Detection, Evaluation, and Diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorders

Australian school‐based prevention programs for alcohol and other drugs: A systematic review

“…A potential limitation of the trials reviewed in the present study is that outcome measures relied solely on student self‐report. However, studies have found the self‐report of behaviours such as substance use among adolescents is highly consistent with behavioural observations [39].…”

A systematic review of school‐based alcohol and other drug prevention programs facilitated by computers or the Internet

“…A potential limitation of the present study is that the trials included in the review relied solely on student self‐report. However, studies have found the self‐report of behaviours such as substance use among adolescents is highly consistent with behavioural observations, as long as confidentiality and anonymity is assured . A further limitation is the small number of studies included in the review, differences in outcome measures assessed and the unavailability of data to calculate effect sizes for three of the identified programs.…”

A Narrative Review of Psychological Cannabis Use Treatments with And Without Pharmaceutical Adjunct

“…The important minority of cannabis users seeking treatment are presented with many options. In Australia, cannabis-using individuals are most likely to consult a mental health professional or general practitioner (GP) for their cannabis use problems rather than a specialist provider with no significant differences in this pattern between demographic characteristics such as sex, age and socioeconomic status (26). As specialist providers are not commonly sought, it is of interest to determine GPs' ability to treat cannabis use.…”

“…Reports suggest that only between one in ten to just over one in three individuals with CUD will go on to access treatment in the US and Australia (24)(25)(26). More recent estimates are available from the US where, in 2013, 2.9% of the population of persons aged at least 12 years needed treatment for an illicit drug use problem (7.6 million people) and only one in five of this group (19.5%) received treatment at a specialist facility in the past year (2).…”