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Sharlene Kaye is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily centers on medicine and psychology, with particular attention to psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and general health professions. They also have notable contributions in cognitive neuroscience as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their work engages deeply with several topics, notably:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Sharlene Kaye has published extensively in a range of journals, with a strong concentration of articles in European Addiction Research. Other publication venues include the Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Review, BMC Public Health, and Psychiatry Psychology and Law.

Recent notable papers authored or contributed to by Sharlene Kaye include:

  • "International Consensus Statement for the Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Adolescents with Concurrent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorder" (2020), published in European Addiction Research
  • "The International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA): Mission, Results, and Future Activities" (2020), published in European Addiction Research
  • "Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Global Severity Profiles in Treatment-Seeking Patients with Substance Use Disorders" (2020), published in European Addiction Research
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Patients with Substance Use Disorder and/or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Using Continuous Performance Test" (2020), published in European Addiction Research
  • "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Increases Nicotine Addiction Severity in Adults Seeking Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: The Role of Personality Disorders" (2020), published in European Addiction Research

The researcher frequently collaborates with other academics. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Geurt van de Glind
  • Zsolt Demetrovics
  • Wim van den Brink
  • Arnt Schellekens
  • Frances R. Levin

Best Publications

  • Major physical and psychological harms of methamphetamine use

    Shane Darke;Sharlene Kaye;Rebecca McKetin;Johan Duflou;Johan Duflou

  • Methamphetamine and cardiovascular pathology: a review of the evidence.

    Sharlene Kaye;Rebecca McKetin;Johan Duflou;Johan Duflou;Shane Darke

  • Variability in the prevalence of adult ADHD in treatment seeking substance use disorder patients: results from an international multi-center study exploring DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria

    Geurt van de Glind;Maija Konstenius;Maarten W.J. Koeter;Katelijne van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen;Katelijne van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen

  • Validity of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) as a screener for adult ADHD in treatment seeking substance use disorder patients

    Geurt Van de Glind;Wim van den Brink;Maarten W.J. Koeter;Pieter Jan Carpentier

  • Psychiatric comorbidity in treatment-seeking substance use disorder patients with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: results of the IASP study

    Katelijne van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen;Katelijne van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen;Geurt van de Glind;Maarten W. J. Koeter;Steve Allsop

  • Determining a diagnostic cut‐off on the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) for cocaine dependence

    Sharlene Kaye;Shane Darke

  • The diversion and misuse of pharmaceutical stimulants: what do we know and why should we care?

    Sharlene Kaye;Shane Darke

  • Comparative rates of violent crime among regular methamphetamine and opioid users: offending and victimization.

    Shane Darke;Michelle Torok;Sharlene Kaye;Joanne Ross

  • Methamphetamine-related fatalities in Australia: demographics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology.

    Sharlene Kaye;Shane Darke;Johan Duflou;Rebecca McKetin

  • Physical injecting sites among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia

    Shane Darke;Joanne Ross;Sharlene Kaye

  • Rates, characteristics and circumstances of methamphetamine-related death in Australia: a national 7-year study.

    Shane Darke;Sharlene Kaye;Sharlene Kaye;Johan Duflou;Johan Duflou

  • A comprehensive review of the effects of mixing caffeinated energy drinks with alcohol

    Rebecca McKetin;Rebecca McKetin;Alice Coen;Sharlene Kaye

  • Prevalence and nature of cardiovascular disease in methamphetamine-related death: A national study.

    Shane Darke;Johan Duflou;Sharlene Kaye

  • Non-fatal cocaine overdose among injecting and non-injecting cocaine users in Sydney, Australia.

    Sharlene Kaye;Shane Darke

  • Adapting the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) to examine the feasibility of monitoring trends in the markets for 'party drugs'

    Libby Topp;Courtney Breen;Sharlene Kaye;Shane Darke

  • Geographical injecting locations among injecting drug users in Sydney, Australia

    Shane Darke;Sharlene Kaye;Joanne Ross

  • Comparative cardiac pathology among deaths due to cocaine toxicity, opioid toxicity and non‐drug‐related causes

    Shane Darke;Sharlene Kaye;Johan Duflou

  • Drug use and injection risk-taking among prison methadone maintenance patients.

    Shane Darke;Sharlene Kaye;Robert Finlay-Jones

  • Antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy and injecting heroin use

    Shane Darke;Sharlene Kaye;Sharlene Kaye;Robert Finlay-Jones

  • The International ADHD in Substance Use Disorders Prevalence (IASP) study: background, methods and study population

    Geurt van de Glind;Katelijne Van Emmerik-van Oortmerssen;Pieter Jan Carpentier;Frances R Levin

Frequent Co-Authors

Zsolt Demetrovics
Zsolt Demetrovics Flinders University
Rebecca McKetin
Rebecca McKetin University of New South Wales
Frances R. Levin
Frances R. Levin Columbia University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Robert A. Schoevers
Robert A. Schoevers University Medical Center Groningen
Maarten W. J. Koeter
Maarten W. J. Koeter University of Amsterdam
Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga
Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga Autonomous University of Barcelona
Michael Kaess
Michael Kaess University of Bern
Skye McDonald
Skye McDonald University of New South Wales
Fiona Shand
Fiona Shand University of New South Wales

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