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National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

Current Research

The following projects are listed under the headings identified in the 2004-2008 Strategic Plan as research priorities for NDARC:

Epidemiology
Identification of potential harms
Health economics
Drug market analysis and supply reduction
Prevention and early interventions
Treatment and other interventions
Information and training
Drug Policy Modelling Program

Epidemiology

Using epidemiology to inform psychiatric classification (DSM-V and ICD-11) (E8)

Secretariat of the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and injecting drug use (E7)

The health and psychological consequences of ecstasy use (E6)

Mortality among opioid dependent persons in pharmacotherapy, NSW 1985-2006 (E5)

National Illicit Drug Indicators Project (NIDIP) (E4)

Health Evaluation and Research Outcomes Network (HERON): Substance use in pregnancy stream (E1)

Identification of potential harms

Ten-year follow up of a cohort of heroin dependent prisoners (I28)

Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium (I26)

Secondary analysis of the relationship between cannabis use, dependence mental health and associated outcomes in the Victorian Adolescent Cohort study (I25)

Emerging trends in drug use and high risk behaviours among the homeless (I24)

The establishment of a cohort of substance using pregnant women and their babies (I23)

An empirical investigation of psychosis proneness among amphetamine users: current and predictive validity (I12)

Opioid dependence: Candidate genes and genetic x environment interactions (Comorbidity and Trauma Study (CATS)) (I5)

Health economics

Drug market analysis and supply reduction

The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) (D1)

The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) (D2)

Prevention and early interventions

Alcohol Action in Rural Communities (AARC) (P6)

CLIMATE Schools: Psychostimulant and Cannabis Module - The development and evaluation of an interactive computer-based prevention program for psychostimulants and cannabis (P9)

Alcohol use during pregnancy: Formative Intervention Research (P12)

Treatment and other interventions

Clinical guidelines for the management of cannabis use disorder (T38)

Identification of barriers and facilitators to cannabis treatment (T37)

Steps through amphetamines - Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for regular amphetamine use and depression: a stepped care approach (T36)

Development and evaluation of specialist services for female drug users in Iran (T35)

Integrating treatment for alcohol use problems and comorbid PTSD (T33)

The efficacy of an intervention for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among illicit drug users (T32)

The introduction of Suboxone� (buprenorphine-naloxone) in Australia: extent of diversion and related harms (T27)

Methamphetamine Treatment Cohort Study (T19)

Two concurrent randomised placebo controlled trials of modafinil in methamphetamine and cocaine dependence (T20)

Information and training

National Comorbidity Clinical Guidelines (IT18)

Development of Guidelines: Drug detoxification and drug treatment in areas of high HIV prevalence or risk and closed institutions (IT16)

Program of International Research and Training (PIRT) (IT4)

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