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Links between mental health and illicit drugs

• Alerting the community to the link between illicit drugs and mental illness : developmental research : qualitative and quantitative research report (PDF 588kB)
  Steve Cook, Kylie Miller and Victoria Parr, Australian Government. Department of Health and Ageing, 2007
• Does cannabis use lead to mental-health problems? : findings from the research (PDF 119kB)
  Luke Buckmaster and Matthew Thomas, Parliamentary Library, 2007
• Dual diagnosis support kit
  NSW Department of Community Services, 2006
• Mind the gap : the National Illicit Drug Strategy (NIDS) project to improve support for children from families where there are mental illness and substance abuse (misa) issues : literature review (PDF 186kB)
  Michelle Hegarty, Mental Health Co-ordinating Council and NSW Department of Community Services, 2004

Recent publications

• Police interviews with vulnerable adult suspects
  13 July 2011
• Court-based mental health diversion programs
  03 June 2011
• Mental health, abuse, drug use and crime: does gender matter?
  11 November 2009
• Mental disorders and incarceration history
  28 January 2009
• Schizophrenia and offending: area of residence and the impact of social disorganisation and urbanicity
  04 November 2008
• The identification of mental disorders in the criminal justice system
  04 March 2007
• Mental health and drug dependency amongst police detainees
  19 July 2005
• Risk assessment by mental health professionals and the prevention of future violent behaviour
  04 July 2004
• Mental disorder and homicide in Australia
  04 November 1999
• Intellectual disability and criminal victimisation
  04 September 1996

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