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Gilchrist, Gail and Swan, Davina and Shaw, April and Keding, Ada and Towers, Sarah and Craine, Noel and Munro, Alison and Hughes, Elizabeth and Parrott, Steve and Strang, John and Taylor, Avril and Watson, Judith (2017) The acceptability and feasibility of a brief psychosocial intervention to reduce blood-borne virus risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: a randomised control feasibility trial of a psychosocial intervention (the PROTECT study) versus treatment as usual. Harm Reduction Journal , 14 , (4) .

Fomiatti, Renae and Farrugia, Adrian and Fraser, Suzanne and Dwyer, Robyn and Neale, Joanne and Strang, John (2020) Addiction stigma and the production of impediments to take-home naloxone uptake. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine , p. 1363459320925863.

McDonald, Rebecca and Strang, John (2016) Are take-home naloxone programmes effective? Systematic review utilizing application of the Bradford Hill criteria. Addiction , 111 , (7) .

Oliver, Dominic and Englund, Amir and Chesney, Edward and Chester, Lucy and Wilson, Jack and Sovi, Simina and Wigroth, Stina and Hodsoll, John and Strang, John and Murray, Robin M and Freeman, Tom P and Fusar-Poli, Paolo and McGuire, Philip (2024) Cannabidiol does not attenuate acute delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-induced attentional bias in healthy volunteers: a randomised, double-blind, cross-over study. Addiction , 119 , (2) , pp. 322-333.

Sheridan Rains, Luke and Marston, Louise and Hinton, Mark and Marwaha, Steven and Craig, Thomas and Fowler, David and King, Michael and Omar, Rumana Z and McCrone, Paul and Spencer, Jonathan and Taylor, Joanne and Colman, Sophie and Harder, Catherine and Gilbert, Eleanor and Randhawa, Amie and Labuschagne, Kirsty and Jones, Charlotte and Stefanidou, Theodora and Christoforou, Marina and Caig, Meghan and Strang, John and Weaver, Tim and Johnson, Sonia (2019) Clinical and cost-effectiveness of contingency management for cannabis use in early psychosis: the CIRCLE randomised clinical trial. BMC Medicine , 17 , (161) .

Parkin, Stephen and Neale, Joanne and Strang, John (2023) Conceptualising retention in treatment with long-acting injectable buprenorphine (for opioid use disorder) as a journey: findings from a longitudinal qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy , 122 .

Johnson, Sonia and Rains, Luke Sheridan and Marwaha, Steven and Strang, John and Craig, Thomas and Weaver, Tim and McCrone, Paul and King, Michael and Fowler, David and Pilling, Stephen and Marston, Louise and Omar, Rumana Z and Craig, Meghan and Spencer, Jonathan and Hinton, Mark (2019) A contingency management intervention to reduce cannabis use and time to relapse in early psychosis: the CIRCLE RCT. Health Technology Assessment , 23 , (45) .

Neale, Joanne and Tompkins, Charlotte N E and Marshall, Alison D and Treloar, Carla and Strang, John (2018) Do women with complex alcohol and other drug use histories want women-only residential treatment? Addiction , 113 , (6) , pp. 989-997.

Englund, Amir and Oliver, Dominic and Chesney, Edward and Chester, Lucy and Wilson, Jack and Sovi, Simina and De Micheli, Andrea and Hodsoll, John and Fusar-Poli, Paolo and Strang, John and Murray, Robin M and Freeman, Tom P and McGuire, Philip (2023) Does cannabidiol make cannabis safer? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial of cannabis with four different CBD:THC ratios. Neuropsychopharmacology , 48 , pp. 869-876.

Kelleher, MJ and McKeown, PJ and O'Gara, C and Keaney, F and Farrell, Michael and Strang, John (2005) Dying for heroin: the increasing opioid related mortality in the Republic of Ireland. European Journal of Public Health , 15 , (6) , pp. 589-592.

Deluca, Paolo and Coulton, Simon and Alam, Mohammed Fasihul and Boniface, Sadie and Donoghue, Kim and Gilvarry, Eilish and Kaner, Eileen and Lynch, Ellen and Maconochie, Ian and McArdle, Paul and McGovern, Ruth and Newbury-Birch, Dorothy and Patton, Robert and Pellat-Higgins, Tracy and Phillips, Ceri and Phillips, Thomas and Pockett, Rhys D and Russell, Ian T and Strang, John and Drummond, Colin (2022) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of face-to-face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high-risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three-arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial). Addiction , 117 , (8) , pp. 2200-2214.

Degenhardt, Louisa and Charlson, Fiona and Stanaway, Jeff and Larney, Sarah and Alexander, Lily T and Hickman, Matthew and Cowie, Benjamin and Hall, Wayne and Strang, John and Whiteford, Harvey and Vos, Theo (2016) Estimating the burden of disease attributable to injecting drug use as a risk factor for HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet , 16 , (12) .

Larney, Sarah and Peacock, Amy and Leung, Janni and Colledge, Samantha and Hickman, Mathew and Wickerman, Peter and Grebely, Jason and Dumchev, Kostyantyn V and Griffiths, Paul and Hines, Lindsey and Cunningham, Evan B and Mattick, Richard P and Lynskey, Michael T and Marsden, John and Strang, John and Degenhardt, Louisa (2017) Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. The Lancet Global Health , 5 , (12) .

Strang, John and Groshkova, Teodora and Uchtenhagen, A and van den Brink, Wim and Haasen, Christian and Schechter, Martin T and Lintzeris, Nicholas and Bell, James and Pirona, Alessandro and Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia and Simon, Roland and Metrebian, Nicola (2015) Heroin on trial: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials of diamorphine-prescribing as treatment for refractory heroin addiction. The British Journal of Psychiatry , 207 , (1) , pp. 5-14.

Neale, Joanne and Parkin, Stephen and Strang, John (2023) How do patients feel during the first 72 h after initiating long-acting injectable buprenorphine? An embodied qualitative analysis. Addiction , 118 , (7) , pp. 1329-1339.

Hickman, Matthew and Steer, Colin and Tilling, Kate and Lim, Aaron G and Marsden, John and Millar, Tim and Strang, John and Telfer, Maggie and Vickerman, Peter and Macleod, John (2018) The impact of buprenorphine and methadone on mortality: a primary care cohort study in the United Kingdom. Addiction , 113 , (8) .

Neale, Joanne and Tompkins, Charlotte NE and McDonald, Rebecca and Strang, John (2018) Improving recruitment to pharmacological trials for illicit opioid use: findings from a qualitative focus group study. Addiction , 113 , (6) .

Day, Ed and Ison, Julie and Strang, John (2005) Inpatient versus other settings for detoxification for opioid dependence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , (2) .

Marsden, John and Goetz, Camille and Meymen, Tim and Mitcheson, Luke and Stillwell, Gary and Eastwood, Brian and Strang, John and Grey, Nick (2018) Memory-focused cognitive therapy for cocaine use disorder: theory, procedures and preliminary evidence from an external pilot randomised controlled trial. EBioMedicine , 29 .

Parkin, Stephen and Neale, Joanne and Strang, John (2023) Non-prescribed substance use during the first month of treatment by people receiving depot buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Substance Use & Misuse .

Neale, Joanne and Parkin, Stephen and Strang, John (2023) Patients' goals when initiating long-acting injectable buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: findings from a longitudinal qualitative study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy , 18 .

Neale, Joanne and Parkin, Stephen and Strang, John (2023) Patients' goals when initiating long-acting injectable buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder: findings from a longitudinal qualitative study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy , 18 , (1) , p. 37.

McCambridge, Jim and Conlon, Paul and Keaney, F and Wanigaratne, Shamil and Strang, John (2004) Patterns of alcohol consumption and problems among the Irish in London: A preliminary comparison of pub drinkers in London and Dublin. Addiction Research & Theory , 12 , (4) , pp. 373-38.

Ali, M Adam and Way, Michael J and Marks, Michael and Guerrini, Irene and Thomson, Allan D and Strang, John and McQuillin, Andrew and Morgan, Marsha Y (2015) Phenotypic heterogeneity in study populations may significantly confound the results of genetic association studies on alcohol dependence. Psychiatric Genetics , 25 , (6) , pp. 234-40.

MacCleod, John and Steer, Colin and Tilling, Kate and Cornish, Rosie and Marsden, John and Millar, Tim and Strang, John and Hickman, Matthew (2019) Prescription of benzodiazepines, z-drugs, and gabapentinoids and mortality risk in people receiving opioid agonist treatment: observational study based on the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Office for National Statistics death records. PLoS ONE , 16 , (11) , e1002965.

Amass, Leslie and Pukeleviciene, Vilma and Subata, Emilis and Almeida, Antonio Rocha and Pieri, Maria Chiara Pieri and D'Egidio, Pietro and Stankova, Zdenka and Costa, Antonio and Smyth, Bobby P and Sakoman, Slavko and Wei, Yan and Strang, John (2012) A prospective, randomized, multicenter acceptability and safety study of direct buprenorphine/naloxone induction in heroin-dependent individuals. Addiction , 107 , (1) , pp. 142-151.

McDonald, Rebecca and Eide, Desiree and Abel-Ollo, Katri and Barnsdale, Lee and Carter, Ben and Clausen, Thomas and Day, Ed and Fonseca, Francina and Holmén, Elin and Horsburgh, Kirsten and Kelleher, Mike and Kåberg, Martin and Ladenhauf, Martin and McAuley, Andrew and Metrebian, Nicola and Neale, Joanne and Parkin, Stephen and Ratcliffe, Kevin and Rintoul, Chris and Smith, Josie and Stifanoviciute, Viktorija and Torrens, Marta and Thiesen, Henrik and Strang, John (2022) A rapid assessment of take-home naloxone provision during COVID-19 in Europe. International Journal of Drug Policy , 107 , (103787) . (In Press)

Fleming, Glenda F and McElnay, James C and Hughes, Carmel M and Sheridan, Janie and Strang, John (2001) The role of the community pharmacist in drug abuse: a comparison of service provision between Northern Ireland and England/Wales. Pharmacy World & Science , 23 , (1) , pp. 13-16.

Lewer, Dan and Brothers, Thomas D and Gasparrini, Antonio and Strang, John (2023) Seasonal, weekly and other cyclical patterns in deaths due to drug poisoning in England and Wales. Addiction , 118 , (8) , pp. 1596-1601.

Strang, John (2022) Take-home Naloxone and the prevention of deaths from heroin overdose: pursuing strong science, fuller understanding, greater impact. European Addiction Research , 28 , (3) , pp. 161-175.

Strang, John and McDonald, Rebecca and Campbell, Gabrielle and Degenhardt, Louisa and Nielsen, Suzanne and Ritter, Alison and Dale, Ola (2019) Take-home naloxone for the emergency interim management of opioid overdose: the public health application of an emergency medicine. Drugs , 79 , (13) .

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Boys, Annabel and Marsden, John and Dobson, Julie and Strang, John (2001) Cocaine trends: a qualitative study of young people and cocaine use. London: National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry.

Marsden, John and Gossop, Michael and Stewart, Duncan and Best, David and Farrell, Michael and Strang, John (1998) The Maudsley addiction profile: a brief instrument for treatment outcome research. Development and user manual. London: National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry.

Strang, John (2015) Naloxone – preliminary advice from the working group updating Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management. London: Public Health England.

Strang, John and Groshkova, Teodora and Metrebian, Nicola (2012) New heroin-assisted treatment. Recent evidence and current practices of supervised injectable heroin treatment in Europe and beyond. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

Strang, John and McDonald, Rebecca, eds. (2016) Preventing opioid overdose deaths with take-home naloxone. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

Griffiths, Paul and Strang, John and Singleton, Nicola (2016) Rapid expert review of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. Dublin: Department of Health.

Strang, John (2011) Recovery-oriented drug treatment. An interim report. London: National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.

Teaching Resource

Marsden, John and Gossop, Michael and Stewart, Duncan and Best, David and Farrell, Michael and Strang, John (1998) Maudsley Addiction Profile. Outcomes measurement tool: drug use behaviour - substance use / maintenance / relapse.