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John B. Saunders

Researcher at University of Queensland

Publications -  254
Citations -  31811

John B. Saunders is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brief intervention & Alcohol dependence. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 248 publications receiving 28512 citations. Previous affiliations of John B. Saunders include Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & University of Birmingham.

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Contrasting views and experiences of health professionals on the management of comorbid substance misuse and mental disorders.

TL;DR: A wide range of problems for the management of comorbid disorders were identified and many may be addressed by closer liaison between existing services, while solution of some problems will require resource allocation.
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The Australian National Workplace Health Project: design and baseline findings.

TL;DR: Although participants were randomized by worksite, intervention and control conditions were similar at baseline for the primary outcomes, except that a higher proportion of the sociobehavioral intervention condition was more physically active than the corresponding control condition.
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Religious beliefs and practice, and alcohol use in thai men

TL;DR: No protective association was shown between early religious life and later alcohol use disorders in Thai men; indeed, having lived as a boy in a temple for a period was commoner in those with adult alcohol problems.
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Attitudes and beliefs of staff working in methadone maintenance clinics

TL;DR: Two attitudinal scales measuring commitment to abstinence-oriented treatment policies and disapproval of illicit drug use were derived from a survey of 90 staff working in public methadone maintenance clinics in Sydney, Australia and were shown to be valid constructs by confirmatory factor analysis and to be internally reliable and to have high test-retest reliability.
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Does naltrexone treatment lead to depression? Findings from a randomized controlled trial in subjects with opioid dependence

TL;DR: It is suggested that depression need not be considered a common adverse effect of naltrexone treatment or a treatment contraindication and that engaging with or adhering to nalt Rexone treatment may be associated with fewer depressive symptoms.