[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with suicide in people who use drugs: a scoping review

J Devin, S Lyons, L Murphy, M O'Sullivan, E Lynn - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background Suicide is a significant contributor to global mortality. People who use drugs
(PWUD) are at increased risk of death by suicide relative to the general population, but there …

Mortality among people with opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Bahji, B Cheng, S Gray, H Stuart - Journal of addiction medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohorts of people with OUD involving illicit
opioids with data on all-cause or overdose-specific mortality. Setting and Participants: Of …

Changes in US lifetime heroin use and heroin use disorder: prevalence from the 2001-2002 to 2012-2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related …

SS Martins, A Sarvet, J Santaella-Tenorio… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Heroin use is an urgent concern in the United States. Little is know about the
course of heroin use, heroin use disorder, and associated factors. Objective To examine …

Rates, characteristics and circumstances of methamphetamine‐related death in Australia: a national 7‐year study

S Darke, S Kaye, J Duflou - Addiction, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To (1) assess trends in the number and mortality rates of methamphetamine‐related
death in Australia, 2009–15;(2) assess the characteristics and the cause, manner and …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and predictors of heroin use, remission, and psychiatric health among people with heroin dependence: Key findings from the 18–20-year follow-up of …

C Marel, J Wilson, S Darke, J Ross, T Slade… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This study aimed to investigate the long-term patterns and predictors of heroin use,
dependence, and psychiatric health over 18–20 years among a cohort of Australians with …

A descriptive coronial study of heroin toxicity deaths in Australia, 2020–2022: Characteristics, toxicology and survival times

S Darke, J Duflou, A Peacock, M Farrell, J Lappin - Addiction, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Mortality rates among people who use heroin are estimated to be 15
times that of the general population. The study aimed to determine (1) the case …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

S Larney, M Hickman, R Guy, J Grebely, GJ Dore… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform …

Rates, characteristics and toxicology of cocaine‐related deaths in Australia, 2000–2021

S Darke, J Duflou, A Peacock, A Chrzanowska… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To (i) assess the population mortality rates of cocaine‐related deaths in Australia, 2000
to 2021;(ii) determine the circumstances of death and case characteristics; and (iii) …

Trajectories of heroin use: 10–11‐year findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study

M Teesson, C Marel, S Darke, J Ross, T Slade… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To identify trajectories of heroin use in Australia, predictors of trajectory group
membership and subsequent outcomes among people with heroin dependence over 10–11 …

Causes of death and expected years of life lost among treated opioid-dependent individuals in the United States and Taiwan

KC Chang, JD Wang, A Saxon, AG Matthews… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aims This study compared the cause-specific standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and
expected years of life lost (EYLL) among opioid-dependent individuals in the United States …