Contribution of Data
The Global Burden of Disease study aims to provide estimates of prevalence, incidence, duration, mortality and disability for all diseases and injures. In addition risk factors will be assessed. Estimates will be made for age stratifications and sex groups.
NDARC and the University of Queensland are responsible for collecting data that will be used to makes estimates for mental disorders and illicit drug use. Contribution of primary research of high methodological standard is welcomed.
Systematic searches of peer reviewed and grey literature have been completed and the process of developing the Global Burden of Disease study estimates is underway. If you would like to provide additional data please email
Contributors
We appreciate the contributions of additional data and advice that have been provided to date:
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Dr Josep M. Haro Abad
Sant Joan de Deu – Serveis Salut Mental
Professor Peter Allebeck
Department of Public Health Sciences, Section for Social Medicine
Dr Jordi Alonso
Principle Investigator WMHS, Spain
Dr Savina Ammassari
UNAIDS, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Professor Laura Andrade
Principle Investigator WMHS, Brazil
Professor Matthias Angermeyer
Principle Investigator WMHS, Germany
Dr Apinun Aramrattana
Northern Substance Abuse Centre, Chiang Mai University
Dr Ruben Baler
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S.A.
Professor Anne Bartu
[4]
Curtin University of Technology, Perth
Dr Francisco Inacio Bastos
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Professor Paul Bebbington
University College London
Associate Professor James Bell
Langton Centre, Sydney
Alina Bocai
UNODC, Romania
Jamie Bridge
International Harm Reduction Association
Dr Evelyn Bromet
Principle Investigator WMHS, Ukraine
Professor Mark Oakley Browne
Principle Investigator WMHS, New Zealand
Dr Ronny Bruffaerts
Principle Investigator WMHS, Belgium
Professor Terry Brugha
University of Leicester
Dr Tiphaine Canarelli
Observatoire Français des Drogues et des Toxicomanies, France
Dr Irma Caplinskiene
Center for communicable diseases and AIDS, Lithuania
Professor Andrew Cheng
Academia Sinica, Taipei
Dr Nico Clark
World Health Organization
Carolyn Coffey
Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne
Dr Wilson Compton
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S.A.
Eva Congreve
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Professor Jan Copeland
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
John Corkery
International Centre for Drug Policy
St George's University of London, London
Dr Noel Craine
Public Health Wales
Professor Shane Darke
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Dr Marina Davoli
Department of Epidemiology, Rome
Dr Koen Demyttenaere
Principle Investigator WMHS, Belgium
Dr Suzanne Desjardins
Office of Research and Surveillance, Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate, Health Canada
Professor Don Des Jarlais
Director of Research, Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center
Director, International Research Core in the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York
Research Fellow, NDRI
Jimmy Dorabjee
Centre for International Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne
Jeremy Douglas
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna
Dr Sarah Duffy
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S.A.
Professor William Eaton
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ehounoud Pascal Eby
UNAIDS, Côte d'Ivoire
Dr Behnam Farhoudi
Islamic Azad University, Iran
Dr Silvia Florescu
Principle Investigator WMHS, Romania
Cinta Folch
Centre d'Estudis Epidemiològics sobre les Infeccions de Transmissió Sexual i Sida de Catalunya, Spain
Luis de la Fuente de Hoz
Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Madrid
Dr Anna Fugelstad [2]
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Associate Professor Sandro Galea
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr Isabelle Gasquet
Principle Investigator WMHS, France
Isabelle Giraudon
EMCDDA, Lisbon
Dr Giovanni de Girolamo
Principle Investigator WMHS, Italy
Dr Meyer Glantz
NIDA
Professor Hamid Ghodse
University of London
Professor Gyles Glover
Durham University
Dr Ron de Graaf
Principle Investigator WMHS, Netherlands
Dr Paul Griffiths
EMCDDA
Eva Grilc
NIPH, Slovenia
Dr Oye Gureje
Principle Investigator WMHS, Nigeria
Anna Gyarmarthy
EMCDDA, Lisbon
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Dr Holly Hagan
Director, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core for the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research
Senior Research Scientist, New York University
Professor Wayne Hall
University of Queensland, Brisbane
Dr Josep Maria Haro
Principle Investigator WMHS, Spain
Professor Robert Heimer
Yale University School of Public Health, USA
Dr Morten Hesse
[1]
Aarhus Universitet , Aarhus, Denmark
Dr Matthew Hickman
Bristol University, Bristol
Dr Maureen Hillhouse
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, USA
Dr Hristo Hinkov
Principle Investigator WMHS, Bulgaria
Alison Hoffnagle
Harvard Medical School, USA
Dr John Howard
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Professor Yih-Ing Hser
[8]
Los Angeles Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, USA
Dr Chiyi Hu
Principle Investigator WMHS, Shenzhen
Dr Yueqin Huang
Principle Investigator WMHS, China
Dr Sharon Hutchinson
University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Marya Hynes
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
Dr Eric Janssen
Emerging Trends Department, Observatiore Français des Drogues et des toxicomanies
French Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction, France
Marie Jauffret-Roustide
Département des maladies infectieuses, Institut de veille sanitaire, France
Professor Rachel Jenkins
Institute of Psychiatry Kings College , London
Professor Li Jianhua
Yunnan Institute for Drug Abuse, China
Robert Jin
Harvard School of Medicine, USA
Dr Elie Karam
Principle Investigator WMHS, Lebanon
Dr Dragica Katalinic
Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Croatia
Dr Norito Kawakami
Principle Investigator WMHS, Japan
Dr Sharlene Kaye
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Dr Cille Kennedy
DHHS/ASPE, Washington DC
Professor Thomas Kerr
[5]
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Professor Ronald C Kessler
Harvard School of Medicine, USA
Dr Adnan Khan
Research and Development Solutions, Islamabad, Pakistan
Assistant Professor Gregory Kirk
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Danica Klempova
EMCDDA, Lisbon
Professor Viviane Kovess
Principle Investigator WMHS, France
Dr Ludwig Kraus
Institut für Therapieforschung, Germany
Dr Kevin Kramer
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh
Anneke Krol
[10]
GGD Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Ronaldo Laranjeira
Federal University of São Paulo
Dr Sing Lee
Principle Investigator WMHS, China
Dr Jean-Pierre Lepine
Principle Investigator WMHS, France
Dr Daphna Levinson
Principle Investigator WMHS, Israel
Jianhua Li
Yunnan Institute for Drug Abuse, Kunming, China
Dr Kathy Li
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Dominique Lopez
EMCDDA, Lisbon
Dr Marsha Lopez
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S.A.
Dr Michael Lynskey
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine
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David Macdonald
International Drugs and Development Advisor
Dr John Macleod
University of Bristol
Professor Lisa Maher
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, Australia
Dr Greg Martin
Nationa Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Dr Hélène Martineau
Emerging Trends Department, Observatiore Français des Drogues et des toxicomanies
French Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction, France
Dr Bradley Mathers
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Professor Jane Maxwell
University of Texas, Austin
Professor John McGrath
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane
Dr Rebecca McKetin
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre , Sydney
Dr Maria Elena Medina-Mora
National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City
Associate Professor Shruti Mehta
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Professor Terrie Moffitt
Duke University, Durham, NC
Dr Viktor Mravik
Czech National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Czech Republic
Matthew Nice
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna
Dr Carlos Nordt
[6]
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich
Farida Oodally
UNAIDS Focal Point, Mauritius
Dr J. Hans Ormel
Principle Investigator WMHS, Netherlands
Michael Otim
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Alexander Pabst
IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Munich
Dr Samiran Panda
Society for positive atmosphere and related support to HIV/AIDS, West Bengal, India
Andreas Plüddemann
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Research Unit
Medical Research Council, Cape Town
Dr Guilherme Polanczyk
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Dr Jose Posada-Villa
Principle Investigator WMHS, Colombia
Dr Rumi Kato Price
[9]
Washington University, USA
Dr Toma Tomov Principle
Principle Investigator WMHS, Bulgaria
Assistant Professor Vu Minh Quan
[3]
John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
R - Z
Professor Richard Rawson
Department of Psychiatry, UCLA, Los Angeles
Nathalie Removille
CRP-santé, Luxembourg
Dr Jean-Luc Richard
Public Health Directorate, Bern, Switzerland
Dr Gabriele Riedner
Regional Advisor, Regional Office of the Eastern Mediterranean, WHO
Erin P. Ricketts
[7]
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, ALIVE study, Baltimore, MD
Professor Alison Ritter
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Dr Diana Rossi
Intercambios Civil Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amanda Roxburgh
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Dr Miriam Sabin
HIV Department, WHO, Geneva
Dr Rajesh Sagar
Principle Investigator WMHS, India
Professor Nancy Sampson
Harvard School of Medicine, USA
Ana Sofia Santos
Institute on Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon
Dr Shekhar Saxena
WHO, Geneva
Dr Salaam Semaan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, USA
Jane Shelling
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
Dr Tim Slade
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Dr James Shearer
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Graham Shaw
World Health Organisation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Professor Eliot Sorel
George Washington University
Dr Steffanie Strathdee
University of California at San Diego, USA
Dr Marta Struzik
Polish National Focal Point, Poland
Dr Barbara Suligoi
National AIDS Unit, Italy
Dr Wendy Swift
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney
Pascal Tanguay
Asian Harm Reduction Network
Kiu-siang Tay
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Dr Abdalla Toufik
Emerging Trends Department, Observatiore Français des Drogues et des toxicomanies
French Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction, France
Dr Alex Tsai
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA
Yaffa Tzubery
The Israel Anti Drug Authorit, Israel
Anneli Uusküla
University of Tartu, Estonia
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Treatments for Heroin Dependence
VEdeTTE group, Italy
Dr Maria Carmen Viana
Principle Investigator WMHS, Brazil
Julian Vicente
EMCDDA, Lisbon
Konstantin Vyshinsky
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Moscow
Dr Susan Weiss
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S.A.
Professor J. Elisabeth Wells
Principle Investigator WMHS, New Zealand
Dr David Williams
Principle Investigator WMHS, South Africa
Rebecca Winter
Burnet Institute, Melbourne
Associate Professor Katrina Williams
Sydney Childrens Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Dr Evan Wood
Urban Health Research Initiative, Vancouver
Dr Tomas Zabransky
Institute of Preventive Medicine, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Dr Stanley Zammit
Cardiff University and University of Bristol
Dr Mingyuan Zhang
Principle Investigator WMHS, China
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