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Blackwood R, Wolstenholme A, Kimergård A, Fincham-Campbell S, Khadjesari Z, Coulton S, Byford S, Deluca P, Jennings S, Currell E, Dunne J, O'Toole J, Winnington J, Finch E, Drummond C. Assertive outreach treatment versus care as usual for the treatment of high-need, high-cost alcohol related frequent attenders: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health 2020; 20:332. [PMID: 32171278 PMCID: PMC7071678 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-8437-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alcohol-related hospital admissions have doubled in the last ten years to > 1.2 m per year in England. High-need, high-cost (HNHC) alcohol-related frequent attenders (ARFA) are a relatively small subgroup of patients, having multiple admissions or attendances from alcohol during a short time period. This trial aims to test the effectiveness of an assertive outreach treatment (AOT) approach in improving clinical outcomes for ARFA, and reducing resource use in the acute setting. METHODS One hundred and sixty ARFA patients will be recruited and following baseline assessment, randomly assigned to AOT plus care as usual (CAU) or CAU alone in equal numbers. Baseline assessment includes alcohol consumption and related problems, physical and mental health comorbidity and health and social care service use in the previous 6 months using standard validated tools, plus a measure of resource use. Follow-up assessments at 6 and 12 months after randomization includes the same tools as baseline plus standard measure of patient satisfaction. Outcomes for CAU + AOT and CAU at 6 and 12 months will be compared, controlling for pre-specified baseline measures. Primary outcome will be percentage of days abstinent at 12 months. Secondary outcomes include emergency department (ED) attendance, number and length of hospital admissions, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, other health service use, mental and physical comorbidity 6 and 12 months post intervention. Health economic analysis will estimate the economic impact of AOT from health, social care and societal perspectives and explore cost-effectiveness in terms of quality adjusted life years and alcohol consumption at 12-month follow-up. DISCUSSION AOT models piloted with alcohol dependent patients have demonstrated significant reductions in alcohol consumption and use of unplanned National Health Service (NHS) care, with increased engagement with alcohol treatment services, compared with patients receiving CAU. While AOT interventions are costlier per case than current standard care in the UK, the rationale for targeting HNHC ARFAs is because of their disproportionate contribution to overall alcohol burden on the NHS. No previous studies have evaluated the clinical and cost-effectiveness of AOT for HNHC ARFAs: this randomized controlled trial (RCT) targeting ARFAs across five South London NHS Trusts is the first. TRIAL REGISTRATION International standard randomized controlled trial number (ISRCTN) registry: ISRCTN67000214, retrospectively registered 26/11/2016.
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- R Blackwood
- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- University of Kent, Kent, Canterbury, UK
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- King's Health Economics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South London, London, UK
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- South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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Palacio-Vieira J, Segura L, Anderson P, Wolstenholme A, Drummond C, Bendtsen P, Wojnar M, Kaner E, Keurhorst MN, van Steenkiste B, Kłoda K, Mierzecki A, Parkinson K, Newbury-Birch D, Okulicz-Kozaryn K, Deluca P, Colom J, Gual A. Improving screening and brief intervention activities in primary health care: Secondary analysis of professional accuracy based on the AUDIT-C. J Eval Clin Pract 2018; 24:369-374. [PMID: 29194899 DOI: 10.1111/jep.12854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE The ODHIN trial found that training and support and financial reimbursement increased the proportion of patients that were screened and given advice for their heavy drinking in primary health care. However, the impact of these strategies on professional accuracy in delivering screening and brief advice is underresearched and is the focus of this paper. METHOD From 120 primary health care units (24 in each jurisdiction: Catalonia, England, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden), 746 providers participated in the baseline and the 12-week implementation periods. Accuracy was measured in 2 ways: correctness in completing and scoring the screening instrument, AUDIT-C; the proportion of screen-negative patients given advice, and the proportion of screen-positive patients not given advice. Odds ratios of accuracy were calculated for type of profession and for intervention group: training and support, financial reimbursement, and internet-based counselling. RESULTS Thirty-two of 36 711 questionnaires were incorrectly completed, and 65 of 29 641 screen-negative patients were falsely classified. At baseline, 27% of screen-negative patients were given advice, and 22.5% screen-positive patients were not given advice. These proportions halved during the 12-week implementation period, unaffected by training. Financial reimbursement reduced the proportion of screen-positive patients not given advice (OR = 0.56; 95% CI, 0.31-0.99; P < .05). CONCLUSION Although the use of AUDIT-C as a screening tool was accurate, a considerable proportion of risky drinkers did not receive advice, which was reduced with financial incentives.
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- J Palacio-Vieira
- Program on Substance Abuse, Public Health Agency, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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- Program on Substance Abuse, Public Health Agency, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.,Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Specialist and Department of Medicine and Health, Linköping University, Motala, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Independent Laboratory of Family Physician Education, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Independent Laboratory of Family Physician Education, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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- Program on Substance Abuse, Public Health Agency, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Clínic de Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.,IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.,Red de Trastornos Adictivos (RETICS), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Kimergård A, Foley M, Davey Z, Dunne J, Drummond C, Deluca P. Codeine use, dependence and help-seeking behaviour in the UK and Ireland: an online cross-sectional survey. QJM 2017; 110:559-564. [PMID: 28379496 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcx076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Codeine misuse and dependence poses a clinical and public health challenge. However, little is known about dependence and treatment needs in the UK and Ireland. AIM To characterize codeine use, dependence and help-seeking behaviour. DESIGN An online cross-sectional survey advertised on Facebook, Twitter, health and drug websites and e-mail circulars. METHODS The survey collected data on demographics and codeine use amongst adults from the UK and Ireland. The Severity of Dependence Scale measured the level of codeine dependence. RESULTS The sample of 316 respondents had a mean age of 35.3 years (SD = 12.3) and 67% were women. Of the 316 respondents, 54 scored ≥5 on the Severity of Dependence Scale indicating codeine dependence (17.1%). Our study found that codeine dependence is a problem with both prescribed and 'over-the-counter' codeine. Codeine dependence was associated with daily use of codeine, faking or exaggerating symptoms to get a prescription for codeine and 'pharmacy shopping' ( P < 0.01). A higher number of respondents had sought advice on the Internet (12%) rather than from their general medical practitioner (GP) (5.4%). Less than 1% of respondents had sought advice from a pharmacist. CONCLUSIONS Codeine dependent users were more likely to seek help on the Internet to control their use of codeine than from a GP, which may indicate a potential for greater specialized addiction treatment demand through increased identification and referrals in primary care.
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- A Kimergård
- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 4 Windsor Walk, SE5 8BB, London, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Main Campus Cork Road, X91 K0EK, Waterford, Ireland
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 4 Windsor Walk, SE5 8BB, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 4 Windsor Walk, SE5 8BB, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 4 Windsor Walk, SE5 8BB, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, 4 Windsor Walk, SE5 8BB, London, UK
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Kolliakou A, Ball M, Derczynski L, Chandran D, Gkotsis G, Deluca P, Jackson R, Shetty H, Stewart R. Novel psychoactive substances: An investigation of temporal trends in social media and electronic health records. Eur Psychiatry 2016; 38:15-21. [PMID: 27611330 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Public health monitoring is commonly undertaken in social media but has never been combined with data analysis from electronic health records. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the emergence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) in social media and their appearance in a large mental health database. METHODS Insufficient numbers of mentions of other NPS in case records meant that the study focused on mephedrone. Data were extracted on the number of mephedrone (i) references in the clinical record at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK, (ii) mentions in Twitter, (iii) related searches in Google and (iv) visits in Wikipedia. The characteristics of current mephedrone users in the clinical record were also established. RESULTS Increased activity related to mephedrone searches in Google and visits in Wikipedia preceded a peak in mephedrone-related references in the clinical record followed by a spike in the other 3 data sources in early 2010, when mephedrone was assigned a 'class B' status. Features of current mephedrone users widely matched those from community studies. CONCLUSIONS Combined analysis of information from social media and data from mental health records may assist public health and clinical surveillance for certain substance-related events of interest. There exists potential for early warning systems for health-care practitioners.
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- A Kolliakou
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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Caamano-Isorna F, Ramkumar MR, Doallo S, Corral M, Rodriguez-Holguin S, Cadaveira F, Nemtsov AV, Gilder D, Ehlers C, Gizer I, Yehuda R, Razvodovsky Y, Thorens G, Achab S, Peraro L, Lobello S, Rosa-Rizzotto E, Caroli D, Polato F, De Lazzari F, Grinakis E, Stathaki D, Sfakianaki E, Mouzas J, Salem B, Lesch OM, Mouzas I, Koulentaki M, Grinakis E, Liodaki N, Sfakianaki K, Stathaki D, Pikraki K, Aggouridaki R, Hovhannisyan K, Skagert E, Thornqvist K, Ohlsson M, Wikstrom MM, Tonnesen H, Anderson P, Gual A, Spak F, Bendtsen P, Keurhorst M, Segura L, Colom J, Reynolds J, Drummond C, Deluca P, van Steenkiste B, Mierzecki A, Kloda K, Wallace P, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner E, Laurant M, Wojnar M, Anderson P, Gual A, Spak F, Bendtsen P, Keurhorst M, Segura L, Colom J, Reynolds J, Drummond C, Deluca P, van Steenkiste B, Mierzecki A, Kloda K, Wallace P, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner E, Laurant M, Wojnar M, Anderson P, Gual A, Spak F, Bendtsen P, Keurhorst M, Segura L, Colom J, Reynolds J, Drummond C, Deluca P, van Steenkiste B, Mierzecki A, Kloda K, Wallace P, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner E, Laurant M, Wojnar M. EPIDEMIOLOGY. Alcohol Alcohol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A significant amount of experimental evidence has demonstrated that progression of the cell cycle in mammalian cells is associated with periodic transcriptional activation/ repression of growth-regulatory genes. We summarize our current knowledge and views on the role of the critical cell cycle regulators such as the retinoblastoma proteins in transcription repression and their functional connections with various different transcription factors. In addition, we discuss the role of oncogenes such as TIF1 alpha, PML and RFL which belong to a characteristic subgroup of RING finger proteins that contain the RING finger (C3HC4 zinc finger) the B-boxes and a putative coiled-coil (RBCC configuration) as mediators of transcription repression.
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- L Lania
- CNR,INT INST GENET & BIOPHYS,I-80125 NAPLES,ITALY
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Axia G, Bremner JG, Deluca P, Andreasen G. Children drawing Europe: The effects of nationality, age and teaching. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1998.tb00762.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Schifano F, Zamparutti G, Zambello F, Oyefeso A, Deluca P, Balestrieri M, Little D, Ghodse AH. Review of Deaths Related to Analgesic- and Cough Suppressant-opioids; England and Wales 1996-2002. Pharmacopsychiatry 2006; 39:185-91. [PMID: 16944410 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-949149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The data on England and Wales voluntarily supplied by Coroners to the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths for the August 1996-December 2002 time frame were analyzed. METHODS All cases in which at least one analgesic- and cough suppressant-opioid other than heroin/morphine, methadone or buprenorphine was identified were extracted from the database. We hypothesized that: a) populations of addicts and non-addicts presented differences in patterns of drugs involved; and b) within the population of addicts and non-addicts, intentional and non-intentional deaths presented different patterns of substance consumption. RESULTS A total of 2024 deaths related to selected opioids, either alone or in combination, were included in the analysis. Typically, non-addicts were older than 45 and died as a result of intentional poisoning whilst majority of addicts were young, males and victims of accidental deaths. In about 93% of cases the selected opioids were reported in combination with another substance. Most frequently identified narcotics were propoxyphene, codeine and dihydrocodeine. Co-proxamol, Co-codamol and Co-dydramol were typically prescribed for non-addicts, whilst dihydrocodeine was mostly given to addicts. In non-addicts, alcohol was mostly represented in accidental deaths and antidepressants were typically represented in intentional deaths. Conversely, illicit drugs and hypnotics/sedatives were typically reported in addicts' accidental deaths. CONCLUSIONS The present report constitutes the largest available collection of analgesic- and cough suppressant-opioid mortality data in the UK. Users should be educated about risks associated with polydrug misuse.
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- F Schifano
- National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths, Division of Mental Health, Addictive Behaviour, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
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AIM OF THE STUDY The German pages of the Internet were searched for the presence of the hallucinogenic herbal drug Salvia divinorum, which is not dealt with in current addiction medicine or psychiatric text books. The investigation is part of the EU sponsored project "Psychonaut" as preparatory work for the development of an Internet-based early warning system. METHODS The first 100 websites of the search using "Salvia divinorum" were compared with the search results for "cannabis" and "LSD". The following aspects of the sites were especially analyzed: the originator, marketing of drugs, and the attitude towards drug use. RESULTS Salvia was offered for sale on approximately a third of the sites (29%); cannabis and LSD were not marketed on any sites. Official websites such as those from governmental organizations or universities were seldom found when searching for "Salvia divinorum", and then only under the last hits. The percentage of institutional sites (e. g. public organizations) were 12% with Salvia, 21% with cannabis, and 38% with LSD. A drug-friendly attitude was found at 64 % of the sites with regard to Salvia, 58% for cannabis, and 24% for LSD. CONCLUSION The drug help system must be aware of that the Internet is a source of drug-related information, and of drug trade. As this investigation shows, sites often have a drug-friendly attitude. The low availability of official information on Salvia divinorum (also outside the Internet) relative to the presence of drug-friendly or drug trading sites is an indication that new trends of drug consumption can be tracked in the Internet before they will be found in official literature.
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- H Siemann
- Klinik für abhängiges Verhalten und Suchtmedizin, Rheinische Kliniken Essen, Kliniken der Universität Duisburg-Essen (Direktor: Prof. Dr. N. Scherbaum)
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