- ADEC: Australian Drug Evaluation Committee
- ADHD: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- AOD: Alcohol and other drug/s
- ATS: amphetamine type stimulants (synthetic CNS stimulants including amphetamines and methamphetamine)
- BBV: blood borne virus
- BPRS: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
- CIDI: Composite International Diagnostic Interview
- CNS: Central nervous system
- COTSA: Census of Treatment Service Agencies
- DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
- DUMA: Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- ECG: Electrocardiogram
- FDA: Food and Drug Administration (American)
- GHQ: General Health Questionnaire
- GP: General practitioner
- HIV: human immunodeficiency virus infection Top of page
- IDU: Injecting drug user
- IM: intramuscular
- IV: intravenous
- MAOI: monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- MDMA: methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- MI: motivational interviewing
- MSM: men who have sex with men
- NSP: Needle and Syringe Program
- NMDS: National Minimum Data Set
- NTIS: The United Kingdom National Teratology and Information Service
- PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder
- RCT: randomised controlled trial
- SANS: Scale for Assessing Negative Symptoms
- SAPS: Scale for Assessing Positive Symptoms
- SCID: Structured Clinical Interview for DSM
- SSRI: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
- UK: United Kingdom
- US: United States
- USA: United States of America