By Professor Matthew Hickman

Journal articles

Hickman M; Vickerman P; MacLeod J; Lewis G; Zammit S; Kirkbride J; Jones P, 2009, 'If cannabis caused schizophrenia - How many cannabis users may need to be prevented in order to prevent one case of schizophrenia? England and Wales calculations', Addiction, 104, pp. 1856 - 1861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02736.x

Melotti R; Heron J; Hickman M; Macleod J; Araya R; Lewis G, 2009, 'Early adolescent substance use and parental socio economic position earlier in life: birth cohort analyses', Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 63, pp. 83 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.096735e

Kimber J; Copeland L; Hickman M; MacLeod J; McKenzie J; Angelis DD; Robertson JR, 2009, 'The Edinburgh Addiction Cohort: a longitudinal study of survival and long term injecting cessation', Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 63, pp. 84 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.096735f

Craine N; Hickman M; Parry JV; Smith J; Walker AM; Russell D; Nix B; May M; McDonald T; Lyons M, 2009, 'Incidence of hepatitis C in drug injectors: The role of homelessness, opiate substitution treatment, equipment sharing, and community size', Epidemiology and Infection, 137, pp. 1255 - 1265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S095026880900212X

Hickman M; Hope V; Coleman B; Parry J; Telfer M; Twigger J; Irish C; MacLeod J; Annett H, 2009, 'Assessing IDU prevalence and health consequences (HCV, overdose and drug-related mortality) in a primary care trust: Implications for public health action', Journal of Public Health, 31, pp. 374 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdp067

De Angelis D; Sweeting M; Ades AE; Hickman M; Hope V; Ramsay M, 2009, 'An evidence synthesis approach to estimating Hepatitis C prevalence in England and Wales', Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 18, pp. 361 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0962280208094691

Sweeting MJ; De Angelis D; Ades AE; Hickman M, 2009, 'Estimating the prevalence of ex-injecting drug use in the population', Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 18, pp. 381 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0962280208094704

Sweeting MJ; Hope VD; Hickman M; Parry JV; Ncube F; Ramsay ME; De Angelis D, 2009, 'Hepatitis C infection among injecting drug users in England and Wales (1992-2006): There and back again?', American Journal of Epidemiology, 170, pp. 352 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwp141

Platt L; Sutton AJ; Vickerman P; Koshkina E; Maximova S; Latishevskaya N; Hickman M; Bonell C; Parry J; Rhodes T, 2009, 'Measuring risk of HIV and HCV among injecting drug users in the Russian federation', European Journal of Public Health, 19, pp. 428 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckp041

Daniel JZ; Hickman M; Macleod J; Wiles N; Lingford-Hughes A; Farrell M; Araya R; Skapinakis P; Haynes J; Lewis G, 2009, 'Is socioeconomic status in early life associated with drug use? A systematic review of the evidence', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 142 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00042.x

Alati R; Macleod J; Hickman M; Sayal K; May M; Smith GD; Lawlor DA, 2008, 'Intrauterine exposure to alcohol and tobacco use and childhood IQ: Findings from a parental-offspring comparison within the avon longitudinal study of parents and children', Pediatric Research, 64, pp. 659 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/PDR.0b013e318187cc31

Macleod J; Hickman M; Bowen E; Alati R; Tilling K; Smith GD, 2008, 'Parental drug use, early adversities, later childhood problems and children's use of tobacco and alcohol at age 10: Birth cohort study (Addiction (2008) 103, 1731-1743))', Addiction, 103, pp. 2075, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02427_1.x

Macleod J; Hickman M; Bowen E; Alati R; Tilling K; Smith GD, 2008, 'Parental drug use, early adversities, later childhood problems and children's use of tobacco and alcohol at age 10: birth cohort study (vol 103, pg 1731, 2008)', ADDICTION, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02427_3.x

Sweeting MJ; De Angelis D; Hickman M; Ades AE, 2008, 'Estimating hepatitis C prevalence in England and Wales by synthesizing evidence from multiple data sources. Assessing data conflict and model fit', Biostatistics, 9, pp. 715 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biostatistics/kxn004

Macleod J; Hickman M; Bowen E; Alati R; Tilling K; Smith GD, 2008, 'Parental drug use, early adversities, later childhood problems and children's use of tobacco and alcohol at age 10: Birth cohort study', Addiction, 103, pp. 1731 - 1743, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02301.x

Hickman M; Lingford-Hughes A; Bailey C; Macleod J; Nutt D; Henderson G, 2008, 'Does alcohol increase the risk of overdose death: The need for a translational approach', Addiction, 103, pp. 1060 - 1062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02134.x

Hickman M; Lingford-Hughes A; Bailey C; Macleod J; Nutt D; Henderson G, 2008, 'Understanding causal pathways: A response to the commentaries', Addiction, 103, pp. 1067 - 1068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02254.x

Hickman M; De Angelis D, 2008, 'Commentary (Sexually Transmitted Infections (2008) 84 (115-116))', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 84, pp. 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sti.2008.028779.corr1

Morgan O; Vicente J; Griffiths P; Hickman M, 2008, 'Trends in overdose deaths from drug misuse in Europe: What do the data tell us?', Addiction, 103, pp. 699 - 700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02102.x

Platt L; Rhodes T; Hickman M; Mikhailova L; Lisetsky K; Sarang A; Lewis K; Parry J, 2008, 'Changes in HIV prevalence and risk among new injecting drug users in a Russian City of high HIV prevalence', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 47, pp. 623 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e318165dbf7

Hickman M; De Angelis D, 2008, 'Increase in diagnosed newly acquired hepatitis C in HIV-positive men who have sex with men across London and Brighton, 2002-2006: Is this an outbreak? Commentary', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 84, pp. 115 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sti.2007.028779

Hickman M; McDonald T; Judd A; Nichols T; Hope V; Skidmore S; Parry JV, 2008, 'Increasing the uptake of hepatitis C virus testing among injecting drug users in specialist drug treatment and prison settings by using dried blood spots for diagnostic testing: A cluster randomized controlled trial', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 15, pp. 250 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00937.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

Frisher M; Heatlie H; Hickman M, 2007, 'Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England', BMC Public Health, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-286

Zador D; Rome A; Hutchinson S; Hickman M; Baldacchino A; Fahey T; Taylor A; Kidd B, 2007, 'Differences between injectors and non-injectors, and a high prevalence of benzodiazepines among drug related deaths in Scotland 2003', Addiction Research and Theory, 15, pp. 651 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16066350701699080

Davoli M; Bargagli AM; Perucci CA; Schifano P; Belleudi V; Hickman M; Salamina G; Diecidue R; Vigna-Taglianti F; Faggiano F, 2007, 'Risk of fatal overdose during and after specialist drug treatment: The VEdeTTE study, a national multi-site prospective cohort study', Addiction, 102, pp. 1954 - 1959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02025.x

Macleod J; Smith GD; Hickman M; Egger M, 2007, 'Cannabis and psychosis', Lancet, 370, pp. 1539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61651-1

Wiles NJ; Lingford-Hughes A; Daniel J; Hickman M; Farrell M; Macleod J; Haynes JC; Skapinakis P; Araya R; Lewis G, 2007, 'Socio-economic status in childhood and later alcohol use: A systematic review', Addiction, 102, pp. 1546 - 1563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01930.x

Hope VD; Ncube F; Hickman M; Judd A; Parry JV, 2007, 'Hepatitis B vaccine uptake among injecting drug users in England 1998 to 2004: Is the prison vaccination programme driving recent improvements?', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 14, pp. 653 - 660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00856.x

Hickman M; Hope V; Brady T; Madden P; Jones S; Honor S; Holloway G; Ncube F; Parry J, 2007, 'Hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence, and injecting risk behaviour in multiple sites in England in 2004', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 14, pp. 645 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00855.x

Aceijas C; Hickman M; Donoghoe MC; Burrows D; Stuikyte R, 2007, 'Access and coverage of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia', Addiction, 102, pp. 1244 - 1250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01848.x

Judd A; Hickman M; Hope VD; Sutton AJ; Stimson GV; Ramsay ME; Gill ON; Parry JV, 2007, 'Twenty years of selective hepatitis B vaccination: Is hepatitis B declining among injecting drug users in England and Wales?', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 14, pp. 584 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00844.x

Cathcart S; Patton R; Hickman M; Hendry C; Ashworth M, 2007, 'Comparing population estimates for drug users, the prevalence of blood-borne viruses and the provision of services in one London borough: Evidence of a gap in provision?', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 14, pp. 205 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687630601037992

Hickman M; Vickerman P; MacLeod J; Kirkbride J; Jones PB, 2007, 'Cannabis and schizophrenia: Model projections of the impact of the rise in cannabis use on historical and future trends in schizophrenia in England and Wales', Addiction, 102, pp. 597 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01710.x

Vickerman P; Hickman M; Judd A, 2007, 'Modelling the impact on Hepatitis C transmission of reducing syringe sharing: London case study', International Journal of Epidemiology, 36, pp. 396 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyl276

Macleod J; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Kirkbride J; Jones PB, 2007, 'Response to the commentaries: Commentary', Addiction, 102, pp. 516 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01811.x

Hickman M; Carrivick S; Paterson S; Hunt N; Zador D; Cusick L; Henry J, 2007, 'London audit of drug-related overdose deaths: Characteristics and typology, and implications for prevention and monitoring', Addiction, 102, pp. 317 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01688.x

Macleod JK; Hickman M; Vickerman P; Kirkbride J; Jones PB, 2007, 'Response to the commentaries', Addiction, 102, pp. 516 - 518

Morgan O; Griffiths C; Hickman M, 2006, 'Association between availability of heroin and methadone and fatal poisoning in England and Wales 1993-2004', International Journal of Epidemiology, 35, pp. 1579 - 1585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyl207

Platt L; Wall M; Rhodes T; Judd A; Hickman M; Johnston LG; Renton A; Bobrova N; Sarang A, 2006, 'Methods to recruit hard-to-reach groups: Comparing two chain referral sampling methods of recruiting injecting drug users across nine studies in Russia and Estonia', Journal of Urban Health, 83, pp. i39 - i53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-006-9101-2

Rhodes T; Kimber J; Small W; Fitzgerald J; Kerr T; Hickman M; Holloway G, 2006, 'Public injecting and the need for 'safer environment interventions' in the reduction of drug-related harm', Addiction, 101, pp. 1384 - 1393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01556.x

Aceijas C; Oppenheimer E; Stimson GV; Ashcroft RE; Matic S; Hickman M, 2006, 'Antiretroviral treatment for injecting drug users in developing and transitional countries 1 year before the end of the 'Treating 3 million by 2005. Making it happen. The WHO strategy' ('3by5')', Addiction, 101, pp. 1246 - 1253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01509.x

Vickerman P; Hickman M; Rhodes T; Watts C, 2006, 'Model projections on the required coverage of syringe distribution to prevent HIV epidemics among injecting drug users', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 42, pp. 355 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.qai.0000219788.73539.47

Sutton AJ; Gay NJ; Edmunds WJ; Hope VD; Gill ON; Hickman M, 2006, 'Modelling the force of infection for hepatitis B and hepatitis C in injecting drug users in England and Wales', BMC Infectious Diseases, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-93

Hickman M; Macleod J; De Angelis D, 2006, 'Harm-reduction interventions in injection drug use', Lancet, 367, pp. 1797 - 1798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68781-3

Aceijas C; Friedman SR; Cooper HLF; Wiessing L; Stimson GV; Hickman M, 2006, 'Estimates of injecting drug users at the national and local level in developing and transitional countries, and gender and age distribution', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 82, pp. iii10 - iii17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sti.2005.019471

Riddoch MJ; Humphreys GW; Hickman M; Clift J; Daly A; Colin J, 2006, 'I can see what you are doing: Action familiarity and affordance promote recovery from extinction', COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 23, pp. 583 - 605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02643290500310962

Hickman M, 2006, 'The diffusion of heroin epidemics: Time to re-visit a classic', International Journal of Drug Policy, 17, pp. 143 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.03.001

Macleod J; Smith GD; Hickman M, 2006, 'Does cannabis use cause schizophrenia?', Lancet, 367, pp. 1055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68468-7

Bargagli AM; Hickman M; Davoli M; Perucci CA; Schifano P; Buster M; Brugal T; Vicente J, 2006, 'Drug-related mortality and its impact on adult mortality in eight European countries', European Journal of Public Health, 16, pp. 198 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki168

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