Publications by authors named "Catherine Silsbury"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how treatment for cannabis dependence affects common issues like mood, sleep, and pain in patients.
- It involves a trial with 128 participants using a cannabis agonist and measuring changes in depression, anxiety, insomnia, and pain over 24 weeks.
- Results show that while cannabis treatment helps reduce cannabis use and improves comorbid symptoms, the specific medication type or additional counseling sessions did not significantly impact those improvements.
Understanding an emerging treatment population: Protocol for and baseline characteristics of a prospective cohort of people receiving treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependence.
Drug Alcohol Rev
November 2018
Introduction And Aims: Despite large increases in pharmaceutical opioid dependence and related mortality, few studies have focused on the characteristics and treatment experiences of those with pharmaceutical opioid dependence. We describe the formation of a prospective cohort of people receiving treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependence and describe their baseline characteristics.
Design And Methods: People who had entered treatment for pharmaceutical opioid dependence (n = 108) were recruited through drug treatment services in New South Wales, Australia.
Addressing adolescent substance use in a paediatric health-care setting.
J Paediatr Child Health
September 2014
Aim: The aim of this study is to review the operation of a specialist adolescent drug and alcohol consultation liaison service in a tertiary paediatric hospital.
Method: A retrospective review of patient records was conducted to identify patient characteristics and assess service utilisation.
Results: Two hundred adolescents were referred over 4 years.