Publications

Mdege ND and Lang J. Screening instruments for detecting illicit drug use/abuse that could be useful in general hospital wards: A systematic review. Addictive Behaviors 2011, 36: 1111-1119
Mdege ND, Watson J. Predictors of study setting (primary care vs. hospital setting) among studies of the effectiveness of brief interventions among heavy alcohol users: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Review 2013
Sweetman, J., Raistrick, D., Mdege, N. D., & Crosby, H. A systematic review of substance misuse assessment packages. Drug and Alcohol Review 2013
Mdege ND, Fayter D, Watson JM, Stirk L, Sowden A, Godfrey C. Interventions for reducing alcohol consumption among general hospital inpatient heavy alcohol users: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2013
Watson JM, Fayter D, Mdege N, Stirk L, Sowden AJ, Godfrey C. Interventions for alcohol and drug problems in outpatient settings: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Review 2013
Watson J, Tober G, Raistrick D, Mdege N, Dale V, Crosby C, Godfrey C, Lloyd C, Toner P, Parrott S. An alcohol focused intervention versus a healthy living intervention for problem drinkers identified in a general hospital setting (ADAPTA): study protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial. Trials 2013; 14:117
Adejoke Obirenjeyi Oluyase, Duncan Raistrick, Yasir Abbasi, Veronica Dale, Charlie Lloyd, (2013) "A study of the psychotropic prescriptions of people attending an addiction service in England", Advances in Dual Diagnosis, Vol. 6 Iss: 2; 54-65
Rumball K, Tober G. Modification of a traditional motivational interviewing-based brief intervention training for hospital staff: The approach and refer method. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 2013; Vol 20; no 5; 417-424
Tober G, Raistrick D, Crosby HF, Sweetman J, Unsworth S, Suna L, Copello A. Co-producing addiction aftercare. Drugs and Alcohol Today 2013: 13 (4); 225-233
Mdege ND, Raistrick D. and Johnson G. Medical specialists' views on the impact of reducing alcohol consumption on prognosis of, and risk of, hospital admission due to specific medical conditions: results from a Delphi survey. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2014; 20: 100–110. doi: 10.1111/jep.12092
Raistrick D, Tober G, and Unsworth S. Attitudes of healthcare professionals in a general hospital to patients with substance misuse disorders. Journal of Substance Use. 2014. doi: 10.3109/14659891.2013.878763
Raistrick D, Tober G, Sweetman J, Unsworth S, Crosby H and Evans T. Measuring clinically significant outcomes – LDQ, CORE-10 and SSQ as dimension measures of addiction. Psychiatric Bulletin. 2014; doi: 10.1192/pb.bp.112.041301