By Scientia Professor Louisa Jane Degenhardt

Journal articles

Conroy EJ; Degenhardt LJ; Mattick RP; Nelson E, 2009, 'Child maltreatment as a risk factor for opioid dependence: Comparison of family characteristics and type and severity of child maltreatment with a matched control group', Child Abuse and Neglect, 33, pp. 343 - 352

Kinner S; George J; Campbell G; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'Crime, drugs and distress: Patterns of drug use and harm among criminally involved injecting drug users in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33, pp. 223 - 227, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00379.x/full

Degenhardt LJ; Chiu W; Conway K; Dierker L; Glantz M; Kalaydjian A; Merikangas K; Sampson N; Swendsen J; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Does the `gateway` matter? Associations between the order of drug use initiation and the development of drug dependence in the National Comorbidity Study Replication', Psychological Medicine, 39, pp. 157 - 167

Degenhardt LJ; Whiteford H; Hall WD; Vos T, 2009, 'Estimating the burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and mental disorders: What is `Global Burden of Disease 2005` and why does it matter?', Addiction, 104, pp. 1466 - 1471

Mathers BM; Degenhardt LJ; Adam P; Toskin I; Nashkhoev M; Lyerla R; Rugg D, 2009, 'Estimating the level of HIV prevention coverage, knowledge and protective behavior among injecting drug users: what does the 2008 UNGASS reporting round tell us?', JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 52, pp. s132 - s142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181baf0c5

Matthews A; Bruno R; Johnston J; Black E; Degenhardt LJ; Dunn M, 2009, 'Factors associated with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs among an Australian sample of regular ecstasy users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 100, pp. 24 - 31, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871608003414

Mc Bride O; Teesson M; Slade TN; Hasin D; Degenhardt LJ; Baillie A, 2009, 'Further evidence of differences in substance use and dependence between Australia and the United States', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 100, pp. 258 - 264

Wells J; Degenhardt LJ; Bohnert K; Anthony J; Scott KM, 2009, 'Geographical clustering of cannabis use: Results from the New Zealand Mental Health Survey 2003-2004', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99, pp. 309 - 316

Dunn M; Topp L; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'GHB in Sydney, Australia, 2000-2006: A study of the EDRS as a strategy early warning system', International Journal of Drug Policy, 20, pp. 413 - 417, http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(09)00017-6/abstract

Maloney EA; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Nelson E, 2009, 'Impulsivity and borderline personality as risk factors for suicide attempts among opioid-dependent individuals', Psychiatry Research, 169, pp. 16 - 21

Degenhardt LJ; Larance BK; Bell JR; Winstock A; Ali RL; Scheuer N; Mattick RP, 2009, 'Injection of medications used in opioid substitution treatment in Australia after the introduction of a mixed partial agonist¿antagonist formulation', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 161 - 165

Parrott A; Broadbear J; Bruno R; Degenhardt LJ; Morefield K; Scholey A, 2009, 'MDMA: neurohormonal, neurocognitive, and psychobiological aspects of recreational ecstasy', The Open Addiction Journal, 2, pp. 24 - 27, http://www.betham.org/open/toaddj/index.htm

Glantz M; Anthony J; Berglund PA; Degenhardt LJ; Dierker L; Kalaydjian A; Merikangas K; Ruscio AM; Swendsen J; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Mental disorders as risk factors for later substance dependence: estimates of optimal prevention and treatment benefits', Psychological Medicine, 39, pp. 1365 - 1377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291708004595

Singleton J; Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD; Zabransky T, 2009, 'Mortality among amphetamine users: A systematic review of cohort studies', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 105, pp. 1 - 8, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871609002348

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

Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD; Lynskey M; Mcgrath J; McLaren JA; Calabria B; Whiteford H; Vos T, 2009, 'Should burden of disease estimates include cannabis use as a risk factor for psychosis?', PLOS Medicine, 6, pp. e1000133 - e1000133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000133

Degenhardt LJ; Swendsen J; Conway K; Dierker L; Glantz M; Jin R; Merikangas K; Sampson N; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Socio-demographic risk factors for alcohol and drug dependence: the 10-year follow-up of the national comorbidity survey', Addiction, 104, pp. 1346 - 1355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02622.x

Kalaydjian A; Swendsen J; Chiu W; Dierker L; Degenhardt LJ; Glantz M; Merikangas K; Sampson N; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Sociodemographic predictors of transitions across stages of alcohol use, disorders, and remission in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 50, pp. 299 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.09.012

Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'The Australian Illicit Drug Reporting System: monitoring trends in illicit drug availability, use and drug-related harm in Australia 1996-2006.', Contemporary Drug Problems, 36, pp. 643 - 661

Degenhardt LJ; Roxburgh AD; Dunn M; Bruno R; Kinner S, 2009, 'The epidemiology of ecstasy use and harms in Australia', Neuropsychobiology, 60, pp. 176 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000253553

Miller P; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'The Global Diversion of Pharmaceutical Drugs series', Addiction, 104, pp. 333 - 334

Dunn M; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'The use of drug detection dogs in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 658 - 662, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00065.x/full

Hall W; Degenhardt L; Patton G, 2008, 'Cannabis abuse and Dependence', , pp. 117 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373625-3.50006-1

Larance B; Degenhardt L; Copeland J; Dillon P, 2008, 'Injecting risk behaviour and related harm among men who use performance- and image-enhancing drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 679 - 686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230802392568

Hall W; Degenhardt L; Gibson A; Mattick RP, 2008, 'Response to brewer', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 448 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230802089743

Riddell S; Shanahan MD; Degenhardt LJ; Roxburgh AD, 2008, 'A review of the use of US-derived aetiological fractions in an Australian setting for antenatal problems related to cocaine use', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32, pp. 393 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00262.x

Johnston JR; Barratt M; Fry C; Kinner S; Stoove M; Degenhardt LJ; George J; Jenkinson R; Dunn M; Bruno R, 2008, 'A survey of regular ecstasy users’ knowledge and practices around determining pill content and purity: Implications for policy and practice', International Journal of Drug Policy, 17, pp. 464 - 472

Swift W; Coffey C; Carlin JB; Degenhardt LJ; Patton G, 2008, 'Adolescent cannabis users at 24 years: trajectories to regular weekly use and dependence in young adulthood', Addiction, 103, pp. 1361 - 1370

Degenhardt LJ; Coffey C; Carlin JB; Swift W; Patton G, 2008, 'Are diagnostic orphans at risk of developing cannabis abuse or dependence? Four-year follow-up of young adult cannabis users not meeting diagnostic criteria', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92, pp. 86 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.07.003

Degenhardt LJ; Bohnert K; Anthony J, 2008, 'Assessment of cocaine and other drug dependence in the general population: `Gated` versus `ungated` approaches', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 93, pp. 227 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.09.024

Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD, 2008, 'Australian heroin seizures and the causes of the 2001 heroin shortage', International Journal of Drug Policy, 19, pp. 293 - 294

Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ, 2008, 'Cannabis use and the risk of developing a psychotic disorder', World Psychiatry, 7, pp. 68 - 71

Roxburgh AD; Degenhardt LJ, 2008, 'Characteristics of drug-related hospital separations in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92, pp. 149 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.07.020

Kinner S; Degenhardt LJ, 2008, 'Crystal methamphetamine smoking among regular ecstasy users in Australia: increases in use and associations with harm', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 292 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230801919452

Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ; Gibson AE; Mattick RP, 2008, 'Depot naltrexone use for opioid dependence in Australia: large-scale use of an unregistered medication in the absence of data on safety and efficacy', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230701711157

Roxburgh AD; Degenhardt LJ; Copeland J; Larance BK, 2008, 'Drug dependence and associated risks among female street-based sex workers in the greater Sydney area, Australia', Substance Use and Misuse, 43, pp. 1202 - 1217

Degenhardt LJ; Kinner S; Roxburgh AD; Black E; Bruno R; Fetherston J; Fry C, 2008, 'Drug use and risk among regular injecting drug users in Australia: does age make a difference?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 357 - 360

Roxburgh AD; Burns L; Degenhardt LJ, 2008, 'Drug-related hospital stays in Australia 1993-2006',

Riddell S; Shanahan MD; Degenhardt LJ; Roxburgh AD, 2008, 'Estimating the costs of drug-related hospital separations in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32, pp. 156 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00193.x

Kimber J; Hickman M; Degenhardt LJ; Coulson T; Van Beek IA, 2008, 'Estimating the size and dynamics of an injecting drug user population and implications for health service coverage: comparison of indirect prevalence estimation methods', Addiction, 103, pp. 1604 - 1613

Gibson AE; Degenhardt LJ; Mattick RP; White J; O Brien SM, 2008, 'Exposure to opioid maintenance treatment reduces long-term mortality', Addiction, 103, pp. 462 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02090.x

Mathers BM; Degenhardt LJ, 2008, 'Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review', Lancet, 372, pp. 1733 - 1745

Swendsen J; Anthony J; Conway K; Degenhardt LJ; Dierker L; Glantz M; Merikangas K, 2008, 'Improving targets for the prevention of drug use disorders: Sociodemographic predictors of transitions across drug use stages in the national comorbidity survey replication', Preventive Medicine, 47, pp. 629 - 634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.009

Larance BK; Degenhardt LJ; Copeland J; Dillon PG, 2008, 'Injecting risk behaviour and related harm among men who use performance- and image-enhancing drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 679 - 686, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1080/09595230802392568/abstract

Degenhardt J; Baker A; Maher L, 2008, 'Methamphetamine: geographic areas and populations at risk, and emerging evidence for effective interventions', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 217 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230801956538

Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD, 2008, 'The adverse effects of cannabinoids: implications for use of medical marijuana', Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 178, pp. 1685 - 1686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080585

Degenhardt LJ; Roxburgh AD; Van Beek IA; Hall WD; Robinson M; Ross JE; Mant A, 2008, 'The effects of the market withdrawal of temazepam gel capsules on benzodiazepine injecting in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 145 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230701829413

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