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Tony Butler
Researcher at University of New South Wales
Publications - 226
Citations - 5471
Tony Butler is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Prison. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 208 publications receiving 4788 citations. Previous affiliations of Tony Butler include Kirby Institute & Ministry of Health (New South Wales).
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Mortality among clients of a state-wide opioid pharmacotherapy program over 20 years: risk factors and lives saved.
TL;DR: Mortality among treatment-seeking opioid-dependent persons is dynamic across time, patient and treatment variables, and despite periods of elevated risk, this large-scale provision of pharmacotherapy is estimated to have resulted in significant reductions in mortality.
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Mental disorders in Australian prisoners: A comparison with a community sample.
TL;DR: An overrepresentation of psychiatric morbidity in the prisoner population is found, and the causes of this excess requires further investigation.
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The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison: retrospective data linkage study
Louisa Degenhardt,Sarah Larney,Sarah Larney,Jo Kimber,Jo Kimber,Natasa Gisev,Michael Farrell,Timothy Dobbins,Don Weatherburn,Amy Gibson,Richard P. Mattick,Tony Butler,Lucy Burns +12 more
TL;DR: In New South Wales, Australia, opioid substitution therapy in prison and post-release appears to reduce mortality risk in the immediate post- release period.
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Extreme cause-specific mortality in a cohort of adult prisoners—1988 to 2002: a data-linkage study
Azar Kariminia,Tony Butler,Simon P. Corben,Michael Levy,Luke Grant,John M. Kaldor,Matthew Law +6 more
TL;DR: Mortality of male and female offenders was far greater than expected for all major causes, especially deaths caused by drug overdose, and there remains an overwhelming need for enhanced responses to mental health and drug problems for people who have been in prison.
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Mortality among homeless people with schizophrenia in Sydney, Australia: a 10-year follow-up.
TL;DR: The aims were to describe deaths in a cohort of homeless people compared to the general population and to compare deaths among the individuals with schizophrenia to those without schizophrenia.