Rangahau – Te Whare Waranga ā-Motu
Alcohol
- Outcomes of co-existing mental health problems in people with alcohol use disorder (Foulds, Sellman, Adamson)
- The role of antidepressants in treating depression among people who are drinking heavily (Foulds, Sellman)
- Alcohol-related emergency department attendances: where do people obtain and consume alcohol before coming to ED? (Foulds)
- Controlled drinking, goal selection, and treatment outcome (Adamson, Sellman)
- Alcohol (and other drug) law reform (Sellman)
Methamphetamine
- Systematic reviews of psychosis and violence outcomes among methamphetamine users (collaboration with Monash University and Curtin University) (Foulds)
Cannabis
- Screening for Cannabis Misuse: The Cannabis Use Disorders Test-Revised (CUDIT-R) development, revision, translation into different languages, clinical applications (Adamson)
Opioids
- Opioid substitution treatment (Adamson, Sellman)
Addictive Behaviours
- Addictive overeating (Sellman)
- Pornography addiction (Adamson)
- Compulsive exercise (Jordan)
Genetics
- Antidepressant side effects and their relationship to personality, health anxiety and alcohol use (Foulds, Sellman)
- Genetic differences in response to addiction pharmacotherapies (Foulds)
Personality and addiction
- The role of personality variables as a risk factor for substance use disorder (Foulds)
- Personality as a predictor of treatment outcomes in people with substance use disorder (Foulds, Sellman, Adamson)
Medications and addiction
- Prevalence of prescribed medication use in people with substance use disorder (Foulds, Sellman)
- Benefits versus harms of medications in people with substance use disorder (collaboration with Monash University, Victoria) (Foulds)
- Phentermine prescribing for food addiction and obesity (Sellman)
Mental health and substance use in offender populations
- New Zealand Forensic Mental Health Research Network (collaboration with Auckland University): identifying unmet need for mental health and addiction treatment among remand prisoners (Foulds)
- Personality, substance use and offending outcomes (Foulds)
Youth and addiction treatment
- Youth treatment retention and outcomes (Sellman)