By Scientia Professor Louisa Jane Degenhardt

Journal articles

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Farrell M; Hall W, 2015, 'Excess mortality among opioid-using patients treated with oral naltrexone in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 90 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12205

Larney S; Mathers BM; Poteat T; Kamarulzaman A; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Global epidemiology of HIV among women and girls who use or inject drugs: Current knowledge and limitations of existing data', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 69, pp. S100 - S109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000623

Horyniak D; Stoové M; Degenhardt L; Aitken C; Kerr T; Dietze P, 2015, 'How do drug market changes affect characteristics of injecting initiation and subsequent patterns of drug use? Findings from a cohort of regular heroin and methamphetamine injectors in Melbourne, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 43 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.09.002

Degenhardt L; Larance B; Peacock A; Farrell M, 2015, 'Reducing extramedical use and harms of pharmaceutical opioids: The potential role of abuse-deterrent formulations', The Lancet Psychiatry, 2, pp. 957 - 959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00331-4

Kinner SA; Degenhardt L; Coffey C; Hearps S; Spittal M; Sawyer SM; Patton GC, 2015, 'Substance use and risk of death in young offenders: A prospective data linkage study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 46 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12179

Moran P; Coffey C; Romaniuk H; Degenhardt L; Borschmann R; Patton GC, 2015, 'Substance use in adulthood following adolescent self-harm: A population-based cohort study', Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 131, pp. 61 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acps.12306

Campbell G; Nielsen S; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Cohen M; Hall W; Larance B; Mattick RP; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The Pain and Opioids in Treatment study: Characteristics of a cohort using opioids to manage chronic non-cancer pain', Pain, 156, pp. 231 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.j.pain.0000460303.63948.8e

Degenhardt L; Blanch B; Gisev N; Larance B; Pearson S, 2015, 'The POPPY Research Programme protocol: Investigating opioid utilisation, costs and patterns of extramedical use in Australia', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e007030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007030

Silins E; Horwood LJ; Fergusson D; Patton G; Olsson C; Hutchinson D; Degenhardt L; Mattick RP, 2015, 'Adolescent substance use and specificity of association with educational attainment in young adulthood', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e205 - e205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.551

Nielsen S; Bruno R; Campbell G; Cohen M; Farrell M; Hall W; Hoban B; Larance B; Lintzeris N; Mattick R; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Benzodiazepine use among a sample of chronic pain patients prescribed opioids', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e52 - e52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.512

Larney S; Grebely J; Falster M; Swart A; Amin J; Degenhardt L; Burns L; Vajdic C, 2015, 'Diagnosis of hepatitis c virus infection after entry to opioid substitution therapy', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e122 - e122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.337

Nielsen S; Roxburgh A; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Jefferson A; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Hanging patterns of treatment seeking for pharmaceutical opioids in Australia (2002–2011)', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e163 - e163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.444

Hutchinson D; Silins E; Mattick RP; Patton G; Fergusson DM; Hayatkbash R; Toumbourou J; Olsson C; Najman JM; Spry E; Tait R; degenhardt L; swift W; Butterworth P; Horwood LJ; The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium , 2015, 'How data harmonisation can benefit mental health research? An example of The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium (CCRC)', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, pp. 317 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867415571169

Larney S; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Burns L; Gibson A; Kimber J; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: Retrospective cohort study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e168 - e168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.373

Peacock A; Degenhardt L; Lintzeris N; Larance B; Campbell G; Nielsen S; Cohen M; Bruno R, 2015, 'Opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain: Does typology of risk predict aberrant behaviour?', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e173 - e174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.471

Campbell G; Nielsen S; Larance B; Bruno R; Mattick R; Hall W; Lintzeris N; Cohen M; Smith K; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Pharmaceutical opioid use and dependence among people living with chronic pain: Associations observed within the pain and opioids in treatment cohort', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e35 - e35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.1013

Larance B; Peacock A; Campbell G; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Cohen M; Nielsen S; Hall W; Mattick RP; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Sex differences in alcohol use disorders and risky drinking among chronic non-cancer pain patients receiving opioid therapy', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e122 - e122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.336

Roxburgh A; Burns L; Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The changing nature of opioid-related mortality in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e195 - e195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.525

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Weatherburn DJ; Gibson A; Mattick R; Butler T; Burns L, 2015, 'The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e260 - e260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.173

Degenhardt L; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Hall W; Nielsen S; Larance B; Cohen M; Campbell G, 2015, 'Xamining DSM and ICD definitions of pharmaceutical opioid dependence in people taking opioids for chronic pain: Findings from the pain and opioids in treatment study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e55 - e55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.1068

Peacock A; Degenhardt L; Hordern A; Larance B; Cama E; White N; Kihas I; Bruno R, 2014, 'Methods and predictors of tampering with a tamper-resistant controlled-release oxycodone formulation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 1265 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.05.023

Borschmann R; Coffey C; Moran P; Hearps S; Degenhardt L; Kinner SA; Patton G, 2014, 'Self-harm in young offenders', Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 44, pp. 641 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12096

Doyle JS; Degenhardt L; Pedrana AE; McBryde ES; Guy RJ; Stoové MA; Weaver ER; Grulich AE; Lo YR; Hellard ME, 2014, 'Effects of HIV antiretroviral therapy on sexual and injecting risk-taking behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59, pp. 1483 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu602

Mathers BM; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Examining non-AIDS mortality among people who inject drugs', AIDS, 28, pp. S435 - S444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000435

Dietze P; Horyniak D; Agius P; Munir V; Smit DV; Johnston J; Fry CL; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Effect of intubation for gamma-hydroxybutyric acid overdose on emergency department length of stay and hospital admission', Academic Emergency Medicine, 21, pp. 1226 - 1231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acem.12516

Roxburgh A; Degenhardt L; Burns L; Hall WD, 2014, 'OPIOID-RELATED MORTALITY IN AUSTRALIA', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 33, pp. 7 - 7, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800022&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kaye S; Gilsenan J; Young JT; Carruthers S; Allsop S; Degenhardt L; van de Glind G; van den Brink W, 2014, 'Risk behaviours among substance use disorder treatment seekers with and without adult ADHD symptoms', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 144, pp. 70 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.08.008

Hancock DB; Levy JL; Gaddis NC; Glasheen C; Saccone NL; Page GP; Hulse GK; Wildenauer D; Kelty EA; Schwab SG; Degenhardt L; Martin NG; Montgomery GW; Attia J; Holliday EG; McEvoy M; Scott RJ; Bierut LJ; Nelson EC; Kral AH; Johnson EO, 2014, 'Cis-Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Reveals Replicable Associations with Heroin Addiction in OPRM1', Biological Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.01.003

Charlson FJ; Diminic S; Lund C; Degenhardt L; Whiteford HA, 2014, 'Mental and substance use disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Predictions of epidemiological changes and mental health workforce requirements for the next 40 years', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110208

Hall WD; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Afghanistan has a sizeable problem with opioid use', The Lancet Global Health, 2, pp. e557 - e558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70299-2

Harris M; Diminic S; Marshall C; Stockings EA; Degenhadt L; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Estimating service demand for respite care among informal carers of people with psychological disabilities in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39, pp. 284 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12337

Cutcher Z; Degenhardt L; Alati R; Kinner SA, 2014, 'Poor health and social outcomes for ex-prisoners with a history of mental disorder: A longitudinal study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 424 - 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12207

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: A Retrospective Data Linkage Study', PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 23, pp. 346 - 346, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000342763600643&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Dobbins T; Larance B; Gibson A; Kimber J; Butler T; Mattick R; Burns L, 2014, 'Treatment Utilisation and Retention with Opioid Substitution Therapy between 2001 and 2010: A Comparison of Buprenorphine and Methadone Users', PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 23, pp. 346 - 347, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000342763600644&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kassebaum NJ; Bertozzi-Villa A; Coggeshall MS; Shackelford KA; Steiner C; Heuton KR; Gonzalez-Medina D; Barber R; Huynh C; Dicker D; Templin T; Wolock TM; Ozgoren AA; Abd-Allah F; Abera SF; Abubakar I; Achoki T; Adelekan A; Ademi Z; Adou AK; Adsuar JC; Agardh EE; Akena D; Alasfoor D; Alemu ZA; Alfonso-Cristancho R; Alhabib S; Ali R; Al Kahbouri MJ; Alla F; Allen PJ; AlMazroa MA; Alsharif U; Alvarez E; Alvis-Guzmán N; Amankwaa AA; Amare AT; Amini H; Ammar W; Antonio CAT; Anwari P; Ärnlöv J; Arsenijevic VSA; Artaman A; Asad MM; Asghar RJ; Assadi R; Atkins LS; Badawi A; Balakrishnan K; Basu A; Basu S; Beardsley J; Bedi N; Bekele T; Bell ML; Bernabe E; Beyene TJ; Bhutta Z; Abdulhak AB; Blore JD; Basara BB; Bose D; Breitborde N; Cárdenas R; Castañeda-Orjuela CA; Castro RE; Catalá-López F; Cavlin A; Chang JC; Che X; Christophi CA; Chugh SS; Cirillo M; Colquhoun SM; Cooper LT; Cooper C; Da Costa Leite I; Dandona L; Dandona R; Davis A; Dayama A; Degenhardt L; De Leo D; Del Pozo-Cruz B; Deribe K; Dessalegn M; DeVeber GA; Dharmaratne SD; Dilmen U; Ding EL; Dorrington RE; Driscoll TR; Ermakov SP; Esteghamati A; Faraon EJA; Farzadfar F; Felicio MM; Fereshtehnejad SM; De Lima GMF, 2014, 'Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013', The Lancet, 384, pp. 980 - 1004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60696-6

Gisev N; Gibson A; Larney S; Kimber J; Williams M; Clifford A; Doyle M; Burns L; Butler T; Weatherburn DJ; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Offending, custody and opioid substitution therapy treatment utilisation among opioid-dependent people in contact with the criminal justice system: Comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians', BMC Public Health, 14, pp. 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-920

Larance B; Carragher N; Mattick RP; Lintzeris N; Ali R; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'A latent class analysis of self-reported clinical indicators of psychosocial stability and adherence among opioid substitution therapy patients: Do stable patients receive more unsupervised doses?', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 142, pp. 46 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.05.018

Sordo L; Indave BI; Barrio G; Degenhardt L; De la Fuente L; Bravo MJ, 2014, 'Cocaine use and risk of stroke: A systematic review', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 142, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.06.041

Silins E; Horwood LJ; Patton GC; Fergusson DM; Olsson CA; Hutchinson DM; Spry E; Toumbourou JW; Degenhardt L; Swift W; Coffey C; Tait RJ; Letcher P; Copeland J; Mattick RP; Allsop S; Hall W; Hayatbakhsh R; Little K; Najman J; Skinner R; Slade T, 2014, 'Young adult sequelae of adolescent cannabis use: An integrative analysis', The Lancet Psychiatry, 1, pp. 286 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(14)70307-4

Ferrari AJ; Norman RE; Freedman G; Baxter AJ; Pirkis JE; Harris MG; Page A; Carnahan E; Degenhardt L; Vos T; Whiteford HA, 2014, 'The burden attributable to mental and substance use disorders as risk factors for suicide: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091936

Campbell G; Mattick R; Bruno R; Larance B; Nielsen S; Cohen M; Lintzeris N; Shand F; Hall WD; Hoban B; Kehler C; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Cohort protocol paper: The pain and opioids in treatment (POINT) study', BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 15, pp. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2050-6511-15-17

Glantz MD; Medina-Mora ME; Petukhova M; Andrade LH; Anthony JC; De Girolamo G; De Graaf R; Degenhardt L; Demyttenaere K; Florescu S; Gureje O; Haro JM; Horiguchi I; Karam EG; Kostyuchenko S; Lee S; Lépine JP; Matschinger H; Neumark Y; Posada-Villa J; Sagar R; Stein DJ; Tomov T; Wells JE; Chatterji S; Kessler RC, 2014, 'Alcohol abuse in developed and developing countries in the World Mental Health Surveys: Socially defined consequences or psychiatric disorder?', American Journal on Addictions, 23, pp. 145 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.12082.x

Larance B; Lintzeris N; Ali R; Dietze P; Mattick R; Jenkinson R; White N; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'The diversion and injection of a buprenorphine-naloxone soluble film formulation', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 136, pp. 21 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.12.005

Larney S; Zaller ND; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Hepatitis C Virus Transmission Risk in Incarcerated or Detained Populations Reply', HEPATOLOGY, 59, pp. 733 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26561

Degenhardt L; Hall WD; Farrell M; Whiteford HA, 2014, 'Illicit drug dependence across the globe: Results from the global burden of disease 2010 study', Psychiatric Times, 31

Van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen K; van de Glind G; Koeter MWJ; Allsop S; Auriacombe M; Barta C; Bu ETH; Burren Y; Carpentier PJ; Carruthers S; Casas M; Demetrovics Z; Dom G; Faraone SV; Fatseas M; Franck J; Johnson B; Kapitány-Fövény M; Kaye S; Konstenius M; Levin FR; Moggi F; Møller M; Ramos-Quiroga JA; Schillinger A; Skutle A; Verspreet S; van den Brink W; Schoevers RA; Beniwal A; Bosma G; Cassar J; Dahl T; Daigre C; Debrabant R; Degenhardt L; van der Gaag RJ; Hay D; Lossius K; Løvaas EK; Malivert M; Roncero C; Stevens L; Wallhed S; van Wamel A; Young J, 2014, 'Psychiatric comorbidity in treatment-seeking substance use disorder patients with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Results of the IASP study', Addiction, 109, pp. 262 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12370

Larney S; Zaller ND; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'Reply', Hepatology, 59, pp. 733 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26561

Gisev N; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Larance B; Gibson A; Kimber J; Burns L, 2014, 'A comparative study of opioid substitution therapy utilisation among opioid-dependent men and women', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 499 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12151

Larney S; Gowing L; Mattick RP; Farrell M; Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'A systematic review and meta-analysis of naltrexone implants for the treatment of opioid dependence', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 115 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12095

Nelson EC; Lynskey MT; Heath AC; Wray N; Agrawal A; Shand FL; Henders AK; Wallace L; Todorov AA; Schrage AJ; Madden PAF; Degenhardt L; Martin NG; Montgomery GW, 2014, 'Association of OPRD1 polymorphisms with heroin dependence in a large case-control series', Addiction Biology, 19, pp. 111 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00445.x

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