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DR GAIL GILCHRIST



Contact Details

Organization: General Practice
Position: Honorary (Senior Fellow)
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Homepage: www.gp.unimelb.edu.au
Work: +61 3 8344 4716
Fax: +61 3 9347 6136
Room: G65
Level: Ground
Building: 200 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
substance abuse, mental health, maternal substance users Australia, Scotland

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Post Graduate Diploma University of Paisley 31-Dec-1998
PhD The University of Glasgow 04-Dec-2004
Social Sciences (Psychology) Glasgow Caledonian University 30-Jun-1991

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
RE-ORDER - RE-ORGANISING CARE FOR DEPRESSION AND RELATED DISORDERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTING Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST Stream 3: Primary Health Care Policy and Practice 01/06/2005
Consumer evaluation of intervention guidelines for intimate partner abuse and depression in general practice. Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 01/01/2006
An inter-professional intervention to reduce depression among drug-dependant, pregnant women: a pilot study. Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 30/01/2006
17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE REDUCTION OF DRUG RELATED HARM - IAN POTTER FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANT 2006 - GILCHRIST Chief Investigator THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION Travel and Conference Grants 01/04/2006
The diamond cohort study- examining depressive symptoms in primary care Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Drug-using mothers: Factors associated with retaining care of their children


    Year: 2009
    Journal: Drug and Alcohol Review
    Volume: 28
    Issue: March
    Page numbers: 175-185
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Nurse-related brief interventions for hazardous drinkers with alcohol-related facial trauma: A prospective randomised controlled trial
    Year: 2008
    Journal: British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 96-101
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  • Prevalence and determinants of hepatitis C virus infection among female drug injecting sex workers in Glasgow
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1-5
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Observational studies of depression in primary care: what do we know?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 28
    Page numbers: 1-18
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  • Predictors of neurotic symptom severity among female drug users in Glasgow, Scotland
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 347-365
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Illicit tranquilliser use and dependence among female opiate users.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Drug and Alcohol Review
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 459-461
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of drug use and psychiatric morbidity between prostitute and non-prostitute female drug users in Glasgow, Scotland
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Addictive Behaviors
    Volume: 30
    Page numbers: 1019-1023
    Publisher: Pergamon
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  • Crack and cocaine use among female prostitutes in Glasgow: Risky business
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 381-391
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(Basingstoke)
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  • Prevalence of alcohol related brain damage among homeless hostel dwellers in Glasgow
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1-2
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  • Severe illness and death among injecting drug users in Scotland: a case-control study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
    Volume: 133
    Page numbers: 193-204
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Needle exchange services: a profile of service users in community pharmacies and other settings
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 211-215
    Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Recent contact with health and social services by drug misusers in Glasgow who died of a fatal overdose in 1999
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Addiction
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 1517-1522
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Behavioural and Lifestyle Study of women using a Drop in Centre for female street sex workers in Glasgow, Scotland: a 10 year comparative study.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Addiction Research and Theory
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 43-58
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