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Publications in Addictions

Pharmacology of Addiction

Williams, T., Daglish MR., Lingford-Hughes AR., Taylor, LG., Hammers, A., Brookes, DJ., Grasby P., Myles, J., Nutt, DJ. (2007). Brain opioid receptor binding in early abstinence from opioid dependence: Positron emission tomography study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191, 63-69.

Lingford-Hughes AR., Daglish MR., Stevenson BJ., Pandit SA., Wilson SJ., Myles, J.S., Grasby, P.M. & Nutt, D.J. (2006).Imaging alcohol cue exposure in alcohol dependence using a PET O-HO paradigm; results from a pilot study.Addiction Biology, 11, 107-15.

Croft, A.,Brooks, S.P., Cole, J. & Little, H.J. (2005). Social defeat increases alcohol preference of C57BL/10 strain mice; effect prevented by a CCKB antagonist. Psychopharmacology,183, 163-170.

Melichar J., Hume S., Williams T., Daglish M., Taylor, L., Ahmad R., Malizia A., Brooks D., Myles, J., Lingford-Hughes, A. & Nutt, D.(2005)Using [11C]-Diprenorphine to image opioid receptor occupancy by methadone in opioid addiction: clinical and preclinical studies.Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 312, 309-315.

Brooks S.P., Hennebry G., Croft A.P., Thomas A. & Little, H.J. (2004).Effects of corticosterone on place conditioning to ethanol.Psychopharmacology, 174, 291-299.

Daglish, M. R., Weinstein, A., Malizia, A. L., Wilson, S., Melichar, J. K., Lingford-Hughes, A., Myles, J.S., Grasby, P., Nutt, D. J.(2003)Functional connectivity analysis of the neural circuits of opiate craving: “more” rather than “different”?Neuroimage, 20,1964-1970.

Melichar, J., Myles, J.S., Ear, C .B. & Nutt, D. (2003).Using saccadic eye movements as objective measures of tolerance in methadone dependent individuals during the hydromorphone challenge test.Addiction Biology, 8, 59-66.

Brooks, S.P., Hennebry, G., McAlpin, G.P.R., Norman G. & Little, H.J. (2002).Nimodipine prevents the effects of ethanol in tests of memory.Neuropharmacology, 42, 577-585.

Bailey, C.P.,O'Callaghan, M.J., Croft, A.P., Manley, S.J. & Little, H.J. (2001).Alterations in mesolimbic dopamine function during the abstinence period following chronic ethanol consumption.Neuropharmacology, 41, 989-999.

Clark, A., Lindgren, S., Brooks, S.P., Watson, W.P. & Little, H.J. (2001).Chronic infusion of nicotine can increase operant self-administration of alcohol.Neuropharmacology, 41, 108-117.

Daglish, M., Weinstein, A., Malizia, A., Wilson, S., Melichar, J., Britten, S., Brewer, C., Lingford-Hughes, Myles, J.S., A., Grasby, P., Nutt, D.(2001).Regional cerebral blood flow changes elicited by craving memories in abstinent opiate-dependent individuals.American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 1680-1686.

O'Callaghan M.J., Croft A.P. & Little, H.J. (2001).Effects of intraperitoneal injections of saline on the alcohol and sucrose consumption of C57/BL10 mice. Psychopharmacology, 160, 206-212.

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Health Services and the Treatment of Addictions

Coulton, S., Drummond, C., James, D., Godfrey, C., Bland, J.M., Parrott, S., Peters, T.; on behalf of the Stepwice Research Team. (2006). Opportunistic screening for alcohol use disorders in primary care: a comparative study. British Medical Journal, 332, 511-517.

Abou-Saleh M.T., Rice, P. Foley, S. (2005). The provision of Hepatitis C testing, using the dried blood spot technique, to injecting drug users in specialised and community settings. Report to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse for England.

Schifano F, Corkery J, Gilvarry E, Deluca P, Oyefeso A, Ghodse AH. (2005).Buprenorphine mortality, seizures and prescription data in the UK, 1980-2002. Human Psychopharmacology, 20 (5), 343-348.

Abou-Saleh, M.T. (2004).Dual diagnosis of substance misuse and psychiatric disorders: a US-UK perspective. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 16, 1-2.

Cheeta, S., Schifano, F., Oyefeso, A., Webb, L. & Ghodse, A.H. (2004). Antidepressant-related deaths and antidepressant prescriptions in England and Wales, 1998-2000. British Journal of Psychiatry, 184, 41-47.

Crawford, M.J., Patton, R., Touquet, R., Drummond, C., Byford, S., Barrett, B., Reece, B., Brown, A., Henry, J.A. (2004). Screening and referral for brief intervention of alcohol misusing patients in an Accident and Emergency Department: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 364, 1334-1339.

McCloud, A., Barnaby, B., Omu, N., Drummond, C. & Aboud, A. (2004). The relationship between alcohol misuse and suicidality in a psychiatric population: findings from and inpatient prevalence study.British Journal of Psychiatry, 184, 439-445.

Barnaby, B., Drummond, D.C., McCloud, A., Omu, N. & Burns, T. (2003). Substance misuse in psychiatric inpatients: comparison of a screening questionnaire survey with case notes. British Medical Journal, 327, 783-784.

Farmer, R., Clancy, C., Oyefeso, A. & Rassool, G.H. (2002). Stress and work with substance misusers: the development and cross-validation of a new instrument to measure staff stress. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 9, 377-388.