Publication list

March 2025

Agramunt, S. and Lenton, S. (2025). Expanded access to intranasal naloxone among police officers in Western Australia: A pilot evaluation study. Drug and Alcohol Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.14032

Aung, P., Hellard, M., Dietze, P., Petrovic, B., Higgs, P. and Stoove, M.A. (2024). Practical solutions to resolve social barriers to hepatitis C treatment initiation among people who inject drugs: a qualitative study. Harm Reduction Journal, 21, (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01136-1

Bade R, Nadarajan D, Hall W, Brown JA, Schumann J. Early identification of the use of potent benzylbenzimidazoles (nitazenes) through wastewater analysis: two years of data from 22 countries. Addiction 2025; March 18. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70027.

Bartram A, Mittinty M, Ahad M.A, Bogomolova S, Dono J, Brownbill A, Harrison N, Garcia J, Glavinic I, May M, Bowden J. (2025). Alcohol advertising in disguise: Exposure to zero-alcohol products prompts adolescents to think of alcohol – reaction time experimental study. International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104753

Beck A.K., Larance B., Manning V., Deane F.P., Baker A.L., Hides L., Shakeshaft A., Argent A., Kelly P.J. (2025). Exploring the potential of Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART Recovery) mutual-help groups for supporting people who use methamphetamine: A qualitative study examining participant experience of initiation and engagement. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 169, 209570. doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209570

Bharat C., Hopkins R.E., Chambers M., Degenhardt L., Peacock A., Farrell M., Yuen W.S., Man N., Gisev N. (2025). Age, period, and cohort trends of substance poisoning, alcohol-related disease, and suicide deaths in Australia, 1980–2019. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 60(3), 693-703. doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02749-4

Bowden J, Bartram A, Harrison N.J, Norris C.A, Kim S, Pettigrew S, Olver I, Jenkinson R, Bowshall M, Miller C & Room R. Australian parents’ attitudes, perceptions and supply of alcohol to adolescents: a national cross-sectional survey. Health Promotion International, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2024, daae173, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae173

Brett J., Cesta C.E., Gillies M.B., Bateman B.T., Chan A.Y.L., Cheng M.C.Y., Cho Y., Choi E.Y., Cohen J.M., Donald S., Furu K., Gissler M., Gomes T., Havard A., Hernandez-Diaz S., Hsieh M.H.C., Huybrechts K.F., Karlsson P., Kelty E., Lai E.C.C., Ledlie S., Wang T., Leinonen M.K., Parkin L., Reutfors J., Shin J.Y., Su C.T.T., Varney B., Wong I.C.K., Man K.K.C., Zoega H. (2025). Global trends in analgesic opioid use in pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study. Anesthesiology. doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005418

Bruno C., Cesta C.E., Hjellvik V., Ulrichsen S.P., Bjørk M.-H., Esen B.Ö., Gillies M.B., Gissler M., Havard A., Karlstad Ø., Leinonen M.K., Nørgaard M., Pearson S.-A., Reutfors J., Furu K., Cohen J.M., Zoega H. (2025). Corrigendum to Antipsychotic use during pregnancy and risk of specific neurodevelopmental disorders and learning difficulties in children: a multinational cohort study. eClinicalMedicine, 81, 103139. doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103139

Butt, J.C., Wilkes, E.T., Jones, J., Ripley, E. and Stearne, A. (2024). Harmful alcohol and other drug use and its implications for suicide risk and prevention for First Nations people: a companion paper. catalogue number IMH 027. AIHW, Australian Government. ISBN: 978-1-923272-51-4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25816/030a-gk32

Butt, J.C., Wilkes, E.T., Ripley, E., Jones, J. and Stearne, A. (2024). Harmful use of alcohol and other drugs and its relationship with the mental health and wellbeing of First Nations people: a review of the key issues, policy and practice approaches. catalogue number IMH 26. AIHW, Australian Government. ISBN: 978-1-923272-45-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25816/21e6-0749

Caluzzi, G., Kepa, K., Torney, A., Livingston, M., Mojica-Perez, Y., Taylor, N., Callinan, S. and Pennay, A. (2025). Local environments, accessibility and affordability: A qualitative analysis of alcohol purchasing across different socio-economic areas in Victoria, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.14018

Campbell G., Settumba S., Hopkins R., Nielsen S., Larance B., Bruno R., Cohen M., Degenhardt L., Shanahan M. (2025). A discrete choice experiment: Understanding patient preferences for managing chronic non-cancer pain. European Journal of Pain, 29(3), e4760. doi.org/10.1002/ejp.4760

Chan, J., Cook, J., Curtis, M., Dunlop, A., Morrison, E., Nielsen, S., Winter, R. and Naren, T. (2025). National Consensus Statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings. Medical Journal of Australia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52603

Chatterton ML, Perez JK, Lee YY, Le LK-D, Birrell L, Slade T, Mewton L, Hides L, McBride N, Allsop S, Furneaux-Bate A, Bryant Z, Ellem R, Baker MJ, Quinn C, Chapman C, Newton NC, Teesson M, Mihalopoulos C. Cost-utility analysis of a school-based universal program for the prevention of anxiety, depression, and substance use: the Climate Schools Combined Trial. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2024; December 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01423-9.

Chatterton, M.L., Perez, J.K., Lee, Y., Le, L.K., Birrell, L., Slade, T., Mewton, L., Hides, L., McBride, N., Allsop, S., Furneaux-Bate, A., Bryant, Z., Ellem, R., Baker, M., Quinn, C., Chapman, C., Newton, N.C., Teesson, M. and Mihalopoulos, C. (2024). Cost-Utility Analysis of a School-Based Universal Program for the Prevention of Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Use: The Climate Schools Combined Trial. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01423-9

Chidwick K., Bharat C., Gisev N., Havard A., Camacho X., Pearson S.-A., Degenhardt L. (2025). Trends in prescription opioid analgesic use in Australia from 2015 to 2022. International Journal of Drug Policy, 135, 104666. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104666

Chung JYC, Lim CCW, Connor JP, Hall W, Stjepanović D, Chan GCK. Examining the relationship of cannabis use patterns, mental health, and sociodemographic factors: a focus on cannabis vaping, smoking and dual-use. Addictive Behaviors 2025; 163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108263.

Clifford B., Peacock A., Siefried K.J., Gobeil J., Smith J.L., Ezard N. (2025). Responding to reports of nitazene toxicity in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia. doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52605

Coney L., Peacock A., van der Gouwe D., Smit-Rigter L., Hutten N., Ventura M., Quesada A., Barratt M.J. (2025). Comparison of strength and adulteration between illicit drugs obtained from cryptomarkets versus off-line. Addiction, 120(1), 128-137. doi.org/10.1111/add.16665

Connor JP, Scott JG, Hall WD, Thai PK. Addressing the undertreatment of mood disorders in Australian youth. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2025; 59. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674241312795.

Conroy D, Bartram A. Wide-Ranging Responses to Temporary Abstinence Challenges Among UK-Based Heavier Drinkers: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Qualitative Health Research. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/10497323251320913

Darke S, Farrell M, Hall W, Lappin J. 'Deaths of despair': a term that needs to be retired. Addiction 2025; February 25. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70030.

Darke S., Duflou J., Chrzanowska A., Farrell M., Lappin J., Peacock A. (2025). Changes in the rates and characteristics of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-related death in Australia, 2001–2023. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 366-375. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13940

Darke S., Farrell M., Hall W., Lappin J. (2025). ‘Deaths of despair’: A term that needs to be retired. Addiction. doi.org/10.1111/add.70030

Darke S., Farrell M., Lappin J. (2025). Rare but relevant series. Addiction, 120(2), 197. doi.org/10.1111/add.16697

Darke S., Peacock A., Duflou J.A., Farrell M., Lappin J. (2025). Methylphenidate and (lis)dexamfetamine toxicity-related deaths of adults, Australia, 2000–24: analysis of NCIS data. Medical Journal of Australia. doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52604

Davies E.L., Perman-Howe P., Seddon J., Piatkowski T., Puljevic C., Barratt M.J., Winstock A.R., Ferris J.A. (2025). Barriers to the use of no and low alcohol products in high-risk drinkers. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14006

Davies, T., O'Brien, P., Bowden, J., Strauli, B., Yusoff, A., Jongenelis, M., Jones, A., Brownbill, A., Chikritzhs, T.N., Stafford, J. and Pettigrew, S. (2025). Suboptimal uptake and placement of a mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning label in Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 135. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104661

Dietze, P., Colledge-Frisby, S., Gerra, G., Poznyak, V., Campello, G., Kashino, W., Dzhonbekov, D., Kiriazova, T., Nikitin, D., Terlikbayeva, A., Horsburgh, K., Busse, A. and Krupchanka, D. (2025). Impact of UNODC/WHO S-O-S (stop-overdose-safely) training on opioid overdose knowledge and attitudes among people at high or low risk of opioid overdose in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine. Harm Reduction Journal, 22, (1).

Djordjevic, F., Stewart, A., Vella-Horne, D., Gleeson, Z., Pavlyshyn, D., Gill, M., Petrovic, R., Scott, N., Higgs, P., Roth, A., Cocchiaro, B., Dietze, P. and O'Keefe, D. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of multiple methods of recording injecting drug use episode data among people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia: A pilot evaluation study protocol. BMJ Open, 14, (12). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091613

Duflou J. (2025). Rare but relevant: The injection of tablet preparations and pulmonary hypertension. Addiction. doi.org/10.1111/add.70012

El-Hayek, C., Nguyen, T., Hellard, M., Curtis, M., Sacks-Davis, R., Aung, H.L., Asselin, J., Boyle, D., Wilkinson, A., Polkinghorne, V., Hocking, J.S. and Dunn, A. (2024). Phenotyping people with a history of injecting drug use within electronic medical records using an interactive machine learning approach. Digital Medicine, 7, (346). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01318-y

Farrugia, A.C., Pienaar, K. and Dennis, F. (2025). Narcofeminist affects: Gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse people's experiences of alcohol and other drug consumption. Sociological Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261251317318

Fletcher K., Ezard N., Siefried K.J., MacDonald H., Acheson L., Bedi G., Guerin A., Knock E., Millard M., May R., Brett J., Doumany J., Morgan C., Clifford B. (2025). Protocol of an open-label safety and feasibility pilot study of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for methamphetamine use disorder (the KAPPA trial). BMJ Open, 15(2), e092504. doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092504

Freestone J., Xiao B.J., Siefried K.J., Bourne A., Ezard N., Maher L., Stirling R., Degenhardt L., Varma R., Prestage G., Hammoud M. (2025). Exploring experiences of talk therapies among gay and bisexual men seeking to reduce or abstain from using crystal methamphetamine in the context of chemsex. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13999

Grigg, J. and Lenton, S. (2024). Western Australian Drug Trends 2024: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30686

Gupta R, Goel S, Bostic C, et al. Tobacco-free generation: reflecting on progress globally and its potential feasibility in India. Tobacco Control. Published Online First: 07 January 2025. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059064

Harrison N.J, Dodd R.H, Sharman A.R, Marshall H.M, Stone E, Rhee J.J, Yap M.L, McCullough S, Paul C, Bowden J.A, Bonevski B & Rankin N.M. (2025). “Because that is the right thing to do”: A focus group study of Australian expert perspectives on offering smoking cessation support in lung cancer screening. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 27(3), 387-397. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae215

Harrod M.E., Sunjic S., Pepolim L., Aylmer R., Skelley N., Lintzeris N. (2025). Evaluation of an online postal take-home naloxone service. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14017

Hatton E.L., Kelly P.J., Bruno R., Neale J., Larance B. (2025). Measuring recovery among people who have completed residential rehabilitation: Factor structure and scoring of the substance use recovery evaluator. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14004

Haywood, S. and Lenton, S. (2024). Western Australian Drug Trends 2024: Key Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30681

Hefler M. Centering equity and justice in tobacco control Tobacco Control 2024;33:e141-e142

Hefler M. The ‘tobacco endgame’ in an age of disinformation: rising to the challenge Tobacco Control 2025;34:1-2. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059257

Henderson A., Shakeshaft A., Allan J., Wallace R., Barker D., Farnbach S. (2025). A pilot study examining the impact of a pragmatic process for improving the cultural responsiveness of non-Aboriginal alcohol and other drug treatment services using routinely collected data in Australia. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 30(1), 4-11. doi.org/10.1177/13558196241261800

Hoch E, Hall W, Feingold D. Editorial: Cannabis use in Europe. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2025; 275: 277-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-025-01972-7.

Howard B.C., Donnelly S., McRobbie H., Barker D., Petrie D., Stockings E., Brown J., Naughton F., Whittaker R., Shakeshaft A., Patel K., Anderson J., Thomas D., West R., Courtney R.J. (2025). Tailored text-messaging versus standard Quitline telephone counselling for smoking cessation among people who smoke from a low-socio-economic status background in Australia: A study protocol for a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial (The Quit By Phone Study). Addiction, 120(1), 174-183. doi.org/10.1111/add.16662

Johnson B, Sun T, Wu L, Seal S, Stjepanovic D, Chan G, Leung J. Content analysis of the portrayal of prescription stimulants on TikTok. Journal of Attention Disorders 2025; February 18. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547251318834.

Karlsson A, Peacock A, Sutherland R. Drug-related encounters which did not result in arrest, among two national samples of people who regularly use drugs in Australia, 2023-2024. Drug Trends Bulletin Series. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney; 2025. doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30787

Ke, T., Livingston, M., Zhang, Y., Pavlyshyn, D., Altermatt, A., Thomas, A.J., Nguyen, T., Walker, S., Hill, S., Coelho, A., Pedrana, A., Stoove, M.A., Hellard, M., Gibney, K.B. and Wilkinson, A. (2024). A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS One, 19, (12). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313599

Kypri K, Austin E, Jackson M, Wright K, Shui A, Li A, Sathasivam V, Bonevski B, & Dunlop A. J. (2025). Vaping to quit smoking: Qualitative study of people receiving opioid agonist treatment. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13953

Lenton, S., Potter, G.R., Fortin, D., Granville, A., Grigg, J., Sevigny, E.L., Wilkins, C., Decorte, T. and Barratt, M.J. (2024). Growing practices and the use of potentially harmful chemical additives from a web survey of mainly small-scale cannabis growers in 18 countries. International Journal of Drug Policy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104662

Li W., Paul C.L., Baker A.L., Byaruhanga J., Dizon J., Chiu S., Tzelepis F. (2025). Quit attempts, use of smoking cessation treatments and quitting intention among treatment seekers in rural areas. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 169, 209603. doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209603

Lim CCW, Lawrie E, Wilson H, Hall W, Dawson D, Yimer TM. Research Letter: Unveiling the boundaries: analysing advertising breaches in the promotion of medicinal cannabis in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2025; 59: 183-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674241307158.

Lindson N., Butler A.R., McRobbie H., Bullen C., Hajek P., Wu A.D., Begh R., Theodoulou A., Notley C., Rigotti N.A., Turner T., Livingstone-Banks J., Morris T., Hartmann-Boyce J. (2025). Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025(1), CD010216. doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub9

Lovell T., Mitchell M., Powell M., Strube P., Tonge A., O'Neill K., Dunstan E., Bonnin-Trickett A., Miller E., Suliman A., Ownsworth T., Ranse K. (2025). An interprofessional multicomponent intervention to improve end-of-life care in intensive care: A before-and-after study. Australian Critical Care, 38(3), 101147. doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2024.101147

McCarthy SDS, Gaudreault A, Xiao J, Fischer B, Hall W, Lee K, Kang R, Aslanyan G, Sood MM, Myran DT. Evaluating the association between cannabis decriminalization and legalization and cannabis arrests and related disparities: a systematic review. International Journal of Drug Policy 2025; 137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104705.

Mendelsohn CP, Beaglehole R, Borland R, Hall W, Wodak A, Youdan B, Chan GCK. Do the differing vaping and smoking trends in Australia and New Zealand reflect different regulatory policies? Addiction 2025; February 9. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70006.

Miller, P.G., Taylor, N., Egerton-Warburton, D., Baker, T.R., Kloot, K., Shepherd, J. and Akhlaghi, H. (2025). Using emergency department data to reduce late-night alcohol-related presentations in an Australian central business district. Injury Prevention. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045362

Nip J, Stanley J, Zhang J, Waa A, Ball J, Tautolo E-S, Johnson E, Agar T, Quah ACK, Fong GT, Edwards R. Support for and likely impacts of endgame measures in the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Finding from the 2020-2021 International Tobacco Control New Zealand (EASE) Surveys. NZMJ 2025; 138 (1608 ): 40-83. https://doi.org/10.26635/6965.6526

Nuske J, Nuske L, Hides L, King DL. Evaluating the effect of detached mindfulness techniques on gaming-related urges and intentions to play. Addictive Behaviors 2024; December 16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108258.

O'Donnell, R., Martin, J.G., Taylor, N., Mitchell, G., Henriques-Cadby, I., Cook, M., Laslett, A.L. and Morojele, N.K. (2024). Alcohol guidelines, post-incarceration social network dynamics, alcohol’s harms to others, drinking and cannabis use in private schools. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 12, (2), pp. 42-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.571

Pellatt, R., Painter, D.R., Young, J.T., Kõlves, K., Keijzers, G., Kinner, S.A., Heffernan, E. and Crilly, J. (2025). The risk of repeated self-harm and suicide after emergency department presentation with self-harm in mental health presenters: a retrospective cohort study with data linkage in Queensland, Australia. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101263

Pettigrew S, Yusoff A, Sträuli B, Booth L, O’Brien P, Bowden J, Brownbill A, Stafford J, Jongenelis M.I, Davies T, Chikritzhs T, Stockwell T, Taylor F & Jones A. The prevalence of mandated and voluntary health information on alcohol products in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2025. ISSN 1326-0200. 4 Feb 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100215

Pettigrew, S., Sträuli, B., Yusoff, A., O'Brien, P., Bowden, J., Jongenelis, M., Brownbill, A., Chikritzhs, T.N., Petticrew, M., Matheson, A., Taylor, F. and Jones, A. (2025). “There's just a lot of numbers and I just want to have a drink”: The challenge of communicating the energy content of alcohol products. Appetite, 205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107700

Pettigrew, S., Yusoff, A., Strauli, B., Booth, L., O'Brien, P., Bowden, J., Brownbill, A., Stafford, J., Jongenelis, M., Davies, T., Chikritzhs, T.N. and Stockwell, T.R. (2025). The prevalence of mandated and voluntary health information on alcohol products in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 49, (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100215

Piatkowski T., Coomber R., Francis C., Kill E., Davey G., Cresswell S., White A., Harding M., Blakey K., Reeve S., Walters B., Puljevic C., Ferris J., Barratt M. (2025). The world's first anabolic-androgenic steroid testing trial: A two-phase pilot combining chemical analysis, results dissemination and community feedback. Addiction. doi.org/10.1111/add.70009

Piatkowski T., Volpe I., Brien R., Coomber R., Barratt M., Kill E., Davey G., Francis C., Cresswell S., White A., Harding M., Blakey K., Reeve S., Walters B., Ferris J., Puljević C. (2025). Development, dissemination and community response towards the first community notice regarding misrepresented illicit anabolic-androgenic steroids in circulation in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14015

Pocuca N, Campbell G, Barnett A, Beck AK, Ellem R, Quinn CA, Kelly PJ, Larance B, Baker AL, Connor JP, Marsden J, Chan GCK, Connelly L, Lenzen S, Farrell M, Stirling R, Hudson S, Hides L. A mixed-methods study of staff perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of patient-reported routine outcome measures and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment. Drug and Alcohol Review 2025; 44: 759-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.14007.

Pocuca N, Campbell G, Ellem R, Newland G, Walter Z, Dignan J, Stokes H, Hides L. Three-month polysubstance use patterns among people enrolled in outpatient treatment for methamphetamine use. Substance Use & Misuse 2025; 60: 775-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2447437.

Pocuca N., Campbell G., Barnett A., Beck A.K., Ellem R., Quinn C.A., Kelly P.J., Larance B., Baker A.L., Connor J.P., Marsden J., Chan G.C.K., Connelly L., Lenzen S., Farrell M., Stirling R., Hudson S., Hides L. (2025). A mixed-methods study of staff perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of patient-reported routine outcome measures and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14007

Pocuca N., Tisdale C., Campbell G., Beck A.K., Ellem R., Quinn C.A., Kelly P.J., Larance B., Baker A.L., Connor J.P., Marsden J., Chan G.C.K., Connelly L., Lenzen S., Farrell M., Hides L. (2025). Routine outcome monitoring and feedback in alcohol and other drug treatment: A qualitative study of client perspectives on implementation. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 226-238. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13962

Reilly R., McKetin R., Barzi F., Degan T., Ezard N., Conigrave K., Butt J., Roe Y., Wand H., Quinn B., Longbottom W., Treloar C., Dunlop A., Ward J. (2025). Web-Based Application for Reducing Methamphetamine Use Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e58341. doi.org/10.2196/58341

Ritter A., Bell J., Strang J., Ezard N., Rodgers C., Belackova V., Jauncey M., Siefried K.J., Roberts D.M., van den Brink W., Lintzeris N., Dunlop A., Oviedo-Joekes E., Treloar C. (2025). Bridging the evidence and the politics: Implementation trial of supervised injectable opioid treatment (SIOT) in Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 138, 104749. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104749

Roberts E., Copeland C., Darke S., Farrell M. (2025). Characteristics of drug-related deaths where individuals are found submerged in a bath or hot tub in the United Kingdom, 1997–2023. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 347-354. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13950

Roxburgh A., Van Buskirk J., Roberts D.M., Stoove M., Raubenheimer J., Dietze P., Reid S., Haber P.S., Day C.A. (2025). Treatment completion among Australians attending publicly-funded specialist alcohol and other drug treatment services. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 169, 209588. doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209588

Roxburgh, A., Van Buskirk, J., Roberts, D., Stoove, M.A., Raubenheimer, J.E., Dietze, P., Reid, S., Haber, P. and Day, C.A. (2024). Treatment completion among Australians attending publicly-funded specialist alcohol and other drug treatment services. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 169. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2024.209588

Saad C, Cheng B, Takamizawa R, Thakur A, Lee C-W, Leung L, Veerman JL, Aminde LN. Effectiveness of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship bans on smoking prevalence, initiation and cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Tobacco Control 2025. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058903.

Santo T.J., Jr., Chaillon A., Martin N., Hickman M., Jones N., Farrell M., Bharat C., Degenhardt L., Borquez A. (2025). Quantifying the impact of a large-scale opioid agonist treatment program on suicide prevention in New South Wales, Australia: A data-modeling study. Addiction. doi.org/10.1111/add.70018

Saunders J.B., Rumpf H.-J., Carragher N., Poznyak V. (2025). The Development of and Rationale for Gaming Disorder in ICD-11 and a Review of Available Assessment Tools. Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), 18. doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00631-0

Settumba S., Shahbazi J., Byrne M., Degenhardt L., Grebely J., Larance B., Nielsen S., Lintzeris N., Ali R., Rodgers C., Blazey A., Weiss R., Dunlop A., McDonough M., Cook J., Farrell M. (2025). Provider costs of treating opioid dependence with extended-release buprenorphine in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 179-194. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13956

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