Wayne Hall

TL;DR: This study failed to find evidence that brief advice and counselling without regular follow- up and reinforcement can sustain significant long-term reductions in drinking behaviour at 10-year follow-up.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess whether cannabis use in adolescents and young adults is a contributory cause of schizophreniform psychosis in that it may precipitate psychosis in vulnerable individuals, and assess evidence for the biological plausibility of such a causal relation.

TL;DR: There has been a statistically significant increase in opioid overdose mortality between 1979 and 1995, most of it occurring among persons who initiated heroin use in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

TL;DR: The direct and indirect costs associated with schizophrenia in Australia were calculated using the incidence approach and compared with similar costings of myocardial infarction in Australia and the United States to show that Australian support for research in schizophrenia is inadequate and quite out of proportion to the cost of schizophrenia to the community.

TL;DR: The increased availability and use of crystal methamphetamine have been associated with increased regular use and harms in Australia and the capacity of health services to provide care needs to be enhanced.