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Benedikt Fischer

Benedikt Fischer

Federal University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Psychiatry

Benedikt Fischer spends much of his time researching Psychiatry, Environmental health, Psychological intervention, Public health and Medical prescription. His study on Methadone maintenance, Heroin, Use Heroin and Substance abuse is often connected to Opioid use as part of broader study in Psychiatry. His work deals with themes such as Law enforcement, Health care and Cannabis, which intersect with Environmental health.

Benedikt Fischer interconnects Pharmacy, Modalities and PsycINFO in the investigation of issues within Psychological intervention. The study incorporates disciplines such as Mental health and Evidence-based medicine, MEDLINE in addition to Public health. His study explores the link between Harm reduction and topics such as Politics that cross with problems in Public relations.

His most cited work include:

  • Drug Policy and the Public Good (201 citations)
  • Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate (187 citations)
  • Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions (176 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Psychiatry, Public health, Environmental health, Psychological intervention and Cannabis. His Public health research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Medical prescription, Demography, Epidemiology and Substance abuse. His Epidemiology study combines topics in areas such as Genotype and Hepatitis C virus.

His Environmental health research includes themes of Occupational safety and health and Harm. Benedikt Fischer has researched Psychological intervention in several fields, including Family medicine, Mental health and Clinical psychology. His Cannabis study incorporates themes from Legalization, Public opinion and MEDLINE.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (61.97%)
  • Public health (55.25%)
  • Environmental health (42.02%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Public health (55.25%)
  • Environmental health (42.02%)
  • Cannabis (32.14%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Public health, Environmental health, Cannabis, Epidemiology and Psychiatry. He has included themes like Psychological intervention, Medical prescription, Demography and Intervention in his Public health study. He works mostly in the field of Medical prescription, limiting it down to topics relating to Methadone and, in certain cases, Fentanyl.

His work carried out in the field of Environmental health brings together such families of science as Logistic regression, Hepatitis C virus, Substance abuse, Occupational safety and health and Hepatitis B virus. His work on Cannabis use as part of general Cannabis research is frequently linked to Human factors and ergonomics, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His work in the fields of Psychiatry, such as Heroin and Psychosocial, overlaps with other areas such as Naloxone and Paradigm shift.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Management of opioid use disorders: a national clinical practice guideline (130 citations)
  • Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: A Comprehensive Update of Evidence and Recommendations (127 citations)
  • Routes of administration for cannabis use – basic prevalence and related health outcomes: A scoping review and synthesis (85 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Public health

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Public health, Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Cannabis and Psychological intervention. In the subject of general Public health, his work in Health psychology is often linked to Opioid overdose, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His research on Psychiatry frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Hepatic disorders.

The concepts of his Epidemiology study are interwoven with issues in Medical microbiology, Virology, High prevalence and Environmental health. His Cannabis research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Legalization, Demography, MEDLINE and Confidence interval. His Suicide prevention research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics.

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Best Publications

Drug Policy and the Public Good

Thomas F. Babor;Jonathan P. Caulkins;Griffith Edwards;Benedikt Fischer.
(2010)

502 Citations

Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate

Robin Room;Benedikt Fischer;Wayne Hall;Simon Lenton.
(2010)

423 Citations

The Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada 2002

Jürgen Rehm;D Baliunas;S Brochu;B Fischer.
Rehm, Jürgen; Baliunas, D; Brochu, S; Fischer, B; Gnam, W; Patra, J; Popova, S; Sarnocinska-Hart, A; Taylor, B (2006). The costs of substance abuse in Canada 2002. Ottawa and Canada: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. (2006)

375 Citations

Drug policy and the public good: evidence for effective interventions

John Strang;Thomas Babor;Jonathan Caulkins;Jonathan Caulkins;Benedikt Fischer;Benedikt Fischer.
(2012)

316 Citations

Management of opioid use disorders: a national clinical practice guideline

Julie Bruneau;Keith Ahamad;Marie-Ève Goyer;Ginette Poulin.
Canadian Medical Association Journal (2018)

270 Citations

Barriers associated with the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among illicit drug users

Jason Grebely;Jason Grebely;Krista A. Genoway;Krista A. Genoway;Jesse D. Raffa;Gurbir Dhadwal.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2008)

234 Citations

Low uptake of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in a large community-based study of inner city residents.

J. Grebely;J. D. Raffa;C. Lai;M. Krajden.
Journal of Viral Hepatitis (2009)

212 Citations

Illicit opioid use in Canada: Comparing social, health, and drug use characteristics of untreated users in five cities (OPICAN study)

Benedikt Fischer;Jürgen Rehm;Suzanne Brissette;Serge Brochu.
Journal of Urban Health-bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine (2005)

198 Citations

Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: A Comprehensive Update of Evidence and Recommendations

Benedikt Fischer;Cayley Russell;Pamela Sabioni;Wim van den Brink.
American Journal of Public Health (2017)

191 Citations

The costs of alcohol, illegal drugs, and tobacco in Canada, 2002

Jürgen Rehm;William Gnam;Svetlana Popova;Dolly Baliunas.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (2007)

182 Citations

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