Uncover hidden patterns of drug use - Thomas Norman presents with Victorian Substance Use Research Forum, findings of 3 studies investigating alcohol & drug use, health & well-being and clinical experiences among LGBTQ+ people - Friday 19th April @ 4pm. email: [email protected] to join

Direct induction onto high-dose long-acting injectable buprenorphine: A case series [CLOSED ACCESS]

* 5 cases of opioid use disorder commenced high-dose long-acting injectable buprenorphine
* Few side effects
* 4/5 ongoing care

Naren, Cook, & MacCartney

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The uptake of long‐acting depot buprenorphine for treating opioid dependence in Australia, 2019–2022: longitudinal sales data analysis in MJA mja.com.au/journal/2024/2…

#DECRA #DE25

Rejoinders just opened!

Assessor reports should appear in RMS now.

Advice in thread from previous years 👇

Summary:
🔹Get help!
🔹 #ARC3DayRule !
🔹Think like a College of Experts member
🔹Look for 'faint praise' in assessor reports.

Good luck!

After a disappointing rejection yesterday, it is heartwarming to have two open-access articles published today (and they're both open access). They tackle the issues of epistemic justice, conceptual representation, and equitable inclusion in bioethics and responsible innovation.

Abstract submission for our annual conference will close in 1 week!

We are inviting abstracts that encompass a wide range of topics within Scottish drugs research or on broader perspectives of drug use, including research outside of Scotland.

More details below:

Aware that you should be engaging clients, communities & stakeholders but don't know why or how? Our recent Policy and Practice Pack has bite-sized recommendations for practitioners & policy makers planning/doing engagement work. #MonashHSCU Monash Public Health shorturl.at/gyFHW

📰 New ScienceDirect paper 📰 Addressing injecting related risks among people who inject both opioids & stimulants: Findings from an Australian survey of people who inject drugs ✍️ Theresa Caruana Tim Broady Dr Elena Cama Annie Madden (PhD) AO Carla Treloar

➡️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our next *online* seminar will be 19th April at 4pm with Thomas Norman from ARCSHS. Tom will be presenting his research on LGBTQ+ alcohol and drug consumption. Send us a message to be added to the event! …bstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

Explaining hermeneutic reviews to a student this afternoon, I remarked that Trisha Greenhalgh and Co had done a rather good one. The student replied, 'of course she has, I don't know why the rest of you bother'.

link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Our Cognitive training and remediation Delphi is among most-read #Addiction papers — thanks to all readers and hope it continues to make an impact. There will be a follow up regarding translation & implementation soon onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Sociology of Health and Illness Journal issue on the sociology of diagnosis just published. It includes articles on #covid , brain imaging, #psychiatric diagnoses, #cancer diagnoses & more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679566/2… Thanks Annemarie Jutel for inviting us to contribute, pleased to be included: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Lordy!

Love coming together as a team to plan, and have nuanced and reflective conversations! Value the different skills, perspectives and passions of our #MonashHSCU team

So sad to hear of the death of Peter Conrad, the major theorist of medicalization and much more. As we move even further into an age of biomanipulation of bodies and souls, his work will long remain a key point of orientation. legacy.com/us/obituaries/…

Save the date! The fantastic Australasian STS Network conference is BACK for 2024 on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, Canberra - CfP and detail to come

We are honoured to have A/Prof Valentina Lorenzetti (she/her) from Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre to speak to us about cannabis use and its effects on the 🧠

#NCYSUR24

The RANZCP is with Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President Hester Wilson
and Have you registered for RACP Congress? in asking for support towards a sustainable system for #opioid pharmacotherapy nationally

Opportunity to address longstanding issues with access, equity and geographical disparities- we are ready to work together

Well this is exciting. Check out my first first author paper using #NASS ambulance data to identify a vulnerable group often missed in the testing and treatment cascade for blood-borne viruses.