27 Jun 2024
Illicit Drugs Reporting System (IDRS):
Trends in mental health problems and mental health treatment attendance among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2019-2023.
Trends in mental health problems and mental health treatment attendance among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2019-2023.
27 Jun 2024
Illicit drug reporting system
Natalie Thomas, Jerissa McLachlan, Jennifer Juckel, Catherine Daly and Caroline Salom
The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) is a national drug monitoring system intended to identify emerging trends of local and national concern in illicit drug markets. It forms part of Drug Trends. The aim of this bulletin is to explore trends in mental health and factors associated with mental health treatment attendance among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs recruited from all Australian capital cities in 2019-2023.