011, 'Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community', BMC Public Health, 11, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-783

Kinner SA; Preen DB; Kariminia A; Butler T; Andrews JY; Stoove M; Law MG, 2011, 'Counting the cost: estimating the number of deaths among recently released prisoners in Australia', Australian Journal of Medical Science, 195, pp. 64 - 68

Randall D; Degenhardt LJ; Vajdic CM; Burns LA; Hall WD; Law MG; Butler TG, 2011, 'Increasing cancer mortality among opioid dependent persons in Australia: a new public health challenge for a disadvantaged population', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35, pp. 220 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00682.x

Malacova E; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith AMA; Donovan B, 2011, 'Knowledge of sexually transmissible infections: A comparison of prisoners and the general population', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 22, pp. 381 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2011.010408

Kinner SA; Preen DB; Kariminia A; Butler T; Andrews JY; Stoové M; Law M, 2011, 'MJA: Counting the cost: estimating the number of deaths among recently released prisoners in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 195, pp. 232 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03295.x

Schneider K; Richters J; Butler TG; Yap L; Richards A; Grant L; Smith AMA; Donovan B, 2011, 'Psychological distress and experience of sexual and physical assault among Australian prisoners', Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 21, pp. 333 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.816

Yap L; Richters J; Butler T; Schneider K; Grant L; Donovan B, 2011, 'The decline in sexual assaults in men's prisons in New South Wales: A "systems" approach', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, pp. 3157 - 3181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260510390961

Perkes I; Schofield PW; Butler TG; Hollis SJ, 2011, 'Traumatic brain injury rates and sequelae: A comparison of prisoners with a matched community sample in Australia', Brain Injury, 25, pp. 131 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2010.536193

Schofield PW; Perkes I; Butler TG; Hollis SJ, 2011, 'Traumatic brain injury rates and sequelae: A comparison of prisoners with a matched community sample in Australia. Letter to Editor Response', Brain Injury, 25, pp. 1028 - 1028, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2011.605098

Bonevski B; Bowman J; Richmond RL; Bryant J; Wye P; Stockings E; Wilhelm K; Butler T; Indig D; Wodak AD, 2011, 'Turning of the tide: Changing systems to address smoking for people with a mental illness', Mental Health and Substance Use: Dual Diagnosis, 4, pp. 116 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17523281.2011.555073

van Dooren K; Kinner SA; Butler T, 2010, 'Young prisoners: An important group for health research?', Journal of Correctional Health Care, 16, pp. 322 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078345810378659

Butler TG; Schofield P; Greenberg DM; Allnutt S; Indig D; Carr VJ; D''este C; Mitchell PB; Ellis AE, 2010, 'Reducing impulsivity in repeat violent offenders: an open label trial of a selective serotonin inhibitor', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44, pp. 1137 - 1143

Yap L; Richters J; Butler TG; Schneider K; Kirkwood K; Donovan BJ, 2010, 'Sexual practices and dental dam use among women prisoners - a mixed methods study', Sexual Health, 7, pp. 170 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH09138

Egeressy A; Butler T; Hunter M, 2009, ''Traumatisers or traumatised': Trauma experiences and personality characteristics of Australian prisoners', International Journal of Prisoner Health, 5, pp. 212 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449200903343209

Chong C; Li S; Nguyen G; Sutton A; Levy MH; Butler TG; Krahn M; Thein H, 2009, 'Health-state utilities in a prisoner population: a cross-sectional survey', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7, pp. 78 (Online), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-7-78

Degenhardt LJ; Randall D; Hall WD; Law MG; Butler TG; Burns LA, 2009, 'Mortality among clients of a state-wide opioid pharmacotherapy program over 20 years: Risk factors and lives saved', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 105, pp. 9 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.05.021

Lenton S; Dietze P; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Butler TG, 2009, 'Naloxone for administration by peers in cases of heroin overdose', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 469 - 469

Lenton S; Dietze P; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Butler TG, 2009, 'Now is the time to take steps to allow peer access to naloxone for heroin overdose in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 583 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00125.x

Burns LA; Randall D; Hall WD; Law MG; Butler T; Bell JR; Degenhardt LJ; Butler , 2009, 'Opioid agonist pharmacotherapy in New South Wales from 1985 to 2006: Patient characteristics and patterns and predictors of treatment retention', Addiction, 104, pp. 1363 - 1372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02633.x

Richmond RL; Butler T; Wilhelm KA; Wodak AD; Cunningham M; Anderson IF; Butler , 2009, 'Tobacco in prisons: A focus group study', Tobacco Control, 18, pp. 176 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2008.026393

Allnutt S; Wedgwood L; Wilhelm KA; Butler TG, 2008, 'Temperament, Substance use and psychopathology in a prisioner population: implications for treatment', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42, pp. 969 - 975

Butler TG; Belcher JM; Champion U; Kenny D; Allerton M; Fasher M, 2008, 'The physical health status of young Australian offenders', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32, pp. 73 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00169.x

Cashin A; Potter E; Butler TG, 2008, 'The relationship between exercise and hopelessness in prison', Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 15, pp. 66 - 71

Van Der Poorten D; Kenny DT; Butler T; George J, 2007, 'Liver disease in adolescents: A cohort study of high-risk individuals', Hepatology, 46, pp. 1750 - 1758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.21918

Gjersing LR; Butler T; Caplehorn JRM; Belcher JM; Matthews R, 2007, 'Attitudes and beliefs towards methadone maintenance treatment among Australian prison health staff', Drug and Alcohol Review, 26, pp. 501 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230701499118

Butler T; Allnutt S; Yang B, 2007, 'Mentally ill prisoners in Australia have poor physical health', International Journal of Prisoner Health, 3, pp. 99 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449200701321431

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