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[Evidence resource] Medley, Bethany . (2018) Expecting better: improving health and rights for pregnant women who use drugs. New York: Open Society Foundations. 28 p.

[Report] Williams, James and Thornton, Maeve and Morgan, Mark and Quail, Amanda and Smyth, Emer and Murphy, Daraine and O'Mahony, Desmond (2018) Growing Up In Ireland: the lives of 13 year olds. Dublin: Stationery Office.

[Report] Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2018) Guidelines for the emergency management of injuries and Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) (including needlestick and sharps injuries, sexual exposure and human bites) where there is a risk of transmission of bloodborne viruses and other infectious diseases. Dublin: Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

[Article] McLaughlin, Gavin and Morris, Noreen and Kavanagh, Pierce V and Power, John D and Dowling, Geraldine and Twamley, Brendan and O'Brien, John and Hessman, Gary and Murphy, Brian and Walther, Donna and Partilla, John S and Baumann, Michael H and Brandt, Simon D (2017) Analytical characterization and pharmacological evaluation of the new psychoactive substance 4-fluoromethylphenidate (4F-MPH) and differentiation between the (±)-threo and (±)-erythro diastereomers. Drug Testing and Analysis , 9 , (3) , pp. 347-357.

[Article] McLaughlin, Gavin and Morris, Noreen and Kavanagh, Pierce V and Power, John D and Dowling, Geraldine and Twamley, Brendan and O'Brien, John and Talbot, Brian and Walther, Donna and Partilla, John S and Baumann, Michael H and Brandt, Simon D (2017) Synthesis, characterization and monoamine transporter activity of the new psychoactive substance mexedrone and its N-methoxy positional isomer, N-methoxymephedrone. Drug Testing and Analysis , 9 , (3) , pp. 358-368.

[Report] Depaul. (2018) Depaul annual report 2017. Dublin: Depaul.

[Article] Moreira da Silva Santos, Andreia and Kelly, John P and Dockery, Peter and Doyle, Karen M (2018) Effect of a binge-like dosing regimen of methamphetamine on dopamine levels and tyrosine hydroxylase expressing neurons in the rat brain. Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry , 89 , pp. 303-309.

[Article] Najeeb, N and Halawani, M and McElvaney, NG and Doyle, F (2018) Prevalence of smoking and provision of smoking cessation advice during hospitalization. Irish Medical Journal , 111 , (9) .

[Article] Reinhard, Erica and Layte, Richard and McCrory, Cathal and Panico, Lidia and Avendano, Mauricio (2018) The great recession and the health of young children: a fixed-effects analysis in Ireland. American Journal of Epidemiology , 187 , (7) , pp. 1438-1448.

[Report] Health Service Executive. (2018) HSE Performance profile: April - June 2018. Quarterly report. Dublin: Health Service Executive.

[Evidence resource] Syed, Shabeer and Gilbert, Ruth and Wolpert, Miranda . (2018) Parental alcohol misuse and the impact on children: a rapid evidence review of service presentations and interventions. London: UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. 89 p.

[Article] Delargy, Ide (2018) The methadone treatment protocol: 20 years on. Forum , 35 , (8) , p. 27.

[Evidence resource] Morgan, Mark and Rochford, Sarah and Sheehan, Aideen . (2016) Adversity in childhood – outcomes, risk and resilience. Dublin: Centre for Effective Services. 50 p. Access Evidence no. 1

[Evidence resource] Smith, Lauren . (2017) ESSS Outline. Parental substance misuse and social worker intervention. Glasgow: Iriss. 20 p.

[Audio] O'Rourke, Sean (2018) Heroin injection centre. Dublin: RTE- Today with Sean O'Rourke.

[Evidence resource] Prangley, Tarran and Pit, Sabrina Winona and Rees, Trent and Nealon, Jessica . (2018) Factors influencing early withdrawal from a drug and alcohol treatment program and client perceptions of successful recovery and employment: a qualitative study. BioMed Central. BMC Psychiatry, 18 (1)

[Evidence resource] Sertich, Nicholas [GDPO] . (2018) Villainous, alien, and killable: narrative and regulatory norms surrounding drug users in video games. Swansea: Global Drug Policy Observatory. 5 p. GDPO situation analysis

[Evidence resource] United Kingdom. All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence. (2018) The patient voice: an analysis of personal accounts of prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal submitted to persons in Scotland and Wales. London: All-Party Parliamentary Groups. 17 p.

[Report] Keane, Marcus and Csete, Joanne and Collins, John and Duffin, Tony (2018) Not criminals. Underpinning a health-led approach to drug use. Dublin: Ana Liffey Drug Project and London School of Economics.

[Report] National SART Guidelines Development Group. (2018) National guidelines on referral and forensic clinical examination following rape and sexual assault. Dublin: Health Service Executive.

[Article] Carew, Anne Marie and Comiskey, Catherine (2018) Rising incidence of aging opioid users within the EU wide treatment demand indicator; The Irish opioid epidemic from 1996 to 2014. Drug and Alcohol Dependence , Early online .

[Article] Melaugh, Brian and Rodrigues, Hannah (2018) ‘The voice of the street’: using peer led outreach with people who use drugs to inform the development of Ireland’s National Drug Strategy. Social Work and Social Sciences Review , 19 , (3) .

[Article] (2018) The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill - What does it mean? Ask About Alcohol Blog .

[Evidence resource] Hennessy, Emily A and Tanner-Smith, Emily E and Finch, Andrew J and Sathe, Nila A and Potter, Shannon A [Campbell Systematic Reviews] . (2018) Recovery schools for improving well-being among students in recovery from substance use: a systematic review. London: The Campbell Collaboration. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 14

[Article] Ahern, Susan and Burke, Lee-Ann and McElroy, Brendan and Corcoran, Paul and McMahon, Elaine M and Keeley, Helen and Carli, Vladimir and Wasserman, Camilla and Hoven, Christina W and Sarchiapone, Marco and Apter, Alan and Balazs, Judit and Banzer, Raphaela and Bobes, Julio and Brunner, Romuald and Cosman, Doina and Haring, Christian and Kaess, Michael and Kahn, Jean-Pierre and Kereszteny, Agnes (2018) A cost-effectiveness analysis of school-based suicide prevention programmes. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , 27 , (10) , pp. 1295-1304.

[Article] Ismail, Muhammad Fahmi and Doherty, Kieran and Bradshaw, Paula and O'Sullivan, Iomhar and Cassidy, Eugene M (2018) Symptom-triggered therapy for assessment and management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the emergency department short-stay clinical decision unit. Emergency Medicine Journal , Early online .

[Evidence resource] [NHS Choices] (2018) Cannabis has 'more lasting effect on teenage brains than alcohol'. London: NHS Choices.

[Report] Griffin, Eve and Dillon, Christina B and McTernan, Niall and Arensman, Ella and Williamson, Eileen and Perry, Ivan J and Corcoran, Paul (2018) National Self-Harm Registry Ireland annual report 2017. Cork: National Suicide Research Foundation.

[Report] National Office for Suicide Prevention. (2018) National Office of Suicide Prevention annual report 2017. Dublin: National Office for Suicide Prevention.

[Report] Griffin, Eve and Cully, Grace and Corcoran, Paul and Hume, Sarah and Kelly, Enda and O'Reilly, Deirdre (2018) Self-harm in Irish prisons 2017. First report from the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) Project. Cork: National Suicide Research Foundation.

[Evidence resource] Zafeiridou, Maria and Hopkinson, Nicholas and Voulvoulis, Nikolaos [WHO] . (2018) Cigarette smoking: an assessment of tobacco’s global environmental footprint across its entire supply chain, and policy strategies to reduce it. Geneva: World Health Organization. 48 p.

[Report] Mental Health Reform. (2018) Public attitudes to Investment in mental health services. Dublin: Mental Health Reform.

[Report] Health Products Regulatory Authority. (2018) Health Products Regulatory Authority annual report 2017. Dublin: HPRA.

[Report] Parole Board. (2018) The Parole Board annual report 2017. Dublin: Parole Board.

[Evidence resource] Public Health England. (2018) Improving people’s health: applying behavioural and social sciences to improve population health and wellbeing in England. London: Public Health England. 57 p.

[Report] Shapiro, Harry (2018) No fire, no smoke: the global state of tobacco harm reduction 2018. London: Knowledge-Action-Change.

[Article] Tavoschi, Lara and Gomes Dias, Joana and Pharris, Anastasia (2017) New HIV diagnoses among adults aged 50 years or older in 31 European countries, 2004-15: an analysis of surveillance data. The Lancet. HIV , 4 , (11) , e514-e521.

[Report] Finnerty, Joe (2018) Last resort. Vulnerabilities, resilience and quality of life in a homeless population. Cork: Cork Simon Community.

[Report] Northwest Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force. (2018) Northwest Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force annual report 2017. Donegal: Northwest Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force.

[Report] Kervick, Aoife (2018) Pedestrian fatalities on Irish roads: examining 2008-2015. Dublin: Road Safety Authority.

[Report] Central Statistics Office. (2018) Recorded crime Q2 2018. Dublin: Central Statistics Office.

[Report] Committee appointed to Monitor the Effectiveness of the Diversion Programme. (2018) Annual report of the Committee appointed to monitor the effectiveness of the diversion programme. Dublin: An Garda Siochana.

[Report] Oberstown children detention campus. (2018) Oberstown children detention campus: annual report 2016/2017. Dublin: Oberstown children detention campus.

[Evidence resource] European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2018) Report on the risk assessment of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]cyclopropanecarboxamide (cyclopropylfentanyl) in the framework of the Council Decision on new psychoactive substances. Risk Assessments. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 58 p.

[Evidence resource] European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2018) Report on the risk assessment of 2-methoxy-N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]acetamide (methoxyacetylfentanyl) in the framework of the Council Decision on new psychoactive substances. Risk Assessments. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 58 p.

[Report] Clay, Darcy (2018) ‘I Learned how to stay safe from drugs’: Pupils’ learning from a primary school-based drug education and prevention programme. Wicklow: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum and Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service.

[Evidence resource] Global Commission on Drug Policy. (2018) Drug policy and the sustainable development agenda. Geneva: Global Commission on Drug Policy. 32 p.

[Audio] O'Rourke, Sean (2018) Cancer warnings on drink labels. Dublin: RTE- Today with Sean O'Rourke.

[Evidence resource] Inchley, Jo and Currie, Dorothy and Vieno, Alessio and Torsheim, Torbjorn and Ferreira-Borges, Carina and M Weber, Martin and Barnekow, Vivian and Breda, Joao, eds. (2018) Adolescent alcohol-related behaviours: trends and inequalities in the WHO European Region, 2002–2014. Denmark: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. 83 p. ISBN 978 92 890 5349 5

[Evidence resource] European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. [EMCDDA] (2018) Viral hepatitis policies in Europe. Lisbon: EMCDDA.

[Report] Mullen, Rachael (2018) Communicating values. A values-led approach to strategic communication for social change. Ireland: Values Lab.

[Report] J-ARC Evaluation Framework Working Group. (2018) Critical review of initial evaluations on the three J-ARC pilot projects. Dublin: Department of Justice and Equality.

[Article] Darcy, Clay (2018) The precarious position of drug education workers in Ireland. Economic and Social Review , 49 , (3) , pp. 361-372.

[Evidence resource] Curtis, Michael and Dietze, Paul and Aitken, Cambell and Kirwan, Amy and Kinner, Stuart A and Butler, Tony and Stoove, Mark . (2018) Acceptability of prison-based take-home naloxone programmes among a cohort of incarcerated men with a history of regular injecting drug use. BioMed Central. Harm Reduction Journal, 18 (48) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0255-5

[Evidence resource] O'Connor, Rosanna [Public Health England] . (2018) Health matters: stopping smoking - what works? London: Public Health England. Public Health Matters Blog

[Evidence resource] Global Commission on Drug Policy. (2018) Regulation: the responsible control of drugs. Global Commission on Drug Policy. 56 p.

[Article] Lyphout, C and Yates, C and Margolin, Z R and Dargan, P I and Dines, A M and Heyerdahl, F and Hovda, K E and Giraudon, I and Bucher-Bartelson, B and Green, J L and Wood, D M (2018) Presentations to the emergency department with non-medical use of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs: profiling and relation to sales data. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology , Early online .

[Report] Implementation Oversight Group to the Minister for Justice and Equality. (2018) Implementation of Penal Policy Review Group recommendations. Sixth report of the Implementation Oversight Group to the Minister for Justice and Equality. Dublin: Department of Justice and Equality.

[Dataset] World Health Organization. (2018) Global Health Observatory data repository.

[Evidence resource] Sornpaisarn, Bundit and Shield, Kevin D and Osterberg, Esa and Rehm, Jürgen, eds. [WHO] (2017) Resource tool on alcohol taxation and pricing policies. Geneva: World Health Organization. 108 p.

[Evidence resource] World Health Organization. [WHO] (2018) Global status report on alcohol and health 2018. Geneva: World Health Organization. 476 p.

[Evidence resource] Harold, Gordon and Acquah, Daniel and Sellers, Ruth and Chowdry, Haroon [Early Intervention Foundation] . (2016) What works to enhance inter-parental relationships and improve outcomes for children? London: Early Intervention Foundation. 134 p.

[Evidence resource] Asmussen, Kirsten and Feinstein, Leon and Martin, Jack and Chowdry, Haroon [Early Intervention Foundation] . (2016) Foundations for life: what works to support parent child interaction in the early years. London: Early Intervention Foundation. 182 p.

[Evidence resource] Early Intervention Foundation. (2018) EIF commissioner guide: Reducing the impact of interparental conflict on children. London: Early Intervention Foundation. 62 p.

[Evidence resource] Law, James and Charlton, Jenna and Asmussen, Kirsten [Early Intervention Foundation] . (2017) Language as a child wellbeing indicator. London: Early Intervention Foundation. 56 p.

[Evidence resource] Early Intervention Foundation. (2017) Social and emotional learning: supporting children and young people’s mental health. London: Early Intervention Foundation. 4 p.

[Evidence resource] Lewing, Ben and Doubell, Lara and Beevers, Tom and Acquah, Daniel [Early Intervention Foundation] . (2018) Building trusted relationships for vulnerable children and young people with public services. London: Early Intervention Foundation. 41 p.

[Evidence resource] Early Intervention Foundation. (2018) Introduction to social & emotional learning in schools. London: Early Intervention Foundation. 4 p.

[Evidence resource] Ellerstrand, Jerisha and Ferrari, Alize J and Degenhardt, Louisa and Whiteford, Harvey and Leung, Janni [NDARC] . (2017) A systematic review of the global prevalence of prescription opioid non-medical use with an estimate of prescription opioid dependence. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. 71 p. Technical report no. 337

[Evidence resource] Smith, Janette L and Mattick, Richard P [NDARC] . (2018) Are there sex differences in the relationship between heavy alcohol use and disinhibition? A meta-analysis. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. 31 p. Technical report number 339

[Evidence resource] Lancaster, Kari and Seear, Kate and Ritter, Alison [NDARC] . (2018) Reducing stigma and discrimination for people experiencing problematic alcohol and other drug use. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. 125 p. Monograph no. 26

[Evidence resource] Smith, Janette L and Clare, Philip J and Iredale, Jaimi M and Mattick, Richard P and Dimoska Di Marco, Aneta [NDARC] . (2018) Inhibitory processing in young regular cannabis users. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. 17 p. Technical report number 67

[Evidence resource] Social Care Institute for Excellence. (2018) Strengths-based social care for children, young people and their families. SCIE, Leeds City Council and Shared Lives Plus. SCIE Highlights no 5

[Report] Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2018) Drug-related bloodborne viruses in Ireland. Dublin: Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

[Report] Ireland. Department of Children and Youth Affairs. (2018) Department of Children and Youth Affairs annual report 2017. Dublin: Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

[Evidence resource] Palamar, Joseph J . (2018) Barriers to accurately assessing prescription opioid misuse on surveys. Taylor & Francis. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Early online https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2018.1521826

[Evidence resource] Muhlack, Emma and Carter, Drew and Braunack-Mayer, Annette and Morfidis, Nicholas and Eliot, Jaklin [Pubmed Central] . (2018) Constructions of alcohol consumption by non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a qualitative systematic review. Springer. BMC Public Health, 18 (1069) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5948-x