John Strang

Publication List Details

Period

1984 - 2007

Number

69

Co-Authors

3D Visual Presentation of Shoulder Joint Motion (2007)

Saara Totterman, Ph. D, Edmund Kwok, Jose Tamez-Pena, John Strang, ...

The 3D visual presentation of biodynamic events of human joints is a challenging task. Although the 3D reconstruction of high contrast structures from CT data has been widely explored, then there is...

Psychosocial interventions and opioid detoxification for drug misuse: summary of NICE guidance (2007)

Pilling, Stephen, Strang, John, Gerada, Clare

Drug misuse is an increasing problem that not only impairs the physical and mental health of people who misuse drugs but also negatively affects their families and wider society (for example, in its...

Methodology for the Randomised Injecting Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT): evaluating injectable methadone and injectable heroin treatment versus optimised oral methadone treatment in the UK (2006)

Lintzeris, Nicholas, Strang, John, Metrebian, Nicola, Byford, Sarah, Hallam, Christopher, Lee, Sally, ...

Abstract Whilst unsupervised injectable methadone and diamorphine treatment has been part of the British treatment system for decades, the numbers receiving injectable opioid treatment (IOT) has been...

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING DELIVERED BY YOUTH WORKERS IN REDUCING DRINKING, CIGARETTE AND CANNABIS SMOKING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL PILOT STUDY (2005)

GRAY, EMILY, MCCAMBRIDGE, JIM, STRANG, JOHN

Aim: To test whether a single session of Motivational Interviewing (MI) focussing on drinking alcohol, and cigarette and cannabis smoking, would successfully lead to reductions in use or problems....

Dying for heroin: the increasing opioid-related mortality in the Republic of Ireland, 1980-1999 (2005)

Kelleher, Michael J.A., Keown, Patrick J., O'Gara, Colin, Keaney, Francis, Farrell, Michael, Strang, John

Background: Over the past 20 years there has been a steady rise in mortality associated with opioid misuse in several Western countries. We aimed to examine trends in opioid-related mortality over a...

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING DELIVERED BY YOUTH WORKERS IN REDUCING DRINKING, CIGARETTE AND CANNABIS SMOKING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL PILOT STUDY (2005)

GRAY, EMILY, MCCAMBRIDGE, JIM, STRANG, JOHN

Aim: To test whether a single session of Motivational Interviewing (MI) focussing on drinking alcohol, and cigarette and cannabis smoking, would successfully lead to reductions in use or problems....

ENCOURAGING GP ALCOHOL INTERVENTION: PILOT STUDY OF CHANGE-ORIENTATED REFLECTIVE LISTENING (CORL) (2004)

McCambridge, Jim, Platts, Simon, Whooley, David, Strang, John

Aims: To test the feasibility of delivery and potential value of a brief motivational enhancement intervention targeting GPs in relation to alcohol as a public health issue, and to compare data...

IS ATTENDANCE AT ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS AFTER INPATIENT TREATMENT RELATED TO IMPROVED OUTCOMES? A 6-MONTH FOLLOW-UP STUDY (2003)

Gossop, Michael, Harris, Jennifer, Best, David, Man, Lan-Ho, Manning, Victoria, Marshall, Jane, ...

Aims: This study investigates the relationship between attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings prior to, during, and after leaving treatment, and changes in clinical outcome following...

Opportunities and Obstacles for Effective Treatment of Drug Misusers in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales (2002)

Kothari, Gemma, Marsden, John, Strang, John

UK government policy on drug misuse focuses on the identification and treatment of drug misusers within the criminal justice system (CJS). This review examines the elements of this policy commitment...

UNPLANNED VERSUS PLANNED DISCHARGES FROM IN-PATIENT ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATION: RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 470 FIRST-EPISODE ADMISSIONS (2002)

Martínez-Raga, José, Marshall, E. Jane, Keaney, Francis, Ball, David, Strang, John

— Failure to complete treatment during alcohol detoxification is a major complication of effective clinical management. We determined the socio-demographic characteristics, the pattern of alcohol...

Understanding reasons for drug use amongst young people: a functional perspective (2001)

Boys, Annabel, Marsden, John, Strang, John

This study uses a functional perspective to examine the reasons young people cite for using psychoactive substances. The study sample comprised 364 young poly-drug users recruited using...

Crime and Expenditure amongst Polydrug Misusers Seeking Treatment : The Connection between Prescribed Methadone and Crack Use, and Criminal Involvement (2001)

Best, David, Sidwell, Clare, Gossop, Michael, Harris, Jenny, Strang, John

The study investigates patterns of criminal activity and drug use in a cohort of 100 new entrants to a drug treatment service in south London. While 78 subjects reported heroin use in the month prior...

A DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF LOFEXIDINE IN ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL: LOFEXIDINE IS NOT A USEFUL ADJUNCT TO CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE (2001)

Keaney, Francis, Strang, John, Gossop, Michael, Marshall, E. Jane, Farrell, Michael, Welch, Sarah, ...

— Lofexidine is an alpha-adrenoceptor agonist which has proved useful in opiate withdrawal and which, through its attenuation of noradrenergic activity, might be a valuable adjunct in the...

Assessment of a Concentrated, High-Profile Police Operation. No Discernible Impact on Drug Availability, Price or Purity (2001)

Best, David, Strang, John, Beswick, Tracy, Gossop, Michael

Two weeks after the start of a major police initiative targeting drug dealing in London (described by the Metropolitan Police as a ‘spectacular success’), 174 street drug users were interviewed...

Health care professionals referred for treatment of alcohol and drug problems (2001)

Gossop, Michael, Stephens, Sue, Stewart, Duncan, Marshall, Jane, Bearn, Jennifer, Strang, John

— This study reports on 62 health care professionals referred to a specialist drug and alcohol treatment service. Most patients used more than one type of substance. Health problems were common,...

Heroin overdose: the case for take-home naloxone - home based supplies of naloxone would save lives (1996)

Strang, John, Darke, Shane, Hall, Wayne, Farrell, Michael, Ali, Robert

Home based supplies of naloxone would save lives Non-fatal overdose is an occupational risk of heroin misuse1 and fatal overdose is a common cause of premature death in heroin users.2 3 4 One of the...

Unix práctico (1995)

Todino, Grace, Strang, John, Peek, Jerry

Traducción de: Learning the Unix operating system

The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS): psychometric properties of the SDS in English and Austrian samples of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users (1995)

Gossop, Michael, Darke, Shane, Griffiths, Paul, Hando, Julie, Powis, Beverly, Hall, Wayne, ...

The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) was devised to provide a short, easily administered scab which can be used to measure the degree of dependence experienced by users of different types of drugs....

Methadone maintenance treatment (Letters) (1995)

Mattick, Richard, Hall, Wayne, Ward, Jeff, Farrell, Michael, Gossop, Michael, Strang, John, ...

EDITOR,--Our review of methadone maintenance treatment1 elicited a range of views.2 Wolfgang Poser and colleagues correctly comment that methadone treatment protects against death due to an overdose...

Cannabis use and the GP: brief motivational intervention increases clinical enquiry by GPs in a pilot study.

McCambridge, Jim, Strang, John, Platts, Simon, Witton, John

This preliminary test of a brief intervention designed to stimulate GP incorporation of cannabis enquiry was followed up after 2-3 months. Intervention comprised face-to-face discussion based on...

Methodology for the Randomised Injecting Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT): evaluating injectable methadone and injectable heroin treatment versus optimised oral methadone treatment in the UK

Lintzeris, Nicholas, Strang, John, Metrebian, Nicola, Byford, Sarah, Hallam, Christopher, Lee, Sally, ...

Whilst unsupervised injectable methadone and diamorphine treatment has been part of the British treatment system for decades, the numbers receiving injectable opioid treatment (IOT) has been steadily...

Cannabis use and the GP: brief motivational intervention increases clinical enquiry by GPs in a pilot study.

McCambridge, Jim, Strang, John, Platts, Simon, Witton, John

This preliminary test of a brief intervention designed to stimulate GP incorporation of cannabis enquiry was followed up after 2-3 months. Intervention comprised face-to-face discussion based on...

Methodology for the Randomised Injecting Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT): evaluating injectable methadone and injectable heroin treatment versus optimised oral methadone treatment in the UK

Lintzeris, Nicholas, Strang, John, Metrebian, Nicola, Byford, Sarah, Hallam, Christopher, Lee, Sally, ...

Whilst unsupervised injectable methadone and diamorphine treatment has been part of the British treatment system for decades, the numbers receiving injectable opioid treatment (IOT) has been steadily...

Heroin-assisted Treatment (HAT) a Decade Later: A Brief Update on Science and Politics

Fischer, Benedikt, Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia, Blanken, Peter, Haasen, Christian, Rehm, Jürgen, Schechter, Martin T., ...

Since the initial Swiss heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) study conducted in the mid-1990s, several other jurisdictions in Europe and North America have implemented HAT trials. All of these studies...