By Scientia Professor Louisa Jane Degenhardt

Journal articles

Vos T; Barber RM; Bell B; Bertozzi-Villa A; Biryukov S; Bolliger I; Charlson F; Davis A; Degenhardt L; Dicker D; Duan L; Erskine H; Feigin VL; Ferrari AJ; Fitzmaurice C; Fleming T; Graetz N; Guinovart C; Haagsma J; Hansen GM; Hanson SW; Heuton KR; Higashi H; Kassebaum N; Kyu H; Laurie E; Liang X; Lofgren K; Lozano R; MacIntyre MF; Moradi-Lakeh M; Naghavi M; Nguyen G; Odell S; Ortblad K; Roberts DA; Roth GA; Sandar L; Serina PT; Stanaway JD; Steiner C; Thomas B; Vollset SE; Whiteford H; Wolock TM; Ye P; Zhou M; Ãvila MA; Aasvang GM; Abbafati C; Ozgoren AA; Abd-Allah F; Aziz MIA; Abera SF; Aboyans V; Abraham JP; Abraham B; Abubakar I; Abu-Raddad LJ; Abu-Rmeileh NME; Aburto TC; Achoki T; Ackerman IN; Adelekan A; Ademi Z; Adou AK; Adsuar JC; Arnlov J; Agardh EE; Al Khabouri MJ; Alam SS; Alasfoor D; Albittar MI; Alegretti MA; Aleman AV; Alemu ZA; Alfonso-Cristancho R; Alhabib S; Ali R; Alla F; Allebeck P; Allen PJ; AlMazroa MA; Alsharif U; Alvarez E; Alvis-Guzman N; Ameli O; Amini H; Ammar W; Anderson BO; Anderson HR; Antonio CAT; Anwari P; Apfel H; Arsenijevic VSA; Artaman A; Asghar RJ; Assadi R; Atkins LS; Atkinson C; Mitchell P; Naidoo K; Marks G; Boufous S; Resnikoff S; Jha V; Pesudovs K; Okuba T, 2015, 'Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013', Lancet, 386, pp. 743 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4

Roxburgh A; Lea T; de Wit J; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Sexual identity and prevalence of alcohol and other drug use among Australians in the general population', International Journal of Drug Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.11.005

Winter RJ; Stoové M; Degenhardt L; Hellard ME; Spelman T; Jenkinson R; McCarthy DR; Kinner SA, 2015, 'Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 153, pp. 43 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.011

Sordo L; Bravo MJ; Barrio G; Indave BI; Degenhardt L; Pastor-Barriuso R, 2015, 'Potential bias due to outcome-related loss to follow-up in cohort studies on incidence of drug injection: Systematic review and meta-analysis', Addiction, 110, pp. 1247 - 1257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12940

Larney S; Degenhardt L; Mattick RP; Farrell M, 2015, 'Variation in mortality risk of people released from prison', Lancet Psychiatry, 2, pp. 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00235-7

Vajdic CM; Pour SM; Olivier J; Swart A; O'Connell DL; Falster MO; Meagher NS; Mao L; Grulich AE; Randall DA; Amin J; Burns L; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The impact of blood-borne viruses on cause-specific mortality among opioid dependent people: An Australian population-based cohort study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 152, pp. 264 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.03.026

Smith K; Mattick RP; Bruno R; Nielsen S; Cohen M; Campbell G; Larance B; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Factors associated with the development of depression in chronic non-cancer pain patients following the onset of opioid treatment for pain', Journal of Affective Disorders, 184, pp. 72 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.05.049

Gisev N; Larney S; Kimber J; Burns L; Weatherburn D; Gibson A; Dobbins T; Mattick RP; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22 year data linkage study', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice

Degenhardt L; Bruno R; Ali R; Lintzeris N; Farrell M; Larance B, 2015, 'The introduction of a potentially abuse deterrent oxycodone formulation: Early findings from the Australian National Opioid Medications Abuse Deterrence (NOMAD) study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 151, pp. 56 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.038

Erskine HE; Moffitt TE; Copeland WE; Costello EJ; Ferrari AJ; Patton G; Degenhardt L; Vos T; Whiteford HA; Scott JG, 2015, 'A heavy burden on young minds: The global burden of mental and substance use disorders in children and youth', Psychological Medicine, 45, pp. 1561 - 1563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291714002888

Nielsen S; Murnion B; Dunlop A; Degenhardt L; Demirkol A; Muhleisen P; Lintzeris N, 2015, 'Comparing treatment-seeking codeine users and strong opioid users: Findings from a novel case series', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 304 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12224

Charlson FJ; Baxter AJ; Dua T; Degenhardt L; Whiteford HA; Vos T, 2015, 'Excess mortality from mental, neurological and substance use disorders in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 24, pp. 121 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796014000687

Burns L; Gisev N; Larney S; Dobbins T; Gibson A; Kimber J; Larance B; Mattick RP; Butler T; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'A longitudinal comparison of retention in buprenorphine and methadone treatment for opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia', Addiction, 110, pp. 646 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12834

Degenhardt L; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Hall W; Nielsen S; Larance B; Cohen M; Campbell G, 2015, 'Agreement between definitions of pharmaceutical opioid use disorders and dependence in people taking opioids for chronic non-cancer pain (POINT): A cohort study', Lancet Psychiatry, 2, pp. 314 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00005-X

Nielsen S; Roxburgh A; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Jefferson A; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Changes in non-opioid substitution treatment episodes for pharmaceutical opioids and heroin from 2002 to 2011', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 149, pp. 212 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.004

Swart A; Meagher NS; Van Leeuwen MT; Zhao K; Grulich A; Mao L; Randall DA; Degenhardt L; Burns L; O'Connell D; Amin J; Vajdic CM, 2015, 'Examining the quality of name code record linkage: What is the impact on death and cancer risk estimates? A validation study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39, pp. 141 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12287

Stockings E; Degenhardt L; Lee YY; Mihalopoulos C; Liu A; Hobbs M; Patton G, 2015, 'Symptom screening scales for detecting major depressive disorder in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of reliability, validity and diagnostic utility', Journal of Affective Disorders, 174, pp. 447 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.11.061

Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'High potency cannabis: A risk factor for dependence, poor psychosocial outcomes, and psychosis', BMJ Online, 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1205

Larney S; Grebely J; Falster M; Swart A; Amin J; Degenhardt L; Burns L; Vajdic CM, 2015, 'Opioid substitution therapy is associated with increased detection of hepatitis C virus infection: A 15-year observational cohort study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 148, pp. 213 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.027

Whiteford HA; Ferrari AJ; Degenhardt L; Feigin V; Vos T, 2015, 'The global burden of mental, neurological and substance use disorders: An analysis from the global burden of disease study 2010', Plos One, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116820

Nielsen S; Lintzeris N; Bruno R; Campbell G; Larance B; Hall W; Hoban B; Cohen ML; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Benzodiazepine Use among Chronic Pain Patients Prescribed Opioids: Associations with Pain, Physical and Mental Health, and Health Service Utilization', Pain Medicine (United States), 16, pp. 356 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pme.12594

Degenhardt L; Larance B; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Ali R; Farrell M, 2015, 'Evaluating the potential impact of a reformulated version of oxycodone upon tampering, non-adherence and diversion of opioids: The National Opioid Medications Abuse Deterrence (NOMAD) study protocol', Addiction, 110, pp. 226 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12746

Degenhardt L; Lintzeris N; Campbell G; Bruno R; Cohen M; Farrell M; Hall WD, 2015, 'Experience of adjunctive cannabis use for chronic non-cancer pain: Findings from the Pain and Opioids IN Treatment (POINT) study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 147, pp. 144 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.11.031

Larney S; Bohnert ASB; Ganoczy D; Ilgen MA; Hickman M; Blow FC; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Mortality among older adults with opioid use disorders in the Veteran's Health Administration, 2000-2011', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 147, pp. 32 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.019

Bowring AL; Vella AM; Degenhardt L; Hellard M; Lim MSC, 2015, 'Sexual identity, same-sex partners and risk behaviour among a community-based sample of young people in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.07.015

Naghavi M; Wang H; Lozano R; Davis A; Liang X; Zhou M; Vollset SE; Abbasoglu Ozgoren A; Abdalla S; Abd-Allah F; Abdel Aziz MI; Abera SF; Aboyans V; Abraham B; Abraham JP; Abuabara KE; Abubakar I; Abu-Raddad LJ; Abu-Rmeileh NME; Achoki T; Adelekan A; Ademi Z; Adofo K; Adou AK; Adsuar JC; Ärnlov J; Agardh EE; Akena D; Al Khabouri MJ; Alasfoor D; Albittar M; Alegretti MA; Aleman AV; Alemu ZA; Alfonso-Cristancho R; Alhabib S; Ali MK; Ali R; Alla F; Al Lami F; Allebeck P; AlMazroa MA; Al-Shahi Salman R; Alsharif U; Alvarez E; Alviz-Guzman N; Amankwaa AA; Amare AT; Ameli O; Amini H; Ammar W; Anderson HR; Anderson BO; Antonio CAT; Anwari P; Apfel H; Argeseanu Cunningham S; Arsic Arsenijevic VS; Artaman A; Asad MM; Asghar RJ; Assadi R; Atkins LS; Atkinson C; Badawi A; Bahit MC; Bakfalouni T; Balakrishnan K; Balalla S; Banerjee A; Barber RM; Barker-Collo SL; Barquera S; Barregard L; Barrero LH; Barrientos-Gutierrez T; Basu A; Basu S; Basulaiman MO; Beardsley J; Bedi N; Beghi E; Bekele T; Bell ML; Benjet C; Bennett DA; Bensenor IM; Benzian H; Bertozzi-Villa A; Beyene TJ; Bhala N; Bhalla A; Bhutta ZA; Bikbov B; Bin Abdulhak A; Biryukov S; Blore JD; Blyth FM; Bohensky MA; Borges G; Boufous S; Marks G; Degenhardt L; Vallely A; Naidoo K; Satpathy M; Jha V; Pesudovs K; Huffman M, 2015, 'Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013', Lancet, 385, pp. 117 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2

Nielsen S; Degenhardt L; Hoban B; Gisev N, 2015, 'A synthesis of oral morphine equivalents (OME) for opioid utilisation studies', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 25, pp. 733 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3945

Moore SE; Scott JG; Ferrari AJ; Mills R; Dunne MP; Erskine HE; Devries KM; Degenhardt L; Vos T; Whiteford HA; McCarthy M; Norman RE, 2015, 'Burden attributable to child maltreatment in Australia', Child Abuse and Neglect, 48, pp. 208 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.05.006

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Farrell M; Hall W, 2015, 'Excess mortality among opioid-using patients treated with oral naltrexone in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 90 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12205

Larney S; Mathers BM; Poteat T; Kamarulzaman A; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Global epidemiology of HIV among women and girls who use or inject drugs: Current knowledge and limitations of existing data', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 69, pp. S100 - S109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000623

Horyniak D; Stoové M; Degenhardt L; Aitken C; Kerr T; Dietze P, 2015, 'How do drug market changes affect characteristics of injecting initiation and subsequent patterns of drug use? Findings from a cohort of regular heroin and methamphetamine injectors in Melbourne, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 43 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.09.002

Degenhardt L; Larance B; Peacock A; Farrell M, 2015, 'Reducing extramedical use and harms of pharmaceutical opioids: The potential role of abuse-deterrent formulations', Lancet Psychiatry, 2, pp. 957 - 959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00331-4

Kinner SA; Degenhardt L; Coffey C; Hearps S; Spittal M; Sawyer SM; Patton GC, 2015, 'Substance use and risk of death in young offenders: A prospective data linkage study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 46 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12179

Moran P; Coffey C; Romaniuk H; Degenhardt L; Borschmann R; Patton GC, 2015, 'Substance use in adulthood following adolescent self-harm: A population-based cohort study', Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 131, pp. 61 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acps.12306

Campbell G; Nielsen S; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Cohen M; Hall W; Larance B; Mattick RP; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The Pain and Opioids in Treatment study: Characteristics of a cohort using opioids to manage chronic non-cancer pain', Pain, 156, pp. 231 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.j.pain.0000460303.63948.8e

Degenhardt L; Blanch B; Gisev N; Larance B; Pearson S, 2015, 'The POPPY Research Programme protocol: Investigating opioid utilisation, costs and patterns of extramedical use in Australia', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e007030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007030

Silins E; Horwood LJ; Fergusson D; Patton G; Olsson C; Hutchinson D; Degenhardt L; Mattick RP, 2015, 'Adolescent substance use and specificity of association with educational attainment in young adulthood', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e205 - e205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.551

Nielsen S; Bruno R; Campbell G; Cohen M; Farrell M; Hall W; Hoban B; Larance B; Lintzeris N; Mattick R; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Benzodiazepine use among a sample of chronic pain patients prescribed opioids', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e52 - e52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.512

Larney S; Grebely J; Falster M; Swart A; Amin J; Degenhardt L; Burns L; Vajdic C, 2015, 'Diagnosis of hepatitis c virus infection after entry to opioid substitution therapy', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e122 - e122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.337

Nielsen S; Roxburgh A; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Jefferson A; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Hanging patterns of treatment seeking for pharmaceutical opioids in Australia (2002–2011)', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e163 - e163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.444

Hutchinson D; Silins E; Mattick RP; Patton G; Fergusson DM; Hayatkbash R; Toumbourou J; Olsson C; Najman JM; Spry E; Tait R; degenhardt L; swift W; Butterworth P; Horwood LJ; The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium , 2015, 'How data harmonisation can benefit mental health research? An example of The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium (CCRC)', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, pp. 317 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867415571169

Larney S; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Burns L; Gibson A; Kimber J; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Opioid substitution therapy as a strategy to reduce deaths in prison: Retrospective cohort study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e168 - e168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.373

Peacock A; Degenhardt L; Lintzeris N; Larance B; Campbell G; Nielsen S; Cohen M; Bruno R, 2015, 'Opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain: Does typology of risk predict aberrant behaviour?', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e173 - e174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.471

Campbell G; Nielsen S; Larance B; Bruno R; Mattick R; Hall W; Lintzeris N; Cohen M; Smith K; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Pharmaceutical opioid use and dependence among people living with chronic pain: Associations observed within the pain and opioids in treatment cohort', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e35 - e35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.1013

Larance B; Peacock A; Campbell G; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Cohen M; Nielsen S; Hall W; Mattick RP; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Sex differences in alcohol use disorders and risky drinking among chronic non-cancer pain patients receiving opioid therapy', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e122 - e122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.336

Roxburgh A; Burns L; Hall W; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'The changing nature of opioid-related mortality in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e195 - e195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.525

Degenhardt L; Larney S; Kimber J; Gisev N; Farrell M; Dobbins T; Weatherburn DJ; Gibson A; Mattick R; Butler T; Burns L, 2015, 'The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e260 - e260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.173

Degenhardt L; Bruno R; Lintzeris N; Hall W; Nielsen S; Larance B; Cohen M; Campbell G, 2015, 'Xamining DSM and ICD definitions of pharmaceutical opioid dependence in people taking opioids for chronic pain: Findings from the pain and opioids in treatment study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, pp. e55 - e55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.1068

Peacock A; Degenhardt L; Hordern A; Larance B; Cama E; White N; Kihas I; Bruno R, 2014, 'Methods and predictors of tampering with a tamper-resistant controlled-release oxycodone formulation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 1265 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.05.023

Borschmann R; Coffey C; Moran P; Hearps S; Degenhardt L; Kinner SA; Patton G, 2014, 'Self-harm in young offenders', Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 44, pp. 641 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12096

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