By Professor Matthew Hickman

Journal articles

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

Hickman M; Hope V; Platt L; Higgins V; Bellis M; Rhodes T; Taylor C; Tilling K, 2006, 'Estimating prevalence of injecting drug use: A comparison of multiplier and capture - Recapture methods in cities in England and Russia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 25, pp. 131 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230500537274

Frisher M; Heatlie H; Hickman M, 2006, 'Prevalence of problematic and injecting drug use for Drug Action Team areas in England', Journal of Public Health, 28, pp. 3 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdi073

Balogh AA; Preul MC; Laszlo K; Schornak M; Hickman M; Deshmukh P; Spetzler RF, 2006, 'Multilayer image grid reconstruction technology: Four-dimensional interactive image reconstruction of microsurgical neuroanatomic dissections', NEUROSURGERY, 58, pp. 157 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000193514.07866.F0

Rhodes T; Platt L; Maximova S; Koshkina E; Latishevskaya N; Hickman M; Renton A; Bobrova N; McDonald T; Parry JV, 2006, 'Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis among injecting drug users in Russia: A multi-city study', Addiction, 101, pp. 252 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01317.x

Macleod J; Hickman M, 2006, 'Commentary: Understanding pathways to cannabis use and from use to harm', International Journal of Epidemiology, 35, pp. 680 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyl104

Morgan O; Griffiths C; Toson B; Rooney C; Majeed A; Hickman M, 2006, 'Trends in deaths related to drug misuse in England and Wales, 1993-2004.', Health Statistics Quarterly Office for National Statistics, pp. 23 - 27

MacLeod J; Copello A; Crome I; Smith GD; Egger M; Hickman M; Judd A; Oakes R; Oppenkowski T; Stokes-Lampard H, 2005, 'The psychosocial consequences of drug misuse: A systematic review of longitudinal studies', DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY, 12, pp. 85 - 89, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000237742700007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hope VD; Hickman M; Tilling K, 2005, 'Capturing crack cocaine use: Estimating the prevalence of crack cocaine use in London using capture-recapture with covariates', Addiction, 100, pp. 1701 - 1708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01244.x

Rhodes T; Platt L; Judd A; Mikhailova LA; Sarang A; Wallis N; Alpatova T; Hickman M; Parry JV, 2005, 'Hepatitis C virus infection, HIV co-infection, and associated risk among injecting drug users in Togliatti, Russia', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 16, pp. 749 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/095646205774763180

Judd A; Hutchinson S; Wadd S; Hickman M; Taylor A; Jones S; Parry JV; Cameron S; Rhodes T; Ahmed S; Bird S; Fox R; Renton A; Stimson GV; Goldberg D, 2005, 'Prevalence of, and risk factors for, hepatitis C virus infection among recent initiates to injecting in London and Glasgow: Cross sectional analysis', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 12, pp. 655 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00643.x

Cusick L; Hickman M, 2005, ''Trapping' in drug use and sex work careers', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 12, pp. 369 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687630500226779

Hickman M, 2005, 'Cannabis use and dependence, public health and public policy', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 16, pp. 286 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2004.11.001

Hope VD; Judd A; Hickman M; Sutton A; Stimson GV; Parry JV; Gill ON, 2005, 'HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in England and Wales 1990 to 2003: Evidence for increased transmission in recent years', AIDS, 19, pp. 1207 - 1214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.aids.0000176222.71355.a1

Macleod J; Hickman M; Smith GD, 2005, 'Reporting bias and self-reported drug use [3]', Addiction, 100, pp. 562 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01099.x

Williams S; Hickman M; Boule M; Aylin P, 2005, 'Dr Foster's case notes - Hospital admissions for drug and alcohol use in people aged under 45', BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 330, pp. 115A - 115, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000226454900014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Williams S; Hickman M; Bottle A; Aylin P, 2005, 'Hospital admissions for drug and alcohol use in people aged under 45', British Medical Journal, 330, pp. 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7483.115

Judd A; Hickman M; Jones S; McDonald T; Parry JV; Stimson GV; Hall AJ, 2005, 'Incidence of hepatitis C virus and HIV among new injecting drug users in London: Prospective cohort study', British Medical Journal, 330, pp. 24 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38286.841227.7c

Stimson GV; Hickman M; Rhodes T; Bastos F; Saidel T, 2005, 'Methods for assessing HIV and HIV risk among IDUs and for evaluating interventions', International Journal of Drug Policy, 16, pp. 7 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.02.007

Aceijas C; Stimson GV; Hickman M; Rhodes T, 2004, 'Global overview of injecting drug use and HIV infection among injecting drug users', AIDS, 18, pp. 2295 - 2303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00002030-200411190-00010

De Angelis D; Hickman M; Yang S, 2004, 'Estimating long-term trends in the incidence and prevalence of opiate use/injecting drug use and the number of former users: Back-calculation methods and opiate overdose deaths', American Journal of Epidemiology, 160, pp. 994 - 1004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwh306

Macleod J; Oakes R; Copello A; Crome I; Egger M; Hickman M; Bourdeaut F, 2004, 'Psychological and social sequelae of cannabis and other illicit drug use by young people: A systematic review of longitudinal, general population studies - Commentary', Archives De Pediatrie, 11, pp. 1369 - 1370

Hickman M; Higgins V; Hope V; Bellis M; Tilling K; Walker A; Henry J, 2004, 'Injecting drug use in Brighton, Liverpool, and London: Best estimates of prevalence and coverage of public health indicators', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58, pp. 766 - 771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2003.015164

Macleod J; Oakes R; Oppenkowski T; Stokes-Lampard H; Copello A; Crome I; Smith GD; Egger M; Hickman M; Judd A, 2004, 'How strong is the evidence that illicit drug use by young people is an important cause of psychological or social harm? Methodological and policy implications of a systematic review of longitudinal, general population studies', Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, 11, pp. 281 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687630410001687879

Macleod J; Oakes R; Copello A; Crome PI; Egger PM; Hickman M; Oppenkowski T; Stokes-Lampard H; Smith GD, 2004, 'Psychological and social sequelae of cannabis and other illicit drug use by young people: A systematic review of longitudinal, general population studies', Lancet, 363, pp. 1579 - 1588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16200-4

Hickman M; Macleod J; Smith GD, 2004, 'Effectiveness of preventing frequent cannabis use among young people in improving educational achievement: Eradicating frequent cannabis use among adolescents could reduce school dropout by 3% [3]', Addiction, 99, pp. 650 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00731.x

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