Tim Millar
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6164432 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Tim Millar |
| NOMBRES | Tim |
| APELLIDO | Millar |
| FIRMA | MILLAR T |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4630-2357 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1986 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Lived experience of avoidable healthcare harm in prisons in England
The Optimus International Consensus Guidance for Monitoring User-Reported Outcomes of Opioid Maintenance Treatment
Opioid use disorder is a major cause of drug-related harm and mortality. These can be reduced by expanded access to evidence-based and highly effective opioid agonist maintenance treatment or therapy (OMT). There is a lack of consensus on how to assess opioid use disorder treatment outcomes, and key health outcomes are often omitted. We report the results of a Delphi study to produce service user- and public health–centred international consensus…
Trends in young people accessing English alcohol treatment services
Despite the overall reduction in the number of young people accessing alcohol treatment between 2014/15 and 2022/23, it will be necessary to monitor whether this decreasing trend continues, especially among those young people with the most severe alcohol treatment needs. Further research is required to determine to what extent this reduction in treatment numbers is due to reduced treatment capacity rather than changes in treatment need
Healthcare utilisation and associated costs for methadone versus buprenorphine recipients
Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment Outcomes—The Optimus International Consensus Towards Evidence-Based and Patient-Centred Care, an Interim Report
Non-medical opioid use is a major public health concern causing high mortality. While opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OMT) is a key life-saving intervention, there is (a) no international consensus on opioid treatment outcomes and (b) few opioid treatment outcome studies include key (public) health outcomes, such as overdose or HIV/hepatitis C. We report the rationale and study protocol for, and preliminary results of, an ongoing internatio…
The shift from face-to-face to remote care during the Covid-19 pandemic
The provision of publicly funded UK drug and alcohol services moved from a predominantly face-to-face to a remote care model in response to COVID-19. This major natural experiment can inform policy and practice in service delivery. The self-reported experiences of N = 2723 receiving remotely provided services during the pandemic were collected via an anonymous online survey. The survey was available for completion June to November 2020. Cross-sec…
Effect of initiating drug treatment on the risk of drug-related poisoning death and acquisitive crime among offending heroin users
For heroin-using offenders, initial contact with treatment services does not appear to reduce the likelihood of a future acquisitive offence
Ageing opioid users’ increased risk of methadone-specific death in the UK
International testing and explanation are needed of UK's sharp age-related increase in the risk of methadone-specific death. Clients should be alerted that their risk of methadone-specific death increases as they age
Pathways through opiate use and offending
Confounding in longitudinal studies in addiction treatment research
Background: The effectiveness of treatment for people with substance use disorders is usually examined using longitudinal cohorts. In these studies, treatment is often considered as a time-varying exposure. The aim of this commentary is to examine confounding in this context, when the confounding variable is time-invariant and when it is time-varying. Method: Types of confounding are described with examples and illustrated using path diagrams. Si…
Changing Adolescence
The general well-being of British adolescents has been the topic of considerable debate in recent years, but too often this is based on myth rather than fact. Are today's young people more stressed, anxious, distressed or antisocial than they used to be? What does research evidence tell us about the adolescent experience today and how it has changed over time? And how do trends in adolescent well-being since the 1970s relate to changes in educati…
Changing Adolescence
Glossary of terms relating to capture–recapture methods
This glossary provides basic definitions for terms that have a specific meaning in the application of the capture–recapture methodology, particularly with respect to standard techniques for the application of log linear models to multiple lists. In epidemiology, capture–recapture is used for prevalence estimation. It is intended that, as well as being a central point of reference for terms used in the capture–recapture methodology, this glossary …
How well do trends in incidence of heroin use reflect hypothesised trends in prevalence of problem drug use in the North West of England
This study investigates whether hypotheses about trends in the prevalence of problem drug use (PDU), prompted by capture--recapture based age-specific prevalence estimates, are corroborated by estimates of trends in incidence. Lag correction techniques were used to provide incidence estimates adjusted for the time-lag between onset of drug use and its first recorded treatment for heroin users seeking treatment in three areas of North West England…
Capture-recapture estimates of problem drug use and the use of simulation based confidence intervals in a stratified analysis
Study objective: To establish the prevalence of problem drug use in the 10 local authorities within the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester between April 2000 and March 2001. Setting and participants: Problem drug users aged 16–54 resident within Greater Manchester who attended community based statutory drug treatment agencies, were in contact with general practitioners, were assessed by arrest referral workers, were in contact with the pro…
The dynamics of heroin use; implications for intervention
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To use a readily available dataset to detect periods of epidemic change and to examine the progression of heroin epidemics in different geographical areas. To consider the implications of epidemic change for strategies to tackle drug misuse. DESIGN: Comparison of trends in new treatment demand, observed incidence, and age specific population rates for treated heroin users in two geographical areas. PARTICIPANTS: Heroin users reco…
Cocaine misuse treatment in England
Validation of the University of Manchester Drug Misuse Database
OBJECTIVE: The study was conducted to assess the validity and quality of data held by one of the UK regional drug misuse databases (DMD). DESIGN: The research was multi-centred and used retrospective analysis to assess the validity of data held on the database. SETTING: The Regional Database is managed at the University of Manchester Drug Misuse Research Unit and uses data returned by medical and non-medical services within the UK's former North …
Time diary sampling of daily activity and intrinsic motivation in unemployed young adults
The dynamics of heroin use; implications for intervention
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To use a readily available dataset to detect periods of epidemic change and to examine the progression of heroin epidemics in different geographical areas. To consider the implications of epidemic change for strategies to tackle drug misuse. DESIGN: Comparison of trends in new treatment demand, observed incidence, and age specific population rates for treated heroin users in two geographical areas. PARTICIPANTS: Heroin users reco…
Time diary sampling of daily activity and intrinsic motivation in unemployed young adults
Time diary sampling of daily activity and intrinsic motivation in unemployed young adults
Validation of the University of Manchester Drug Misuse Database
OBJECTIVE: The study was conducted to assess the validity and quality of data held by one of the UK regional drug misuse databases (DMD). DESIGN: The research was multi-centred and used retrospective analysis to assess the validity of data held on the database. SETTING: The Regional Database is managed at the University of Manchester Drug Misuse Research Unit and uses data returned by medical and non-medical services within the UK's former North …
Cocaine misuse treatment in England
The dynamics of heroin use; implications for intervention
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To use a readily available dataset to detect periods of epidemic change and to examine the progression of heroin epidemics in different geographical areas. To consider the implications of epidemic change for strategies to tackle drug misuse. DESIGN: Comparison of trends in new treatment demand, observed incidence, and age specific population rates for treated heroin users in two geographical areas. PARTICIPANTS: Heroin users reco…
Capture-recapture estimates of problem drug use and the use of simulation based confidence intervals in a stratified analysis
Study objective: To establish the prevalence of problem drug use in the 10 local authorities within the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester between April 2000 and March 2001. Setting and participants: Problem drug users aged 16–54 resident within Greater Manchester who attended community based statutory drug treatment agencies, were in contact with general practitioners, were assessed by arrest referral workers, were in contact with the pro…
How well do trends in incidence of heroin use reflect hypothesised trends in prevalence of problem drug use in the North West of England
This study investigates whether hypotheses about trends in the prevalence of problem drug use (PDU), prompted by capture--recapture based age-specific prevalence estimates, are corroborated by estimates of trends in incidence. Lag correction techniques were used to provide incidence estimates adjusted for the time-lag between onset of drug use and its first recorded treatment for heroin users seeking treatment in three areas of North West England…
Glossary of terms relating to capture–recapture methods
This glossary provides basic definitions for terms that have a specific meaning in the application of the capture–recapture methodology, particularly with respect to standard techniques for the application of log linear models to multiple lists. In epidemiology, capture–recapture is used for prevalence estimation. It is intended that, as well as being a central point of reference for terms used in the capture–recapture methodology, this glossary …
Changing Adolescence
The general well-being of British adolescents has been the topic of considerable debate in recent years, but too often this is based on myth rather than fact. Are today's young people more stressed, anxious, distressed or antisocial than they used to be? What does research evidence tell us about the adolescent experience today and how it has changed over time? And how do trends in adolescent well-being since the 1970s relate to changes in educati…
Changing Adolescence
Confounding in longitudinal studies in addiction treatment research
Background: The effectiveness of treatment for people with substance use disorders is usually examined using longitudinal cohorts. In these studies, treatment is often considered as a time-varying exposure. The aim of this commentary is to examine confounding in this context, when the confounding variable is time-invariant and when it is time-varying. Method: Types of confounding are described with examples and illustrated using path diagrams. Si…
Pathways through opiate use and offending
Effect of initiating drug treatment on the risk of drug-related poisoning death and acquisitive crime among offending heroin users
For heroin-using offenders, initial contact with treatment services does not appear to reduce the likelihood of a future acquisitive offence
Ageing opioid users’ increased risk of methadone-specific death in the UK
International testing and explanation are needed of UK's sharp age-related increase in the risk of methadone-specific death. Clients should be alerted that their risk of methadone-specific death increases as they age
The shift from face-to-face to remote care during the Covid-19 pandemic
The provision of publicly funded UK drug and alcohol services moved from a predominantly face-to-face to a remote care model in response to COVID-19. This major natural experiment can inform policy and practice in service delivery. The self-reported experiences of N = 2723 receiving remotely provided services during the pandemic were collected via an anonymous online survey. The survey was available for completion June to November 2020. Cross-sec…
Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment Outcomes—The Optimus International Consensus Towards Evidence-Based and Patient-Centred Care, an Interim Report
Non-medical opioid use is a major public health concern causing high mortality. While opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OMT) is a key life-saving intervention, there is (a) no international consensus on opioid treatment outcomes and (b) few opioid treatment outcome studies include key (public) health outcomes, such as overdose or HIV/hepatitis C. We report the rationale and study protocol for, and preliminary results of, an ongoing internatio…
Healthcare utilisation and associated costs for methadone versus buprenorphine recipients
The Optimus International Consensus Guidance for Monitoring User-Reported Outcomes of Opioid Maintenance Treatment
Opioid use disorder is a major cause of drug-related harm and mortality. These can be reduced by expanded access to evidence-based and highly effective opioid agonist maintenance treatment or therapy (OMT). There is a lack of consensus on how to assess opioid use disorder treatment outcomes, and key health outcomes are often omitted. We report the results of a Delphi study to produce service user- and public health–centred international consensus…
Trends in young people accessing English alcohol treatment services
Despite the overall reduction in the number of young people accessing alcohol treatment between 2014/15 and 2022/23, it will be necessary to monitor whether this decreasing trend continues, especially among those young people with the most severe alcohol treatment needs. Further research is required to determine to what extent this reduction in treatment numbers is due to reduced treatment capacity rather than changes in treatment need
Lived experience of avoidable healthcare harm in prisons in England
Medicine (14 obras) · Psychiatry (9 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (8 obras) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (7 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Drug (5 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (5 obras) · Population (5 obras) · Census and Population Estimation (4 obras)