By Emeritus Professor Shane Darke

Journal articles

SEIVEWRIGHT N, 1994, 'Benzodiazepine use among injecting drug users', Addiction, 89, pp. 1701 - 1706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03772.x

Darke S, 1994, 'Benzodiazepine use among injecting drug users: problems and implications', Addiction, 89, pp. 379 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb00909.x

DARKE S; HALL W; SWIFT W, 1994, 'Geographical differences in risk‐taking among Sydney methadone maintenance patients: a comparison of inner city and outer south western methadone maintenance patients', Drug and Alcohol Review, 13, pp. 301 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595239400185401

DARKE S; SWIFT W; HALL W; ROSS M, 1994, 'Predictors of injecting and injecting risk‐taking behaviour among methadone maintenance clients', Addiction, 89, pp. 311 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb00897.x

DARKE S; SWIFT W; HALL W, 1994, 'Prevalence, severity and correlates of psychological morbidity among methadone maintenance clients', Addiction, 89, pp. 211 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb00880.x

Darke S; Hall W; Swift W, 1994, 'Prevalence, symptoms and correlates of antisocial personality disorder among methadone maintenance clients', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 34, pp. 253 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(94)90164-3

Darke S, 1994, 'Reply to Dr Seivewright', Addiction, 89, pp. 1703 - 1703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03773.x

Darke S, 1994, 'The use of benzodiazepines among injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Review, 13, pp. 63 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595239400185741

DARKE S; ROSS J; COHEN J, 1994, 'The use of benzodiazepines among regular amphetamine users', Addiction, 89, pp. 1683 - 1690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03769.x

DARKE S; COHEN J; ROSS J; HANDO J; HALL W, 1994, 'Transitions between routes of administration of regular amphetamine users', Addiction, 89, pp. 1077 - 1083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb02784.x

Darke S; Swift W; Hall W; Ross M, 1993, 'Drug use, HIV risk-taking and psychosocial correlates of benzodiazepine use among methadone maintenance clients', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 34, pp. 67 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(93)90047-T

HALL W; DARKE S; ROSS M; WODAK A, 1993, 'Patterns of drug use and risk‐taking among injecting amphetamine and opioid drug users in Sydney, Australia', Addiction, 88, pp. 509 - 516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02057.x

DARKE S, 1992, 'COCAINE, AIDS, AND INTRAVENOUS DRUG-USE - FRIEDMAN,SR, LIPTON,DS, STIMMEL,B', BRITISH JOURNAL OF ADDICTION, 87, pp. 1604 - 1604, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1992JX83000014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Darke S; Hall W; Ross M, 1992, 'Benzodiazepine prescribing and injecting drug users [17]', Medical Journal of Australia, 157, pp. 573 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb137382.x

Darke S; Hall W; Ross M; Wodak A, 1992, 'Benzodiazepine use and HIV risk-taking behaviour among injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 31, pp. 31 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(92)90005-W

DARKE S; HALL W; WODAKI A; HEATHER N; WARD J, 1992, 'Development and validation of a multidimensional instrument for assessing outcome of treatment among opiate users: the Opiate Treatment Index', British Journal of Addiction, 87, pp. 733 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb02719.x

Darke S; Baker A; Dixon J; Wodak A; Heather N, 1992, 'Drug use and HIV risk-taking behaviour among clients in methadone maintenance treatment', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 29, pp. 263 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(92)90101-H

DARKE S, 1992, 'Injecting drug users and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus: what do we know?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 11, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595239200185631

Ross MW; Darke S, 1992, 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know: dimensions and measurement of attitudes toward injecting drug users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 30, pp. 71 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(92)90038-E

WARD J; DARKE S; HALL W; MATTICK R, 1992, 'Methadone maintenance and the human immunodeficiency virus: current issues in treatment and research', British Journal of Addiction, 87, pp. 447 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb01945.x

DARKE S; WODAK A; HALL W; HEATHER N; WARD J, 1992, 'Prevalence and predictors of psychopathology among opioid users', British Journal of Addiction, 87, pp. 771 - 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb02723.x

DARKE S, 1992, 'The measurement of outcome in opiate treatment evaluation studies', Drug and Alcohol Review, 11, pp. 169 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595239200185651

DARKE S; WARD J; ZADOR D; SWIFT G, 1991, 'A scale for estimating the health status of opioid users', British Journal of Addiction, 86, pp. 1317 - 1322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01707.x

DARKE S; HEATHER N; HALL W; WARD J; WODAK A, 1991, 'Estimating drug consumption in opioid users: reliability and validity of a‘recent use' episodes method', British Journal of Addiction, 86, pp. 1311 - 1316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01706.x

Markham R; Darke S, 1991, 'The effects of anxiety on verbal and spatial task performance', Australian Journal of Psychology, 43, pp. 107 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049539108259108

Darke S; Guinan J; Gold J, 1991, 'The injecting and sexual behaviour of intravenous drug users', Medical Journal of Australia, 154, pp. 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb121109.x

Darke S; Hall W; Heather N; Ward J; Wodak A, 1991, 'The reliability and validity of a scale to measure HIV risk-taking behaviour among intravenous drug users', AIDS, 5, pp. 181 - 185

DARKE S; HALL W; CARLESS J, 1990, 'Drug use, injecting practices and sexual behaviour of opioid users in Sydney, Australia', British Journal of Addiction, 85, pp. 1603 - 1609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb01649.x

Guinan JJ; Darke S; Gold J, 1990, 'If I have sex with a duck dose that make me a drake? The Albion Street (AIDS) Centre, intravenous drug use and 'prostitution' (I: Reply)', Medical Journal of Australia, 152, pp. 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125325.x

Morlet A; Darke S; Guinan JJ; Wolk J; Gold J, 1990, 'Intravenous drug users who present to the Albion Street (AIDS) Centre for diagnosis and management of human immunodeficiency virus infection', Medical Journal of Australia, 152, pp. 78 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb124460.x

Darke S; Hall W, 1990, 'The injecting and sexual behaviour of intravenous drug users (I)', Medical Journal of Australia, 153, pp. 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125519.x

Darke S; Hall W; Carless J, 1990, 'The injecting and sexual behaviour of intravenous drug users in Sydney', Medical Journal of Australia, 152, pp. 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125293.x

Darke S, 1988, 'Anxiety and working memory capacity', Cognition and Emotion, 2, pp. 145 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699938808408071

Darke S, 1988, 'Effects of Anxiety on Inferential Reasoning Task Performance', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, pp. 499 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.55.3.499

Conference Papers

Teesson M; Marel C; Slade T; Darke S; Ross J; Burns L; Mills KL, 2014, 'LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF HEROIN USE AND MENTAL HEALTH: FINDINGS FROM THE 11-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE AUSTRALIAN TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 58 - 58, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800168&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Teesson M; Marel C; Mills KL; Darke S; Ross J; Slade T; White J; Memedovic S; Lynskey M; Burns L; Brady K, 2014, 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE: 11-YEAR FINDINGS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 12 - 12, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800035&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Johnston AK; Slade T; Darke S; Pirkis J; Ross JE, 2009, 'Temporal trends in suicidality in Australia 1997 to 2007', Canberra, presented at Australian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Conference, Canberra, 02 December 2009 - 04 December 2009

Johnston AK; Darke S; Slade T; Ross JE; Pirkis J, 2009, 'Temporal trends in suicide, suicidal ideation and attempts in Australia, 1997 to 2007.', Montevideo, Uruguay, presented at International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montevideo, Uruguay, 27 October 2009 - 31 October 2009

Ross JE; Darke S, 1998, 'Benzodiazepine dependence and psychopathology among heroin users', in National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Monograph No. 37, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, pp. 1 - 10, presented at National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Annual Symposium, Sydney

Hall WD; Darke S, 1997, 'Trends in opiate overdose deaths in Australia 1979-1995', in Wayne Hall (ed.), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Monograph No. 35, Sydney, pp. 25 - 36, presented at National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Monograph No. 35, Sydney, 14 August 1997 - 15 August 1997

Conference Presentations

Darke S, 2024, 'The changing face of overdose', presented at 2024 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, Wesley Conference Centre, Sydney NSW, 20 September 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBO7_cTwPU&t=1508s

Conference Abstracts

Memedovic S; Slade T; Ross J; Teesson M; Darke S; Mills K; Burns L, 2012, 'RUMINATION, DEPRESSION AND SUBSTANCE USE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY (ATOS)', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 31, pp. 41 - 42, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700129&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Reports

Deady M; Ross J; Darke S, 2015, Suicide Assessment Kit (SAK): A comprehensive assessment and policy development package, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/Suicide%20Assessment%20Kit%20updated.pdf

Darke S; Shakeshaft A; Doran C, 2014, Alcohol and violence: Alcohol consumption, homicide, and completed suicide in Australia, 1979-2009, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 324, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/alcohol-and-violence-alcohol-consumption-homicide-and-completed-suicide-australia-1979-2009

Ross J; Darke S; Kelly E; Hetherington K, 2010, Suicide risk assesment and intervention strategies: Current practices in Australian residential drug and alcohol rehabiliation services, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/suicide-risk-assessment-and-intervention-strategies-current-practices-australian

Torok M; Darke S; Kaye SS; Ross JE; McKetin R, 2008, Comparative rates of violent crime amongst methamphetamine and opioid users : victimistation and offending, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF), Hobart, Monograph Series No. 32, http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_32.pdf

Darke S; Ross JE; Hando J; Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2007, Illicit Drug use in Australia: Epidemiology, use patterns and associated harm, National Drug Strategy

Maloney EA; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Mattick RP; Nelson E, 2007, The prevalence and associated risk factors of suicidal behaviour among opioid dependent persons: a case-control study, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, 283, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/all/shared_files/ndarc/resources/TR.283.pdf

Ross J; Teesson M; Darke S; Lynskey M; Hetherington K; Mills K; Williamson A; Fairbairn S, 2003, Characteristics of heroin users entering three treatment modalities in New South Wales: Baseline findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS), NDARC UNSW, Sydney, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/characteristics-heroin-users-entering-three-treatment-modalities-new-south-wales-baseline

Shanahan M; Havard A; Mills K; Williamson A; Ross J; Teesson M; Darke S; Ali R; Ritter A; Cooke R; Lynskey M, 2003, Health services use and treatment costs over 12 months among heroin users: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/TR.203.pdf

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