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Background and Aims
Cannabis use is increasing among women of reproductive age, warranting a greater understanding of the impact of prenatal cannabis use on offspring developmental outcomes. We tested for a potential relationship between prenatal cannabis use disorders (CUD) and offspring educational outcomes across primary and secondary school.
Design
Data were drawn from the New South Wales (NSW)...
Aims
To investigate whether: (1) child maltreatment is associated with life‐time cannabis use, early‐onset cannabis use, daily cannabis use and DSM‐IV cannabis abuse in young adulthood; and (2) behaviour problems, tobacco use and alcohol use at age 14 are associated with cannabis use.
Design
Birth cohort using linked government agency child protection data to define exposure to child maltreatment...
AimsTo test if polysubstance use profiles and drug‐related outcomes differ between those receiving and not receiving opioid substitution therapies (OST) among people who inject drugs (PWID).
DesignAn annual cross‐sectional, sentinel sample of PWID across Australia.
SettingData came from 3 years (2011–13) of the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).
ParticipantsA total of 2673 participants who injected...
Aim
The co‐occurrence of mental health and substance use disorders adds complexity to already‐significant health burdens. This study tests whether mental health disorders group differently across substance use disorder types and compares associations of early factors with the development of differing comorbidities.
Design
Consecutive antenatal clinic attendees were recruited to the longitudinal...
Background and AimsCo‐occurring mental health and alcohol problems appear to be associated with greater health burdens than either single disorder. This study compares familial and individual contributions to development of comorbid alcohol/mental problems and tests whether these differ from single disorders.
DesignWomen (n = 6703) were recruited during pregnancy to the longitudinal Mater‐University...
AimsTo compare the incidence, timing and risk factors for substance‐related death between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous ex‐prisoners in Queensland, Australia.
DesignRetrospective cohort study.
SettingAll adult prisons in the state of Queensland, Australia, linked to deaths registered in Australia.
Participants/casesWe obtained records for all adults released from prison in Queensland, Australia...
AimsThis study examines whether child maltreatment experience predicts adolescent tobacco and alcohol use.
MethodsThe subjects were participants in the Mater‐University Study of Pregnancy (MUSP), a birth cohort of 7223, of whom 5158 (71.4%) were available for analysis at the 14‐year follow‐up. Child protection history was obtained from the state's child protection agency and confidentially linked...
Aims To examine the self‐reported personal wellbeing of a sample of Australian injecting drug users (IDU) using a standardized instrument and determine the key correlates of variations in self‐reported personal wellbeing.
Design, setting and participants Cross‐sectional survey of 881 Australian IDU.
Measurements Self‐reported personal wellbeing collected using the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI)...
Objective This study examines whether a mother's style of parenting at child age 5 years predicts problematic patterns of drinking in adolescence, after controlling for relevant individual, maternal and social risk factors.
Methods Data were used from the Mater‐University Study of Pregnancy, an Australian longitudinal study of mothers and their children from pregnancy to when the children were 14...
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