Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Last update: 30 January 2012,
by Maureen Bell

For additional information about drug abuse and mental illness see my Dual Diagnosis page.

Lists of books and journal articles relating to alcohol abuse and drug abuse can be found on my bibliographies and reading lists page. There's also a list of references on methamphetamine.

For practice guidelines related to drug and alcohol abuse and their treatment click here.

Abstracts of reviews from the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group are on my evidence-based medicine page

Library members have online access to a number of journals in this area. You'll find them in the e-Journals A-Z list at the top right of this page.

Addiction
Addiction Research and Theory
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Alcohol Research and Health
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental research
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Drug and Alcohol Review
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Australian Links

ADIN - Australian Drug Information Network
The Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN) is a central point of access to alcohol and drug information on the Internet. Every website has been critically reviewed by alcohol and drug professionals for credible and usable content.

Alcohol and Other Drugs Publications (AIHW)
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare portal, which includes links to the full text of a large number of publications on this topic.

Alcohol
Links to alcohol related publications from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Alcohol-Related Problems in Katherine
A report prepared for Morgan Buckley (Solicitors) Revised edition, by Peter d'Abbs and others. Menzies School of Health Research in conjunction with Curtin University of Technology, National Drug Research Institute, November 1999.

Australian Institute of Criminology - Illicit drugs
A useful list of links from the Australian Institute of Criminology. Content comprises both secondary sources (eg. from published materials) and primary research conducted within the Institute.

Australian National Council on Drugs. Publications and Reports
The full text of a wide range of reports and research papers is available at this site.

Cannabis and Psychosis - Druginfo - NSW Government
A collection of resources from the New South Wales Government Druginfo site.

Drug Database
Produced by the National Drugs Sector Information Service, the Drug Database was created in 1987 and is the only comprehensive drug and alcohol citation database in Australia (the second largest in the world). It provides references to books, videos, journal articles, conference papers, research reports and unpublished materials on health, social and economic aspects of alcohol and other drug use.

Drug Info Clearinghouse (Australian Drug Foundation)
DrugInfo Clearinghouse is a service provided by the Australian Drug Foundation. to support prevention of drug abuse in Victoria.

Drugs and Substance Abuse
Links to drug and substance abuse related publications from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Effects of client characteristics and mental health on treatment completion and retention in a therapeutic community
By Gabrielle Campbell, Shane Darke and Garth Popple. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of Sydney, 2010
NDARC Technical Report Number 316

Highs' n Lows
Highs 'n Lows is a collaboration between the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF), Orygen Youth Health and the Department of Human Services (DHS) Victoria. The website was developed as part of a campaign project funded through the DHS. The project aims to inform young people (aged 15–19 years) about how cannabis use can affect their mental health and to link them with information, resources and access to mental health and drug services.

Methamphetamine use on the rise
The transcript of ABC Radio National's Science Show - 11 March 2006, with Robyn Williams.

National Drugs Sector Information Service (NDSIS) Publications

National Drug Strategy - Publications

National Health and Medical Research Council - Publications - Alcohol, Drugs & Substance Abuse

Statistics on Drug Use in Australia
From the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a series of publications originally titled Statistics on Drug Abuse in Australia.

What do we know about the extent of illicit meth/amphetamine use and dependence? Results of a global systematic review
Louisa Degenhardt, Bianca Calabria, Paul Nelson, Chiara Bucello, Anna Roberts, Johanna Thomas and Wayne Hall.
What do we know about the extent of illicit meth/amphetamine use and dependence? Results of a global systematic review. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 2010.
NDARC Technical Report No. 310

Overseas Links

Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has created this portal to support researchers and practitioners searching for information related to alcohol research. This page includes links to a number of databases, journals, and Web sites focused on alcohol research and related topics. Also included is a link to the archived ETOH database, the premier Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, produced by NIAAA from 1972 through December 2003.

Alcohol Publications
From Health Scotland.

Alcohol Studies Database
From Rutgers University this database contains over 60,000 citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and audio-visual materials. The site was developed by the Scholarly Communication Center and the Center of Alcohol Studies.

Binge Drinking - CDC Vital Signs
Information on binge drinking, and steps to prevent it from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States.

Brief Intervention for Hazardous and Harmful Drinking: A Manual for Use in Primary Care
By Thomas F. Babor, and John C. Higgins-Biddle. World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, 2001.

Drug Policy Alliance: Reducing Harm: Treatment and Beyond
The guiding principle of the Alliance is harm reduction, an alternative approach to drug policy and treatment that focuses on minimizing the adverse effects of both drug use and drug prohibition. The Alliance was formerly known as The Lindesmith Center - Drug Policy Foundation. There is also an online library of journal articles, reports, books, testimonies and fact sheets that focus on drugs and drug policy from economic, criminal justice, and public health perspectives.

Drugscope Databases
Provided by Drugscope, a leading UK center for drug policy information, this online resource offers reliable and sensible information on a large number of illegal and legal drugs and street terms.

Marijuana-info.org - Information on Marijuana
NIDA companion web site, with links to a large number of reports on marijuana use, its effects and treatment.

MedlinePlus: Methamphetamine
A collection of resources from MEDLINEplus, the National Library of Medicine's information service for the public..

MEDLINEplus: Substance Abuse Problems
These resources have been provided by the National Library of Medicine specifically for consumers. They include ready-made searches of the Medline database, as well as links to reports and pamphlets which can be downloaded.

THE MERCK MANUAL, Section 15, Chapter 198, Drug Use And Dependence
From the online version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.

Meth Resources
A page of resources from the National Meth Center in the United States.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Publications
This web site is a component of the SAMHSA Health Information Network in the United States.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (US) Publications
Publications are divided into categories. Of particular interest are the Reports and Briefs, and the Professional Education Materials, many of which are available online.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (U.S.) Publications Catalog
Many of the Institute's publications are available online, and they range from consumer information documents to selected volumes of their NIDA Monograph series.

New Treatments for Addiction: Behavioral, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions
Henrick J. Harwood and Tracy G. Myers, Editors, Committee on Immunotherapies and Sustained-Release Formulations for Treating Drug Addiction, National Research Council. Washington D.C., National Academies Press, 2004

RAR-review: An International Review of Rapid Assessments Conducted on Drug Use
By Chris Fitch and Gerry Stimson. A report from the WHO Drug Injection Study, Phase II. World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, 2003.

Scottish Addiction Studies On-line Library
A useful collection of links to report literature on alcohol and drug abuse. British, American, and international material is included.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
An initiative of the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Use and Mental Health
By Melissa Coulthard, Michael Farrell, Nicola Singleton, and Howard Meltzer. A report based on the analysis of the Office for National Statistics Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Adults in Great Britain carried out in 2000. London, TSO, 2002.