All-cause mortality rate of people in treatment for substance use disorders in Belgium: A register-based cohort study

L. VAN BAELEN ; J. ANTOINE ; K. DE RIDDER ; E. PLETTINCKX ; L. GREMEAUX | 2019
Dans Journal of Substance Use (Vol.24, n°5, October 2019) Article : Périodique

Background: The objective of the current paper is to estimate the all-cause mortality rates for people who have been in treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) in Belgium. Methods: Data from the national register of people who were in treat[...]

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Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium based on a capture-recapture and multiplier method

E. PLETTINCKX ; F. W. CRAWFORD ; J. ANTOINE ; L. GREMEAUX ; L. VAN BAELEN | 2021
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.219, February 2021) Article : Périodique

Background: For Belgium, available estimates of the number of people who inject drugs (PWID) are based on data from more than fifteen years ago and apply only to those who report ever injecting drugs. As a result, no reliable baseline data exist[...]

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Prevalence of drug use before and during imprisonment in seven European countries (2014-2018)

L. MONTANARI ; L. ROYUELA ; S. MAZZILLI ; L. VANDAM ; E. ALVAREZ ; N. LLORENS ; L. CARAPINHA ; K. GROHMANNOVA ; L. ISAJEVA ; L. IGNATAVICIUTE ; I. KVATERNIK ; J. SIEROSLAWSKI ; A. MALCZEWSKI ; E. PLETTINCKX ; R. SENDINO ; A. TORRES ; I. YASEMI ; L. TAVOSCHI ; V. MRAVCIK | 2024
Dans Journal of Community Psychology (Vol.52, n°8, November 2024) Article : Périodique

Substance use is a global phenomenon that is particularly affecting the prison population. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of drug use among people in prison before and during incarceration in seven European countries and to compare [...]

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Prevalence of HCV among people who inject drugs in Brussels - a respondent-driven sampling survey

L. VAN BAELEN ; E. PLETTINCKX ; J. ANTOINE ; L. GREMEAUX | 2020
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.17, 2020) Article : Périodique

Background: In Belgium, people who inject drugs (PWID) are at a high risk of being infected by hepatitis C (HCV) as injecting drug use is the main mode for transmission of HCV in Europe. Estimates about the number of people living with HCV in Be[...]

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Which drugs of choice are on the rise or in decline? A trend analysis of Belgium’s treatment settings (2015-2019)

J. ANTOINE ; M. HOGGE ; E. DE DONDER ; G. VERSTUYF ; E. PLETTINCKX ; L. GREMEAUX | 2022
Dans Drugs, Habits and Social Policy (Vol.23, n°2, 2022) Article : Périodique

Purpose: The opioid epidemic in the USA, the new psychoactive substances emerging on the market and the recent increase in cocaine treatment demands in Western Europe, all emphasise the importance of monitoring the use and harms of drugs over ti[...]

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