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Simon Adamson Associate Professor

DipClinPsych MSc (Dist) (Cant) PhD (Otago)

Email simon.adamson@otago.ac.nz

Simon Adamson's area of research interest is in the description, identification and treatment of addictive disorders.

In particular he has an interest in treatment outcome, having examined issues of

  • treatment effectiveness
  • treatment efficacy
  • prediction of treatment outcome
  • different methods of measuring outcome.

Publications

McLachlan, A., Pitama, S., & Adamson, S. J. (2023). Māori preferences and practices in systemic health and social service collaborative practice. AlterNative, 19(3), 669-681. doi: 10.1177/11771801231193861 Journal - Research Article

Crossin, R., Cleland, L., Wilkins, C., Rychert, M., Adamson, S., Potiki, T., Pomerleau, A. C., … Noller, G., … Bagshaw, S., … Boden, J. (2023). The New Zealand drug harms ranking study: A multi-criteria decision analysis. Journal of Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/02698811231182012 Journal - Research Article

Crossin, R., Boden, J. M., Wilkins, C., & Adamson, S. (2022). The New Zealand Illicit Drug Harms Index: How can it inform a health-based approach to drug use? New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1552), 8-10. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/ Journal - Research Other

Hayward, T., Adamson, S., Jordan, J., & Douglas, K. (2021). Cognitive functioning in opioid substitution treatment and the potential for cognitive remediation. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 33). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Adamson, S. J., Martin, A., Deering, D. E. A., & Boden, J. M. (2021). New Zealand women's experience of intimacy within heterosexual relationships: Influence of partners' perceived pornography use. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 47(7), 656-668. doi: 10.1080/0092623x.2021.1937416 Journal - Research Article

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