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Overview

Harry Sumnall is affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom and has made contributions to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on epidemiology and public health. Their research spans several subfields including general health professions, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and environmental and occupational health.

The main research topics covered by Sumnall include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Sumnall has published work in a variety of journals, frequently contributing to:

  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
  • PLoS ONE
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • Journal of Psychopharmacology

Notable recent papers include:

  • New psychoactive substances: a review and updates, 2020, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
  • 'Pretty in Pink' and 'Girl Power': An analysis of the targeting and representation of women in alcohol brand marketing on Facebook and Instagram, 2021, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • How effective are pharmaceuticals for cognitive enhancement in healthy adults? A series of meta-analyses of cognitive performance during acute administration of modafinil, methylphenidate and D-amphetamine, 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Synthetic opioids: a review and clinical update, 2022, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
  • A Realist Review of How Community-Based Drug Checking Services Could Be Designed and Implemented to Promote Engagement of People Who Use Drugs, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Sumnall has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Amanda Atkinson, Catharine Montgomery, Tessa Parkes, Beth Meadows, and Fiona Measham.

Best Publications

  • Analyses of second-generation 'legal highs' in the UK: initial findings.

    Simon D. Brandt;Harry R. Sumnall;Fiona Measham;Jon Cole

  • New psychoactive substances: a review and updates:

    Abu Shafi;Alex J. Berry;Harry Sumnall;David M. Wood

  • Multiple behavioural impulsivity tasks predict prospective alcohol involvement in adolescents.

    Gordon Fernie;Margot Peeters;Matthew J. Gullo;Paul Christiansen

  • Altered states: the clinical effects of Ecstasy.

    J.C. Cole;H.R. Sumnall

  • Delay discounting and the behavioural economics of cigarette purchases in smokers: the effects of nicotine deprivation.

    Matt Field;Mary Santarcangelo;Harry Sumnall;Andrew Goudie

  • The content of ecstasy tablets: implications for the study of their long-term effects.

    Jon C. Cole;Mike Bailey;Harry R. Sumnall;Graham F. Wagstaff

  • The pre-clinical behavioural pharmacology of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).

    Jon C Cole;Harry R Sumnall

  • Analysis of NRG ‘legal highs’ in the UK: identification and formation of novel cathinones

    Simon D. Brandt;Sally Freeman;Harry Robin Sumnall;Fiona Measham

  • The varieties of ecstatic experience: an exploration of the subjective experiences of ecstasy.

    Harry R. Sumnall;Jon C. Cole;Lisa Jerome

  • Use, function, and subjective experiences of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB).

    Harry Robin Sumnall;Kerry Woolfall;Sara Edwards;Jon C. Cole

  • Legally flawed, scientifically problematic, potentially harmful: The UK Psychoactive Substance Bill

    Alex Stevens;Rudi Fortson;Fiona Measham;Harry Sumnall

  • Parental permissiveness, control, and affect and drug use among adolescents

    Elisardo Becoña;Úrsula Martínez;Amador Calafat;José Ramón Fernández-Hermida

  • 'Pretty in Pink' and 'Girl Power': An analysis of the targeting and representation of women in alcohol brand marketing on Facebook and Instagram.

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  • Optimal provision of needle and syringe programmes for injecting drug users: A systematic review

    Lisa Jones;Lucy Pickering;Harry Sumnall;James McVeigh

  • Is ecstasy perceived to be safe? A critical survey.

    Alex Gamma;Lisa Jerome;Matthias E. Liechti;Harry R. Sumnall

  • Social, policy, and public health perspectives on new psychoactive substances.

    H.R. Sumnall;M. Evans-Brown;J. McVeigh

  • Self-reported depressive symptomatology in community samples of polysubstance misusers who report Ecstasy use: a meta-analysis

    Harry R. Sumnall;Jon C. Cole

  • A behavioural economic analysis of alcohol, amphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy purchases by polysubstance misusers.

    Harry R. Sumnall;Elizabeth Tyler;Graham F. Wagstaff;Jon C. Cole

  • An investigation of the subjective experiences of sex after alcohol or drug intoxication.

    Harry Sumnall;C M Beynon;Stacey Conchie;Sarah Riley

  • Self-reported psychopathology in polydrug users.

    Harry Robin Sumnall;Graham F. Wagstaff;Jon C. Cole

  • Self-esteem and self-efficacy: Associations with alcohol consumption in a sample of adolescents in Northern Ireland

    Michael T. McKay;Harry R. Sumnall;Jon C. Cole;Andrew Percy

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon C. Cole
Jon C. Cole University of Liverpool
Matt Field
Matt Field University of Sheffield
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Paul Christiansen
Paul Christiansen University of Liverpool
Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam
Vassilis Barkoukis
Vassilis Barkoukis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Matthew J. Gullo
Matthew J. Gullo Griffith University
Linda M. Collins
Linda M. Collins New York University
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Frank C. Worrell
Frank C. Worrell University of California, Berkeley

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