By Scientia Professor Louisa Jane Degenhardt

Journal articles

Calabria B; Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD; Lynskey M, 2010, 'Does cannabis use increase the risk of death? Systematic review of epidemiological evidence on adverse effects of cannabis use', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 318 - 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00149.x

de Graaf R; Radovanovic M; van Laar M; Fairman B; Degenhardt LJ; Aguilar-Gaxiola S; Bruffaerts R; de Girolamo G; Fayyad J; Gureje O; Maria Haro J; Huang Y; Kostyuchenko S; Lepine J-P; Matschinger H; Medina-Mora M; Neumark Y; Ormel J; Posada-Villa J; Stein DJ; Tachimori H; Wells E; Anthony J, 2010, 'Early Cannabis Use and Estimated Risk of Later Onset Depression Spells: Epidemiologic Evidence from the Population-based World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative', American Journal of Epidemiology, 172, pp. 149 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq096

Degenhardt LJ; Dierker L; Chiu W; Medina-Mora M; Neumark Y; Sampson N; Alonso J; Angermeyer M; Anthony J; Bruffaerts R; de Girolamo G; de Graff R; Gureje O; Karam A; Kostyuchenko S; Lee S; Lepine J; Levinson DF; Nakamura Y; Posada-Villa J; Stein DJ; Wells J; Kessler RC, 2010, 'Evaluating the drug use "gateway" theory using cross-national data: Consistency and associations of the order of initiation of drug use among participants in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 108, pp. 84 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.001

Mathers BM; Degenhardt LJ; Ali H; Wiessing L; Hickman M; Mattick RP; Myers B; Myers B; Strathdee S, 2010, 'HIV prevention, treatment and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage', The Lancet, 375, pp. 1014 - 1028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60232-2

Mathers BM; Cook C; Degenhardt LJ, 2010, 'Improving the data to strengthen the global response to HIV among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 100 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.12.007

Maloney EA; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Nelson E, 2010, 'Investigating the co-occurrence of self-mutilation and suicide attempts among opioid-dependent individuals', Suicide and Life - Threatening Behavior, 40, pp. 50 - 62

Degenhardt LJ; Bruno R; Topp LJ, 2010, 'Is ecstasy a drug of dependence?', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 107, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.09.009

Swendsen J; Conway K; Degenhardt LJ; Glantz M; Jin R; Merikangas K; Sampson N; Kessler RC, 2010, 'Mental disorders as risk factors for substance use, abuse and dependence: Results from the 10-year follow-up of the National Comorbidity Survey', Addiction, 105, pp. 1117 - 1128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02902.x

Degenhardt LJ; Mathers BM; Guarinieri M; Panda S; Phillips B; Strathdee S; Tyndall M; Wiessing L; Wodak AD; Howard J, 2010, 'Meth/amphetamine use and associated HIV: Implications for global policy and public health', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 347 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.11.007

Degenhardt LJ; Coffey C; Carlin JB; Swift W; Moore E; Patton G, 2010, 'Outcomes of occasional cannabis use in adolescence: 10-year follow-up study in Victoria, Australia', British Journal of Psychiatry, 196, pp. 290 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.108.056952

Shand FL; Degenhardt LJ; Nelson E; Mattick RP, 2010, 'Predictors of social anxiety in an opioid dependent sample and a control sample', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, pp. 49 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.08.010

Degenhardt LJ; Mathers BM; Vickerman P; Rhodes T; Latkin C; Hickman M, 2010, 'Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: Why individual, structural and combination approaches are needed', The Lancet, 376, pp. 285 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0410-6736(10)60742-8

Dunn M; Day C; Bruno R; Degenhardt LJ; Campbell G, 2010, 'Sexual and injecting risk behaviours among regular ecstasy users', Addictive Behaviors, 35, pp. 157 - 160

Calabria B; Degenhardt LJ; Briegleb C; Vos T; Hall WD; Lynskey M; Callaghan B; Rana U; McLaren J, 2010, 'Systematic review of prospective studies investigating “remission” from amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine or opioid dependence', Addictive Behaviors, 35, pp. 741 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.019

Roxburgh AD; Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ; McLaren JA; Black E; Copeland J; Mattick RP, 2010, 'The epidemiology of cannabis use and cannabis-related harm in Australia 1993-2007', Addiction, 105, pp. 1071 - 1079, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02903.x/full

Dunn M; Degenhardt LJ; Bruno R, 2010, 'Transition to and from injecting drug use among regular ecstasy users', Addictive Behaviors, 35, pp. 909 - 912, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030646031000167X

Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ, 2010, 'What are the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis use and psychosis?', Addiction, 105, pp. 1332 - 1333

Dunn M; Degenhardt L, 2009, 'The use of drug detection dogs in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 658 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00065.x

Hall W; Degenhardt L; Teesson M, 2009, 'Reprint of "Understanding comorbidity between substance use, anxiety and affective disorders: Broadening the research base"', Addictive Behaviors, 34, pp. 795 - 799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.03.040

Glantz MD; Anthony JC; Berglund PA; Degenhardt L; Dierker L; Kalaydjian A; Merikangas KR; Ruscio AM; Swendsen J; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Mental disorders as risk factors for later substance dependence: Estimates of optimal prevention and treatment benefits', Psychological Medicine, 39, pp. 1365 - 1377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291708004510

Hall W; Degenhardt L; Teesson M, 2009, 'Understanding comorbidity between substance use, anxiety and affective disorders: Broadening the research base', Addictive Behaviors, 34, pp. 526 - 530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.03.010

Matthews A; Bruno R; Johnston J; Black E; Degenhardt L; Dunn M, 2009, 'Factors associated with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs among an Australian sample of regular ecstasy users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 100, pp. 24 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.08.012

Degenhardt L; Dunn M; Campbell G; Roxburgh A; Topp L; Bruno R; Kinner S; George J, 2009, 'The Epidemiology of Ecstasy Use and Harms in Australia', NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY, 60, pp. 213 - 214, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000271534600014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Charlson F; Degenhardt LJ; McLaren JA; Hall WD; Lynskey M, 2009, 'A systematic review of research examining benzodiazepine-related mortality', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 18, pp. 93 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.1694

Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use', Lancet, 374, pp. 1383 - 1391, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61037-0/abstract

Swift W; Coffey C; Carlin JB; Degenhardt LJ; Calabria B; Patton G, 2009, 'Are adolescents who moderate their cannabis use at lower risk of later regular and dependent cannabis use?', Addiction, 104, pp. 806 - 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02534.x

Maloney EA; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Nelson E, 2009, 'Are non-fatal opioid overdoses misclassified suicide attempts? Comparing the associated correlates', Addictive Behaviors, 34, pp. 723 - 729

Bruno R; Matthews A; Topp L; Degenhardt LJ; Gomez R; Dunn M, 2009, 'Can the severity of dependence scale be usefully applied to 'ecstasy'?', Neuropsychobiology, 60, pp. 137 - 147, http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowPDF&ArtikelNr=253550&Ausgabe=253650&ProduktNr=224082&filename=253550.pdf

Conroy EJ; Degenhardt LJ; Mattick RP; Nelson E, 2009, 'Child maltreatment as a risk factor for opioid dependence: Comparison of family characteristics and type and severity of child maltreatment with a matched control group', Child Abuse and Neglect, 33, pp. 343 - 352

Kinner S; George J; Campbell G; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'Crime, drugs and distress: Patterns of drug use and harm among criminally involved injecting drug users in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33, pp. 223 - 227, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00379.x/full

Degenhardt LJ; Chiu W; Conway K; Dierker L; Glantz M; Kalaydjian A; Merikangas K; Sampson N; Swendsen J; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Does the `gateway` matter? Associations between the order of drug use initiation and the development of drug dependence in the National Comorbidity Study Replication', Psychological Medicine, 39, pp. 157 - 167

Degenhardt LJ; Whiteford H; Hall WD; Vos T, 2009, 'Estimating the burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and mental disorders: What is `Global Burden of Disease 2005` and why does it matter?', Addiction, 104, pp. 1466 - 1471

Mathers BM; Degenhardt LJ; Adam P; Toskin I; Nashkhoev M; Lyerla R; Rugg D, 2009, 'Estimating the level of HIV prevention coverage, knowledge and protective behavior among injecting drug users: what does the 2008 UNGASS reporting round tell us?', JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 52, pp. s132 - s142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181baf0c5

Matthews A; Bruno R; Johnston J; Black E; Degenhardt LJ; Dunn M, 2009, 'Factors associated with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs among an Australian sample of regular ecstasy users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 100, pp. 24 - 31, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871608003414

Mc Bride O; Teesson M; Slade TN; Hasin D; Degenhardt LJ; Baillie A, 2009, 'Further evidence of differences in substance use and dependence between Australia and the United States', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 100, pp. 258 - 264

Wells J; Degenhardt LJ; Bohnert K; Anthony J; Scott KM, 2009, 'Geographical clustering of cannabis use: Results from the New Zealand Mental Health Survey 2003-2004', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99, pp. 309 - 316

Dunn M; Topp L; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'GHB in Sydney, Australia, 2000-2006: A study of the EDRS as a strategy early warning system', International Journal of Drug Policy, 20, pp. 413 - 417, http://www.ijdp.org/article/S0955-3959(09)00017-6/abstract

Maloney EA; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Nelson E, 2009, 'Impulsivity and borderline personality as risk factors for suicide attempts among opioid-dependent individuals', Psychiatry Research, 169, pp. 16 - 21

Degenhardt LJ; Larance BK; Bell JR; Winstock A; Ali RL; Scheuer N; Mattick RP, 2009, 'Injection of medications used in opioid substitution treatment in Australia after the introduction of a mixed partial agonist¿antagonist formulation', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 161 - 165

Parrott A; Broadbear J; Bruno R; Degenhardt LJ; Morefield K; Scholey A, 2009, 'MDMA: neurohormonal, neurocognitive, and psychobiological aspects of recreational ecstasy', The Open Addiction Journal, 2, pp. 24 - 27, http://www.betham.org/open/toaddj/index.htm

Glantz M; Anthony J; Berglund PA; Degenhardt LJ; Dierker L; Kalaydjian A; Merikangas K; Ruscio AM; Swendsen J; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Mental disorders as risk factors for later substance dependence: estimates of optimal prevention and treatment benefits', Psychological Medicine, 39, pp. 1365 - 1377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291708004595

Singleton J; Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD; Zabransky T, 2009, 'Mortality among amphetamine users: A systematic review of cohort studies', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 105, pp. 1 - 8, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871609002348

Degenhardt LJ; Randall D; Hall WD; Law MG; Butler TG; Burns LA, 2009, 'Mortality among clients of a state-wide opioid pharmacotherapy program over 20 years: Risk factors and lives saved', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 105, pp. 9 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.05.021

Lenton S; Dietze P; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Butler TG, 2009, 'Naloxone for administration by peers in cases of heroin overdose', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 469 - 469

Lenton S; Dietze P; Degenhardt LJ; Darke S; Butler TG, 2009, 'Now is the time to take steps to allow peer access to naloxone for heroin overdose in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 583 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00125.x

Burns LA; Randall D; Hall WD; Law MG; Butler T; Bell JR; Degenhardt LJ; Butler , 2009, 'Opioid agonist pharmacotherapy in New South Wales from 1985 to 2006: Patient characteristics and patterns and predictors of treatment retention', Addiction, 104, pp. 1363 - 1372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02633.x

Degenhardt LJ; Hall WD; Lynskey M; Mcgrath J; McLaren JA; Calabria B; Whiteford H; Vos T, 2009, 'Should burden of disease estimates include cannabis use as a risk factor for psychosis?', PLOS Medicine, 6, pp. e1000133 - e1000133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000133

Degenhardt LJ; Swendsen J; Conway K; Dierker L; Glantz M; Jin R; Merikangas K; Sampson N; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Socio-demographic risk factors for alcohol and drug dependence: the 10-year follow-up of the national comorbidity survey', Addiction, 104, pp. 1346 - 1355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02622.x

Kalaydjian A; Swendsen J; Chiu W; Dierker L; Degenhardt LJ; Glantz M; Merikangas K; Sampson N; Kessler RC, 2009, 'Sociodemographic predictors of transitions across stages of alcohol use, disorders, and remission in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 50, pp. 299 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.09.012

Hall WD; Degenhardt LJ, 2009, 'The Australian Illicit Drug Reporting System: monitoring trends in illicit drug availability, use and drug-related harm in Australia 1996-2006.', Contemporary Drug Problems, 36, pp. 643 - 661

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