March 2024

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between youth drinking, self-posting of alcohol use and other social media engagement

NCYSUR PhD candidate Brandon Cheng led this attention-getting study published in Addiction.

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February 2015

Sexual behaviour, drug use and health service use by young Noongar people in Western Australia: A snapshot

This study examined the sexual health behaviour, alcohol and other drug use, and health service use among young Noongar people in the south-west of Western Australia.

November 2014

Young adult sequelae of adolescent cannabis use: an integrative analysis

This paper, published in The Lancet Psychiatry in September 2014, aimed to provide a broad picture of the psychosocial consequences of adolescent cannabis use.

November 2014

Alcohol use during pregnancy: Considerations for Australian policy

This article discusses some considerations that can guide policy development within Australia regarding alcohol-exposed pregnancies and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

November 2014

GPs’ use of computer based drug and alcohol treatment remains low, despite patient acceptability and positive results

This publication summarises results from a study that set out to observe if, when, and how clinicians working in a publically funded alcohol/other drug (AOD) clinical service might utilise a computer-based psychological treatment program in their clinical practice.

November 2014

Patients treated with naltrexone more likely to die than those on methadone

This paper spotlights researchers' analyses of mortality in cohorts treated with oral naltrexone and methadone. They found large-scale use of oral naltrexone to treat opioid users may not have, as intended, saved lives.

November 2014

Peer administration helps prevent opioid overdose deaths

Since the mid-1990s, there have been calls to make naloxone, a prescription-only medicine in many countries, available to heroin and other opioid users and their peers and family members to prevent

November 2014

Risky behaviours, risky work settings: The alcohol and drug consumption patterns, health and wellbeing of commercial cookery trainees

Within the hospitality industry, workers in the commercial cookery sector appears particularly prone to potentially risky behaviours.

November 2014

Socio-economically advantaged Australians more likely to engage in risky drinking

This paper examines socioeconomic differences in alcohol-related risk-taking behaviour, and whether such differences explain socioeconomic disparities in alcohol-related harm.

November 2014

Workplace risk factors for anxiety and depression in male-dominated industries: a systematic review

This systematic review examined risk factors for anxiety and depression among workers in male-dominated industries and forms part of NCETA’s broader program of work on worker wellbeing.

September 2014

What difference does treatment make? Developing a qualitative measure of young people's progress in residential rehabilitation

This research aimed to produce a robust qualitative outcome measure of young people’s progress in treatment, which would have the potential to be used more widely than existing tools, and contribute to evidence-based residential treatment options for particular groups of young people in Australia.

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