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Comiskey, Catherine (2013) A 3 year national longitudinal study comparing drug treatment outcomes for opioid users with and without children in their custodial care at intake. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 44 , (1) , pp. 90-96.

Comiskey, Catherine and Ruskin, HJ (1992) AIDS in Ireland: the reporting delay distribution and the implementation of integral equation models. Cabios , 8 , (6) , pp. 579-581.

Stapleton, RD and Comiskey, Catherine (2010) Alcohol usage and associated treatment outcomes for opiate users entering treatment in Ireland. Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 107 , (1) , pp. 56-61.

Comiskey, Catherine and Cox, Gemma (2010) Analysis of the impact of treatment setting on outcomes from methadone treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 39 , (3) , pp. 195-201.

Stapleton, Robert and Comiskey, Catherine (2011) Anxiety and depression among opiate users who misuse substances during treatment. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 28 , (1) , pp. 6-12.

Comiskey, Catherine (2015) The Australian Treatment Outcome Study – implications for treatment philosophies, policy, political processes and practice. Addiction , 110 , (6) , pp. 994-995.

Comiskey, Catherine and Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line and Bergeron, Henri and Bühringer, Gerhard and Dargan, Paul and Davoli, Marina and Faggiano, Fabrizio and Fischer, Gabriele and Rodríguez de Fonseca, Fernando and Garretsen, Henk and Hickman, Matthew and Korf, Dirk J and Krajewski, Krzysztof and Paoli, Letizia and Spanagel, Rainer (2020) Better data, better policy and better lives: a call for improved drug monitoring and concerted responses. Addiction , 115 , (2) , pp. 199-200.

Comiskey, Catherine and Barry, Joseph (2001) A capture-recapture study of the prevalence and implications of opiate use in Dublin. European Journal of Public Health , 11 , (2) , pp. 198-200.

Cox, Gemma and Comiskey, Catherine (2007) Characteristics of opiate users presenting for a new treatment episode: Baseline data from the national drug treatment outcome study in Ireland (ROSIE). Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy , 14 , (3) , 217- 230.

Comiskey, Catherine and Galligan, Karen and Flanagan, Jean and Deegan, Joan and Farnann, Jane and Hall, Aine (2019) Clients' views on the importance of a nurse-led approach and nurse prescribing in the development of the healthy addiction treatment recovery model. Journal of Addictions Nursing , 30 , (3) , pp. 169-176.

James, Philip David and Comiskey, Catherine and Smyth, Bobby P (2019) "Debt on me head": a qualitative study of the experience of teenage cannabis users in treatment. Journal of Addictions Nursing , 30 , (3) , pp. 211-218.

Cox, Gemma and Comiskey, Catherine (2011) Does concurrent cocaine use compromise 1-year treatment outcomes for opiate users? Substance Use & Misuse , 46 , (9) , pp. 1206-1216.

Pugh, Julian and Comiskey, Catherine (2006) Drug treatment programmes in prison: longitudinal outcome evaluation, policy development and planning interventions. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 23 , (2) , pp. 63-67.

Dempsey, Orla and Comiskey, Catherine (2011) Estimating the incidence of hidden, untreated opiate use. Mathematical Population Studies , 18 , (3) , pp. 172-188.

Comiskey, Catherine and Saris, A. Jamie and Pugh, Julian (2007) Estimating the prevalence of opiate use in Ireland and the implications for the criminal justice system. Probation Journal , 54 , (1) , pp. 22-35.

Comiskey, Catherine and Galligan, Karen and Flanagan, Jean and Deegan, Joan and Farnann, Jane and Hall, Aine (2021) The healthy addiction treatment recovery model: developing a client-driven, nurse-led addiction nursing model. Journal of Addictions Nursing , 32 , (1) , E11-E20.

White, Emma and Comiskey, Catherine (2007) Heroin epidemics, treatment and ODE modelling. Mathematical Biosciences , 208 , (1) , pp. 312-24.

Galligan, Karen and Comiskey, Catherine (2019) Hidden harms and the number of children whose parents misuse substances: a stepwise methodological framework for estimating prevalence. Substance Use & Misuse , 54 , (9) , pp. 1429-1437.

Comiskey, Catherine and James, Philip and Smyth, Bobby (2020) Journeying with fear: Young people's experiences of cannabis use, crime and violence before treatment entry. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing , 33 , (2) , pp. 61-66.

Scally, Susan and Comiskey, Catherine and Trimble, Mary Jane and Rackard, Marion and Barry, Joseph (2014) Justine Horgan – an appreciation. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 48, Winter 2013 , pp. 24-25.

Comiskey, Catherine and Stapleton, Robert (2010) Longitudinal outcomes for treated opiate use and the use of ancillary medical and social services. Substance Use & Misuse , 45 , (4) , pp. 628-641.

Comiskey, Catherine (2001) Methods for estimating prevalence of opiate use as an aid to policy and planning. Substance Use & Misuse , 36 , (1&2) , pp. 131-150.

Choi, YH and Comiskey, Catherine (2003) Methods for providing the first prevalence estimates of opiate use in Western Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy , 14 , (4) , pp. 297-305.

Wiessing, Lucas and Ferri, Marica and Běláčková, Vendula and Carrieri, Patrizia and Friedman, Samuel R and Folch, Cinta and Dolan, Kate and Galvin, Brian and Vickerman, Peter and Lazarus, Jeffrey V and Mravčík, Viktor and Kretzschmar, Mirjam and Sypsa, Vana and Sarasa-Renedo, Ana and Uusküla, Anneli and Paraskevis, Dimitrios and Mendão, Luis and Rossi, Diana and van Gelder, Nadine and Mitcheson, Luke and Paoli, Letizia and Gomez, Cristina Diaz and Milhet, Maitena and Dascalu, Nicoleta and Knight, Jonathan and Hay, Gordon and Kalamara, Eleni and Simon, Roland and Comiskey, Catherine and Rossi, Carla and Griffiths, Paul (2017) Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: a consensus study. Harm Reduction Journal , 14 , (1) , p. 19.

Banka-Cullen, Sonam Prakashini and Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Peter and Zeni, Mary Beth and Gutierrez, Ana and Menon, Usha (2023) Nurse prescribing practices across the globe for medication-assisted treatment of the opioid use disorder (MOUD): a scoping review. Harm Reduction Journal , 20 , (1) .

Comiskey, Catherine and Stapleton, Robert and Kelly, Paul (2012) Ongoing cocaine and benzodiazepine use: effects on acquisitive crime committal rates amongst opiate users in treatment. Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy , 19 , (5) , pp. 406-414.

Comiskey, Catherine and Milnes, Jennie and Daly, Maeve (2017) Parents who use drugs: the well-being of parent and child dyads among people receiving harm reduction interventions for opiate use. Journal of Substance Use , 22 , (2) , pp. 206-210.

Comiskey, Catherine (2020) Reducing harm, supporting recovery: a partnership and evidence-informed approach to developing the new Irish health led, National Drug Strategy. Harm Reduction Journal , 17 , (1) , p. 3.

Comiskey, Catherine and O'Sullivan, Karin and Milnes, Jennie (2012) Regional drug user services in times of scarce financial resources: using a rapid assessment response approach to evaluate, plan, and prioritize essential services. Substance Use & Misuse , 47 , (3) , pp. 254-264.

Carew, Anne Marie and Comiskey, Catherine (2018) Rising incidence of ageing opioid users within the EU wide treatment demand indicator; The Irish opioid epidemic from 1996 to 2014. Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 192 , pp. 329-337.

McDonagh, David and de Vries, Jan and Comiskey, Catherine (2023) The role of adverse childhood experiences on people in opiate agonist treatment: the importance of feeling unloved. European Addiction Research , 29 , (5) , pp. 313-322.

Cafferkey, Sadie Lavelle and Kelly, Peter and Comiskey, Catherine (2024) 'Selling their souls?' Nurses' understanding of addiction and recovery in acute hospital settings. British Journal of Nursing , 33 , (4) , pp. 188-192.

Carew, Anne Marie and Comiskey, Catherine (2018) Treatment for opioid use and outcomes in older adults: a systematic literature review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 182 , pp. 48-57.

Comiskey, Catherine and Stapleton, Robert (2010) Treatment pathways and longitudinal outcomes for opiate users: Implications for treatment policy and planning. Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy , 17 , (6) , pp. 707-717.

Murphy, Emma and Comiskey, Catherine (2013) Using chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) modelling to identify groups of methadone treatment clients experiencing significantly poorer treatment outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 45 , (4) , pp. 343-349.

Clarke, Grainne and Hyland, Pauline and Comiskey, Catherine (2023) Women over 50 who use alcohol and their engagement with primary and preventative health services: a narrative review using a systematic approach. Journal of Addictive Diseases , Early online , pp. 1-15.

Comiskey, Catherine (2003) Young people, drug use and early school leaving: estimating the prevalence, assessing the impact and assisting policy and planning. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy , 10 , (2) , pp. 159-168.

Report

Galligan, Karen and Comiskey, Catherine (2017) Estimating the number of children of parents who misuse substances, including alcohol across the communities of the Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force (TDATF) region. Dublin: Tallaght Drug & Alcohol Task Force.

Comiskey, Catherine (1998) Estimating the prevalence of opiate drug use in Dublin, Ireland during 1996. Dublin: Department of Health and Children.

Comiskey, Catherine and Prakashini Banka, Sonam and McDonagh, David and Galligan, Karen (2021) An evaluation of the co-design of a CityWide pilot anti-stigma training programme. Dublin: Citywide.

Comiskey, Catherine and O'Sullivan, Karin and Cronly, Jennifer (2006) Hazardous journeys to better places: positive outcomes and negative risks associated with the care pathway before, during and after an admittance to the Dochas Centre, Mountjoy Women's Prison, Dublin, Ireland. Dublin: Health Service Executive.

McGilloway, Sinead and Hyland, Lynda and NiMhaille, Grainne and Lodge, Anne and O'Neill, Donal and Kelly, Paul and Leckey, Yvonne and Bywater, Tracy and Comiskey, Catherine and Donnelly, Michael (2011) Positive classrooms, positive children. Dublin: Archways.

Prakashini Banka, Sonam and Lavelle Cafferkey, Sadie and McDonagh, David and Walsh, Ruby and Comiskey, Catherine (2022) A rapid review of the international literature and a national estimate of the prevalence of women who use substances and experience domestic violence in Ireland. Dublin: SAOL Project.

Comiskey, Catherine (2019) Responses to the needs of children of people who use drugs. Background paper commissioned by the EMCDDA for Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

Comiskey, Catherine and O'Sullivan, Karin and Milnes, Jennie (2010) ‘A roadmap for the future’. A rapid assessment response (RAR) on the needs and service evaluation of the South-East Regional Drugs Task Force. Waterford: South East Regional Drugs Task Force.

Comiskey, Catherine and Cox, Gemma and Sheehy, Louis and Kelly, Paul and Leckey, Yvonne and O’Duill, Barry (2007) ROSIE baseline data. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

Cox, Gemma and Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Paul and Cronly, Jennifer (2006) ROSIE Findings 1: summary of 1-year outcomes. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

Cox, Gemma and Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Paul (2007) ROSIE Findings 2: summary of 1-year outcomes: detoxification modality. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

Cox, Gemma and Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Paul (2007) ROSIE Findings 3: summary of 1-year outcomes: abstinence modality. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

Cox, Gemma and Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Paul (2007) ROSIE Findings 4: summary of 1-year outcomes: methadone modality. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

Cox, Gemma and Kelly, Paul and Comiskey, Catherine (2008) ROSIE Findings 5: gender similarities and differences in outcomes at 1-year. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Paul and Stapleton, Robert (2008) ROSIE Findings 6: a summary of 3-year outcomes. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Paul and Stapleton, Robert (2008) ROSIE Findings 7: a summary of outcomes for the per-protocol population. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

National Advisory Committee on Drugs. Comiskey, Catherine and Kelly, Paul and Leckey, Y and McCullough, L and O’Duill, B and Stapleton, Robert and White, Emma (2009) The ROSIE study: Drug treatment outcomes in Ireland. Dublin: Stationery Office.

Comiskey, Catherine and Miller, RTH (2000) Young people, drug use and early school leaving. (Unpublished)

Conference or Workshop Item

Comiskey, Catherine (1992) Mathematical models for the transmission dynamics of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Ireland. In: Sixth European Conference on Mathematics in Industry., 27-31 August 1991, Limerick.

McDonagh, David and Comiskey, Catherine and de Vries, Han (2022) The role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on people in opiate agonist treatment: the importance of feeling unloved. In: Lisbon Addictions 2022, 23-25 November 2022, Lisbon.