info:oai:generic.eprints.org:24819info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24819/ Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) : transnational project on different user groups, user characteristics, extent and patterns of use, market dynamics, and best practices in prevention. Wouters, M Nabbe, T Korf, Dirk Werse, B Olssen, B Dabrowska, K Van Hout, Marie Claire Bujalski, M Demetrovics, Zsolt Problem drugs and alcohol use New (novel) psychoactive substances Drugs and alcohol substance by legal status Drugs and alcohol prevention Illegal distribution of drugs (drug market / dealing) Internet retailing (online sales) Europe 2015-10 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Wouters, M <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Wouters=3AM=3A=3A.html> and Nabbe, T <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Nabbe=3AT=3A=3A.html> and Korf, Dirk <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Korf=3ADirk=3A=3A.html> and Werse, B <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Werse=3AB=3A=3A.html> and Olssen, B <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Olssen=3AB=3A=3A.html> and Dabrowska, K <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Dabrowska=3AK=3A=3A.html> and Van Hout, Marie Claire <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Van_Hout=3AMarie_Claire=3A=3A.html> and Bujalski, M <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Bujalski=3AM=3A=3A.html> and Demetrovics, Zsolt <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Demetrovics=3AZsolt=3A=3A.html> (2015) Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) : transnational project on different user groups, user characteristics, extent and patterns of use, market dynamics, and best practices in prevention. info:oai:generic.eprints.org:24818info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24818/ CASSANDRA (computer assisted solutions for studying the availability and distribution of novel psychoActive substances). Deluca, Paolo Drummond, C Davey, Z Tesconi, M Marchetti, A Bacciy, C La Polla, NM Van Hout, Marie Claire New (novel) psychoactive substances Internet retailing (online sales) Europe CASSANDRA seeks to create a multidisciplinary, cost effective approach to investigating the supply chain and diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), by incorporating cutting edge technologies and new social trend indicators into the monitoring of NPS. CASSANDRA has been developed in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, United Kingdom, the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the CNR, Pisa - Italy, and the Substance Abuse Research Centre, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ireland. This partnership brings together expertise from different fields of research to develop a novel and innovative methodology to understand the supply chain and diffusion of NPS. This project will also capitalize on existing research and the strengths of the Psychonaut 2002, Psychonaut EWS, ReDNet, CODEMISUSED and ALICE RAP projects which for the past 10 years have investigated the role of the Internet in shaping drug use; On the work carried out at WIT which has shown how underground websites (Deep Web) are emerging as ideal market places for both illicit and licit substances, which are also set to revolutionise contemporary drug distribution and use, and are increasingly becoming very popular and more reliable and secure than negotiating illicit drug markets. It will also make use of the know-how developed in the past few years by the CNR as part of the CAPER, OpeNER, ASIA, and SoS projects which exploit open access information from several social media platforms and websites to find hidden connections among users, monitor social media for the detection and the analysis of events, and developed the technology needed to retrieve, store and analyse online data. Therefore, this project aims at using infodemiology, open source intelligence and qualitative methods to map the Internet to describe the supply chain and diffusion of the most used NPS. In particular we aim to: 1) Map the availability and distribution chain of NPS across multiple websites and online environments (e.g. Tor, social media). 2) Describe how the availability, promotion and distribution of NPS are evolving through out the duration of the project. 3) Describe the life cycle stages of any given substance: Introduction, growth, maturity and/or decline. Including the displacement of established illegal drugs and/or other NPS. 2015-02 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Deluca, Paolo <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Deluca=3APaolo=3A=3A.html> and Drummond, C <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Drummond=3AC=3A=3A.html> and Davey, Z <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Davey=3AZ=3A=3A.html> and Tesconi, M <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Tesconi=3AM=3A=3A.html> and Marchetti, A <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Marchetti=3AA=3A=3A.html> and Bacciy, C <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Bacciy=3AC=3A=3A.html> and La Polla, NM <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/La_Polla=3ANM=3A=3A.html> and Van Hout, Marie Claire <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Van_Hout=3AMarie_Claire=3A=3A.html> (2015) CASSANDRA (computer assisted solutions for studying the availability and distribution of novel psychoActive substances). info:oai:generic.eprints.org:25208info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/25208/ Examining the outcomes, variables, factors and experiences influencing recovery for participants in an abstinence-based residential intervention for drug and alcohol addiction. Dwyer, David Problem drugs and alcohol use Drugs and alcohol abstinence Drugs and alcohol recovery Physical health Mental health HJ Treatment method Residential facility Social psychology Quality of life Sociology and anthropology Policy on drugs and alcohol Ireland 2015-01-15 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Dwyer, David <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Dwyer=3ADavid=3A=3A.html> (2015) Examining the outcomes, variables, factors and experiences influencing recovery for participants in an abstinence-based residential intervention for drug and alcohol addiction. info:oai:generic.eprints.org:24929info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/24929/ Measuring and modelling the extent of addiction treatment and associated outcomes among ageing opiate users using routine health surveillance data. Carew, Anne Marie Comiskey, Catherine Opioids (opiates) Elderly / Older person Drug user Intravenous / injecting drug user 2014-09-01 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Carew, Anne Marie <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Carew=3AAnne_Marie=3A=3A.html> and Comiskey, Catherine <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Comiskey=3ACatherine=3A=3A.html> (2014) Measuring and modelling the extent of addiction treatment and associated outcomes among ageing opiate users using routine health surveillance data. info:oai:generic.eprints.org:21519info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/21519/ Image and performance / steroids enhancing drugs (IPEDs). Bingham, Tim Van Hout, Marie Claire Research and evaluation Steroids of abuse Ireland There are potential health risks associated with the use of Image and Performance Enhancing drugs but no research has reliably shown what adverse side-effects people actually experience. There is currently no reliable way of estimating how many people use these drugs. This makes providing services and advice for this group extremely difficult. It is hoped that this survey will help us to better understand patterns of use and what side-effects people experience and how they are treated. The research programme is designed to better understand the longer term implications of use and to highlight emerging trends in the nature of use. 2014-02-12 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Bingham, Tim <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Bingham=3ATim=3A=3A.html> and Van Hout, Marie Claire <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Van_Hout=3AMarie_Claire=3A=3A.html> (2014) Image and performance / steroids enhancing drugs (IPEDs). info:oai:generic.eprints.org:20561info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20561/ Over the Counter Codeine Use Misuse and Dependence (CODEMISUSED). Van Hout, Marie Claire Wells, John Gooney, Martina Bergin, Michael Foley, Michelle Over the counter drug (medicine / medication) Ireland United Kingdom South Africa Internet retailing (online sales) Drugs and alcohol effects and consequences Codeine Contemporary research has underscored the need for ‘increased pharmaco- vigilance’ around codeine dispensing as the most commonly consumed opiate worldwide. Codeine represents an interesting quandary in terms of its regulated status, with individuals varying in their metabolism of codeine, estimation of safe dosages, and potential for misuse and dependence. Although effects are milder than heroin, potential for habit forming use, misuse and addiction remains of concern, with physical dependence occurring with regular use over a short period of time. Within trajectories of codeine use, misuse and dependence, a variety of distinct sub groups exist in the form of pain patients, elderly, youth, parents, recreational, problematic and opiate dependent drug users, and each with their own motives, patterns and outcomes for use. Increases in addiction treatment uptakes and reporting of adverse health consequences relating to additives in combination analgesics containing codeine and ibuprofen/paracetamol are observed globally. The CODEMISUSED collaboration are investigating this public health issue in order to present data on prescribed and over the counter (OTC) codeine use, misuse and dependence in partner countries and from a variety of perspectives (codeine patients, prescribers, pharmacists, addiction treatment specialists, drug users, customers and addiction treatment patients) so as to inform the design of patient information, professional competency training and education, primary care and pharmacy risk detection, surveillance and monitoring, referral, treatment and detoxification initiatives for innovative use in the pharmaceutical, pharmacy medical and treatment professions. Industry (pharmacy chains) and academia exchanges in the form of secondments of staff, workshops, seminars and conferences have occurred throughout the duration of CODEMISUSED to date, and have been paramount to the informed success of work package design, implementation of research by virtue of the collaboration, exchange knowledge and expertise from academics and pharmacy staff. 85% of the inter-sectorial secondment months have been completed. All Marie Curie Fellows are involved in outreach when on secondment which involves dissemination within the host organisation, and home organisation on return from secondments, and also engaging with local services and key stakeholders whilst on secondment and whilst working on the scientific objectives of CODEMISUSED 2013-09-01 Research Project NonPeerReviewed application/msword en http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20561/1/PRESS_RELEASE_2013__Over_the_Counter_Codeine_Use_Misuse_and_Dependence.docx Van Hout, Marie Claire <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Van_Hout=3AMarie_Claire=3A=3A.html> and Wells, John <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Wells=3AJohn=3A=3A.html> and Gooney, Martina <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Gooney=3AMartina=3A=3A.html> and Bergin, Michael <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Bergin=3AMichael=3A=3A.html> and Foley, Michelle <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Foley=3AMichelle=3A=3A.html> (2013) Over the Counter Codeine Use Misuse and Dependence (CODEMISUSED). info:oai:generic.eprints.org:20264info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/20264/ Longitudinal monitoring and process evaluation of methadone maintenance clients experiences of community and residential detox in Dublin over a period of 24 months. Van Hout, Marie Claire Patient attitude toward treatment Dublin Residential facility Methadone maintenance Community-based treatment (primary care) 2013-06 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Van Hout, Marie Claire <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Van_Hout=3AMarie_Claire=3A=3A.html> (2013) Longitudinal monitoring and process evaluation of methadone maintenance clients experiences of community and residential detox in Dublin over a period of 24 months. info:oai:generic.eprints.org:11888info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11888/ National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) Lynn, Ena Lyons, Suzi Ireland Drugs and alcohol related mortality / death Epidemiology To ensure complete (90%) and accurate (95%) reporting for drug and alcohol-related deaths among substance users in order to inform policy and practice in the harm reduction and prevention areas. The purposes of having such data are manifold: - Accurate information on drug and alcohol-related deaths and deaths among substance users would enable us to make a judgement on whether broad policy objectives are being met or not. - It would inform Local Drugs Task Forces and Regional Drugs Task Forces on specific prevention, treatment and rehabilitation issues that would be of relevance at community level. - It would inform decision-making in terms of putting preventive measures in place to reduce premature drug and alcohol-related mortality. - It would enable us to determine the balance of harm to public health by drug type. 2005-09 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Lynn, Ena <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Lynn=3AEna=3A=3A.html> and Lyons, Suzi <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Lyons=3ASuzi=3A=3A.html> (2005) National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI). info:oai:generic.eprints.org:11899info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11899/ National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm. Corcoran, Paul Perry, Ivan J Williamson, Eileen O'Connell, Laura Mental health Ireland Epidemiology To establish the extent of the problem of deliberate self harm presentations to hospital accident and emergency departments in Ireland. To detail the nature of the self-harming behaviour involved. To identify the groups and areas with the highest rates of deliberate self harm. 2000-01 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Corcoran, Paul <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Corcoran=3APaul=3A=3A.html> and Perry, Ivan J <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Perry=3AIvan_J=3A=3A.html> and Williamson, Eileen <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Williamson=3AEileen=3A=3A.html> and O'Connell, Laura <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/O=27Connell=3ALaura=3A=3A.html> (2000) National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm. info:oai:generic.eprints.org:11887info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11887/ National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) Lyons, Suzi Maguire, Vivion Condron, Ita Ireland Health services, drugs and alcohol research Data collection method Epidemiology Quantitative data analysis The NDTRS is an epidemiological database on treated problem drug and alcohol use in Ireland. Compliance with the NDTRS requires that a form be completed for each new client coming for first treatment and each previously treated client returning to treatment for problem drug or alcohol use in a calender year. 1998-01 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Lyons, Suzi <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Lyons=3ASuzi=3A=3A.html> and Maguire, Vivion <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Maguire=3AVivion=3A=3A.html> and Condron, Ita <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Condron=3AIta=3A=3A.html> (1998) National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS).