NDRI staff member
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Professor Steve AllsopDirector and Project Leader
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Introduction
Steve Allsop has worked in the drug field for over 20 years and been involved in research and professional development for health, police, education, welfare staff and community organisations. In addition to being Director of NDRI Professor Allsop is an Adjunct Professor with the Centre for International Health, Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University. He has previously worked as the A/Executive Director, Drug and Alcohol Office, Western Australia and the Director of the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University of South Australia.
Qualifications
- PhD Psychology, Psychology, Curtin University of Technology
- Post Grad Dip Alcohol Studies, Social Studies, Paisley University
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, Psychology, Stirling
Research Interests
- Professor Allsop's interests are in preventing and reducing alcohol-related harm, preventing and reducing harm associated with amphetamine use, preventing and reducing co-existing mental health and drug problems, responding to drug problems in the workplace and enhancing the capacity of human service providers to implement effective prevention and harm reduction strategies.
Memberships
- Committee Member, Healthway - Health Advisory Committee
- Member, Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD)
- Chairman, Public Health Department, Edith Cowan University, Public Health Consultative Committee
- Member, Online Psych e-Network (OPeN) Common Interest Group
- Committee Member, Healthway - Brand Advisory Committee
- Committee Member, IDRS & EDRS, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
Other
- Member of Steering Committee, Western Australian Child Development Study Survey - Steering Committee, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
- Deputy Chair, Drug and Alcohol Office of Western Australia
- Honorary Member, Anex Research Advisory Committee
- Panel of experts, First Aid Guidelines Project: Problem Drinking, Orygen Research Centre
- Panel of experts, NHMRC Career Development Awards Population Health Panel
- Panel Member, WA Ombudsman Child Death Review Panel
Current projects
- From Broome to Berrima: Building Australia-wide research capacity in Indigenous offender health and health care delivery Details
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cannabis Interventions Details
- Cochrane Collaboration Review of Workplace AOD Programs Details
- Alcohol and other drug use at school leaver celebrations in Western Australia Details
- Secondary analysis of the relationship between cannabis use, dependence, mental health and associated outcomes in the Victorian Adolescent Cohort study Details
- An examination of cannabis contamination and potency in Australia Details
Publications
Allsop, S. (2010). Alcohol pharmacokinetics, decision making and folk wisdom: A Reply to Moxnes and Jensen (2009). In Allsop, S. (ed.) Drug and Alcohol Dependence. [In Press] [RJ721]
Saggers, S., Chikritzhs, T.N. and Allsop, S. (2009). Young people and alcohol: managing the risk. ARACY, Canberra. [In Press] [UP22] Abstract
Lenton, S. and Allsop, S. A tale of CIN – the Cannabis Infringement Notice scheme in Western Australia. Addiction. [In Press] [RJ692] Abstract
Helfgott, S. and Allsop, S. (eds.) (2009). Helping Change: The Drug and Alcohol Counsellors' Training Program. Drug and Alcohol Office, National Drug Research Institute. Drug and Alcohol Office, Government of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-1-876684-32-7 [UP19]
Allsop, S. (2009). Drugs and work: prevention of alcohol-related harm in the workplace. In Allsop, S. (ed.) Drug Info, 8, (1), pp. 2. [UJ158]
Allsop, S. and Chikritzhs, T.N. (2009). Submission to the Community Affairs Senate Committee - Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No.1) Bill 2009 (Provisions). Senate Community Affairs Committee, March. Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. ISBN: 9781742290737 [R232]
Allsop, S. and Stevens, C.F. (2009). Evidence-based practice or imperfect seduction? Developing capacity to respond effectively to drug-related problems. Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 541-549. [RJ703]
Allsop, S., Loxley, W. and Rechichi, V. (2009). Twenty years' research from the National Drug Research Institute. Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, (2), pp. 95. [RJ649]
Beatty, S. and Allsop, S. (2009). Reducing Drug-related Harm: What the Evidence Tells Us. IP Communications, Melbourne, Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9804586-4-0 [M73]
Cercarelli, R., Allsop, S., Midford, R. and Pidd, K. (2009). Workplace interventions for alcohol and other drug problems (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Art. No.:CD007721. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD007721., (2). [RJ647]
Chikritzhs, T.N. and Allsop, S. (2009). Review: Trends in alcohol related hospital use by young people by Access Economics. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth. [R224] Paper
Chikritzhs, T.N., Dietze, P., Allsop, S., Daube, M., Hall, W. and Kypri, K. (2009). The “alcopops” tax: heading in the right direction. Medical Journal of Australia, 190, (6), pp. 294-295. [RJ683] Paper
Gray, D., Saggers, S., Wilkes, E., Allsop, S. and Ober, C. (2009). Enhancing the management of alcohol-related problems among Indigenous Australians. Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 72. [RJ712]
Allsop, S. (ed.) (2008). Drug Use and Mental Health: Effective Responses to Co-occuring Drug and Mental Health Problems. IP Communications, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9804586-1-9 [M71]
Allsop, S. (2008). Engaging the community in responding to alcohol-related problems. In Moore, D. and Dietze, P. (eds.) Drugs and Public Health: Australian Perspectives on Policy and Practice. Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. pp. 17-28. [CH155]
Allsop, S. (2008). Mental Health and Drug Problems: What is the issue? In Allsop, S. (ed.) Drugs and Mental Health: Effective responses to co-occurring drug and mental health problems. IP Publications, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. pp. 1-10. [CH159]
Allsop, S. and Chikritzhs, T.N. (2008). Submission to the Community Affairs Senate Committee - Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 [2008] - Expert Testimony. Senate Community Affairs Committee. Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600. [R222]
Allsop, S. and Chikritzhs, T.N. (2008). Submission to the Community Affairs Senate Committee - Ready to Drink Alcohol Beverages - Expert Testimony. Senate Community Affairs Committee Secretariat. Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. ISBN: 978-0-642-71932-4 [R221]
McLaren, J., Swift, W., Dillon, P. and Allsop, S. (2008). Cannabis potency and contamination: a review of the literature. Addiction, 103, (7), pp. 1100-1109. [RJ621] Abstract
Allsop, S. (2006). What is this thing called motivational interviewing? Addiction, 102, (3), pp. 343-345. [RJ503]
Allsop, S., Chikritzhs, T.N. and Rechichi, V. (2006). Alcohol and teenagers: Risky Business. Issues (March ed), (74). pp. 15-19. [UJ139]
Northcote, J., Lyons, Z., Allsop, S., Howard, J. and Evans, L. (2006). Working with Homeless People who use Alcohol and other Drugs: Devising a Resource Guide for Frontline Practitioners. Parity, 19, (8), pp. 30. [UJ145]
Allsop, S. (2005). Relapse Prevention. Alcohol Practice Guidelines: For practitioners helping Veterans with alcohol problems, Department of Veterans' Affairs. Commonwealth Department of Veteran's Affairs, Canberra. [CH135]
Midford, R., Welander, F. and Allsop, S. (2005). Alcohol and other Drugs in the Workplace. In Stockwell, T.R., Gruenewald, P., Toumbourou, J. and Loxley, W. (eds.) Preventing harmful substance use: the evidence for policy and practice. Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex. [CH119]
Weatherburn, D., Topp, L., Midford, R. and Allsop, S. (2000). Drug Crime Prevention and Mitigation: A Literature Review and Research Agenda. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney. [CH91]
Ali, R., Christie, P., Lenton, S., Hawks, D.V., Sutton, A., Hall, W. and Allsop, S. (1999). The Social Impacts of the Cannabis Expiation Notice Scheme in South Australia Đ Summary Report. Monograph No.34. Publications Productions Unit, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, National Drug Strategy, Canberra, ACT. [M16]
Allsop, S. and Lang, E. (1998). Alcohol and the worksetting. Kit. National Centre for Research into the Prevention of Drug Abuse, Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. [R87]
Non-NDRI Publications
Allsop, S. and Chikritzhs, T.N. (2008). Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee - Inquiry into Ready-to-Drink Alcohol Beverages - Expert Testimony. Commonwealth of Australia. Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. [UP]
Allsop, S., Lenton, S., George, J., Makkai, T. and Baker, J. (2008). National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy. National Drug Strategy. MCDS. [UP]
(2007). Management of Patients with Psychostimulant Use Problems: Guidelines for General Practitioners. Commonwealth of Australia. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra. ISBN: 1-74186-471-2 [UP]
(2006). Inquiry into Misuse/Abuse of Benzodiazepines and other Pharmaceutical Drugs. Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee - Parliament of Victoria. No. 223 Session 2003-2006. Authority Government Printer for the State of Victoria, Melbourne. ISBN: 0-9579188-9-5 [R]
Allsop, S., Cormack, S., Addy, D., Ashenden, R., Ask, A. and Beel, A.C. (1998). Education and Training Program for Front-Line Professionals Responding to Drug Problems in Australia. Report prepared for The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction. Report commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services. [R]