Cyprus

• 2009–10 studies and publications
• 2008–09 studies and publications
• 2007–08 studies and publications
• 2001–06 main studies and 2006 articles

• Research institutions
• Funding institutions
• National scientific journals
• Websites
• Recent studies
• Bibliographic references (2009–11)

For a short overview of drug-related research in Cyprus, visit the Country overviews. For a more comprehensive overview of drug-related research in the European countries, download our Selected issue on drug-related research. The Cypriot National reports are available here.

Main research institutions

• Educational Psychology Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture
• Kenthea
• Research Centre at Intercollege, Nicosia

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Main funding institutions

The main funding frameworks are the government and the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation.

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National scientific journals

No peer-reviewed scientific journals are currently published in Cyprus.

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Other websites

• The Cyprus national focal point
• ‘Skiagrafisis’ (Gr: Σκιαγράφηση), the NFP’s monthly newsletter

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Recent studies used for the 2011 National report

The following studies were amongst those used for the 2011 Cyprian National report and could be seen as among the most relevant, recent studies in Cyprus. Most of the bibliographic references can be found in the next section of this page.

• Problem drug use in Cyprus, prevalence estimation for 2009 (Stylianou S., 2010a)
• Treatment demand incidence calculation in Cyprus (Stylianou S., 2010b)
• Problem drug use in Cyprus, prevalence estimation for 2010 (Stylianou S., 2011)
• Identification of the social needs of ethnic Pontian Greeks as a vulnerable group resident in Paphos Municipality. Evaluation of current situation and proposals for implementation of prevention programmes and interventions in the areas of social policy and use of addictive substances (Spaneas, S.; Neoleous, L., 2010)
• Drug use among Cypriot students attending tertiary institutions in Cyprus and in the United Kingdom (Kyrizi, M. & Clark, C., 2009) (MA thesis, unpublished)
• Tourism, nightlight and violence: a cross-cultural analysis and preventive recommendations (Calafat A., Blay, N. Bellis, M., Hughes, K., Kokkevi, A., Mendes, F., Cibin, B., Lazarov, P. Bajcarova, L., Boyiadjis, G., Duch, M.A., Juan, M., Magalhàes, C.C., Mendes, R., Pavlakis, A., Siamou, I., Stamos, A., Tripodi, S., 2010)
• Treatment Demand Indicator Analysis (Cyprus NFP, 2010c)
• Drug-related infectious diseases indicator analysis, unpublished (Cyprus NFP, 2010d)
• Drug-related infectious diseases indicator analysis (Cyprus NFP, 2011)
• Substance use, violence and unintentional Injury in young holidaymakers visiting Mediterranean destinations. International Society of Travel Medicine (Hughes, K., Bellis, M., Calafat, A., Blay, N., Kokkevi, A., Boyiadji, G., Mendes, M., Bajcarova, L., 2011)

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2011 National report bibliography (2009 to 2011 references only)

Afxendiou, M. (2011) Information from the State General Laboratory regarding purity testing, 2011, personal communication.

Alampritis, M. (2011) Letter to Head of NFP concerning ‘Information Collection for 2011 National Report’, dated 18.04.11, unpublished.

Bayada, T. (2010) CAC National Report 2010 feedback to Cyprus NFP, unpublished.

Cabral S. (2011) Email received from the EMCDDA on August 22, 2011, unpublished

CAC (2009) ‘The profile of third grade lyceum students who never used illicit substances: protective factors and students’ opinions about them’, qualitative research, unpublished.

CAC (2010) Treatment guidelines, unpublished.

CAC (2010a) 2008-2009 school prevention programme monitoring report, June 2010, unpublished.

CAC (2010b) National Drugs Strategy 2009-2012.

CAC (2010c) Prevention guidelines handbook, unpublished.

CAC (2010d) Prevention Unit Forms, unpublished.

CAC (2010e) Treatment guidelines, unpublished.

CAC (2010f) Treatment programme monitoring report, June 2010, unpublished.

CAC (2010g) Treatment Unit Forms, unpublished.

CAC (2010h) Interventions and Prevention Strategies for the reduction of drug-related deaths in high-risk cases, unpublished.

CAC (2011) Prevention Unit Forms, unpublished.

CAC (2011) Treatment programme monitoring report, August 2011, unpublished.

Calafat A., Blay, N. Bellis, M., Hughes, K., Kokkevi, A., Mendes, F., Cibin, B., Lazarov, P. Bajcarova, L., Boyiadjis, G., Duch, M.A., Juan, M., Magalhàes, C.C., Mendes, R., Pavlakis, A., Siamou, I., Stamos, A., Tripodi, S. (2010). Tourism, nightlight and violence: a cross cultural analysis and preventive recommendations.

Christodoulidou, E. (2011) Letter to Head of NFP concerning ‘Information Collection for 2011 National Report’, dated 29.04.2011, unpublished.

Christodoulou, D. (2010) Email received from the Detoxification Unit “Anosi”, 18^th June 2010, unpublished.

Christodoulou, L. (2010) CAC National Report 2010 feedback to Cyprus NFP, unpublished.

Chrysanthou, V. (2010). Letter received from the Counseling Centre for teenagers and families “Perseas”, April 13^th, unpublished.

Clark, C. (2009) Drug use among Cypriot students attending tertiary institutions in Cyprus and in the United Kingdom [MA Thesis, unpublished]

Council of Europe (2011) Annual Penal Statistics SPACE I. Strasbourg.

Cyprus NFP (2010a) Five years of monitoring the drug situation in Cyprus, published booklet.

Cyprus NFP (2010b) Second General Population survey on Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substances, press conference February 19, 2010 [Power Point Presentation].

Cyprus NFP (2010c) Treatment Demand Indicator Analysis, unpublished.

Cyprus NFP (2010d) Drug related infectious diseases indicator analysis, unpublished.

Cyprus NFP (2010e) EuropASI analysis, unpublished.

Cyprus NFP (2010f) Drug use among foreigners [Power Point Presentation], conference presentation dated April 24, 2010.

Cyprus NFP (2011) Drug related infectious diseases indicator analysis, unpublished.

Cyprus NFP (2011b) Minutes of the meeting with the Director of the Medical Services of the Ministry of Health and representatives of the Emergency Units of the public hospitals held on 22.07.2011).

Cyprus NFP (2011c) Treatment Demand Indicator Analysis, unpublished.

Cyprus NFP (2011d). Newsletter “Skiagraphisi”, No. 43.

Cyprus NFP (2011e)Drug use among foreigners (report upon the request of the President of the CAC), February 2011, unpublished.

Cyprus NFP (2011f)Letter sent to the City Council of Polemidia Municipality, dated May 20, 2011 (sent by email on May 20, 2011).

Demetriou, D. (2011) Letter received from the Traffic Department of the Cyprus Police, 7th of April, unpublished.

DLEU (2011) Cyprus Annual Report Questionnaire, Part 4, UNODC, 2011.

Eftychiou, A. M. (2010) ‘Diefthyntes GeSY xoris GeSY’, press article, Alitheia.

Eleftheriou A. (2011) Letter to Head of NFP concerning ‘Information Collection for 2011 National Report’, dated 17.05.11, unpublished.

EMCDDA (2002) Handbook for Surveys on Drug Use among the General Population

EMCDDA (2008) The Treatment Demand Indicator: Draft Guidelines for 2008 Pilot Data Collection on Treatment Prevalence.

EMCDDA (2009a) Report on the risk assessment of BZP in the framework of the Council decision on new phychoactive substances.

EMCDDA (2009b) Selected Issue 2009; Polydrug use: patterns and responses.

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) (2011) ECRI Report on Cyprus.

Eurostat (2009) Eurostat Yearbook, Publications.europa.eu.

FOGS (2010) Report: FreD goes net, documentation of user data, March, 2010, unpublished.

FOGS (2010b) Report: FreD goes net, survey of course participants, March, 2010, unpublished.

Fotsiou, N. (2010) CAC National Report 2010 feedback to Cyprus NFP, unpublished.

Fotsiou, N. (2011). Personal communication September 7, 2011.

Gavriil, G. (2011). Letter received from the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU), 6th of May, unpublished.

Georgiadou M. (2011) Personal communication, dated 31 January 2011, unpublished.

Greek NFP (2011) Report of the ad hoc Expert Group of the Greek Focal Point on the outbreak of HIV/ AIDS IN 2011, unpublished.

Hadjikyprianou, E. (2010) Personal communication, dated June 29, 2010, unpublished.

Hadjilouka A. (2010) Personal communication, dated September 8, 2010, unpublished.

Haralambides, T. G. (2010) Letter to Head of Cyprus NFP, 19^th April 2010, unpublished.

Hay G. (2008) Capture-recapture analyses of PDU data in Cyprus, unpublished report.

Hughes, K., Bellis, M., Calafat, A., Blay, N., Kokkevi, A., Boyiadji, G., Mendes, M., Bajcarova, L. (2011). Substance use, violence and Unintentional Injury in young holidaymakers visiting Mediterranean destinations. International Society of Travel Medicine, 1195-1982. Journal of Travel Medicine 2011.

Ioannou, M. (2010) Letter to Head of Cyprus NFP, dated 22 June 2010, unpublished.

Kariolou L. (2010) Personal communication, dated April 4, 2010, unpublished.

Konstantinidou, D. (2010) Letter to Head of Cyprus NFP, dated 15 April 2010, unpublished.

Kyprianou, E. (2010a) CAC National Report 2010 feedback to Cyprus NFP, unpublished.

Kyprianou, E. (2010b) E-mail message titled ‘funding procedure’, sent July 7, 2010.

Kyrizi, M. & Clark, C. (2009) Drug use among Cypriot students attending tertiary institutions in Cyprus and in the United Kingdom [MA Thesis, unpublished]

Lambrou, A. (2010) Letter to Head of Cyprus NFP, dated 8 April 2010, unpublished.

Mavromoustaki, T. (2009) Letter to Head of Cyprus NFP, 30^th October 2009, unpublished.

Mavromoustaki, T. (2010) Letter to Head of Cyprus NFP, 15^th April 2010, unpublished.

MCW (2010) Ministry of Communications and Works bill submitted to the Ministerial Council (concerning Road Safety (amendment) law 2010), unpublished.

Michaelides, G. (2010) ‘Narcotest “Made in Australia”’, press article, Alitheia, Sunday 21^st March 2010, p.20.

Ministry of Health (2010a). Medical Services and Public Health Services, letter to Head of the Cyprus NFP, “Information for the 2010 NR”, dated 29 June, 2010, unpublished.

Ministry of Health (2010b). Medical Services and Public Health Services, letter to Head of the Cyprus NFP, “Information for the 2010 NR”, dated 30 March, 2010, unpublished.

Ministry of Health (2011) Medical Services and Public Health Services, letter to Head of the Cyprus NFP, “Information for the 2011 NR”, dated 19 May, 2011, unpublished.

Montanari L. (2011) Email received on September 5, 2011 regarding the Draft TDI Protocol v. 3.0, unpublished.

Morfakis, G. (2010) Letter to Head of Cyprus NFP, 1^st June 2010, unpublished.

Nikolaou, I. (2009) Ombudsman’s report on penal, correctional and post-correctional treatment of substance-dependent persons, and on the influx and availability of drugs in prison, Office of the Commissioner for Administration, Nicosia.

Paraskevi, D, & Hatzakis, A. (2011) An ongoing HIV outbreak among intravenous drug users in Greece: Preliminary summary of surveillance and molecular epidemiology data.

Pavlou, T. (2011) Therapeutic programme “Agia Skepi”. Email received on October 6, 2011.

Peglitsi, M. (2011) Information from the CAC regarding the programme “Proseggisi”, personal communication.

Sergides S. (2011) Personal communication dated July 29, 2011, unpublished.

Sergides, S. (2011)Information regarding the characteristics of outflows of nationals engaging in drug use abroad, 2011, personal communication.

Socratous, S. (2010) Letter to B. Gaist, dated 24 March 2010, unpublished.

Spaneas, S.; Neoleous, L. (2010) ‘Identification of the social needs of ethnic Pontian Greeks as a vulnerable group resident in Paphos Municipality. Evaluation of current situation and proposals for implementation of prevention programmes and interventions in the areas of social policy and use of addictive substances.’, Nicosia 2010, unpublished.

Statistical Services of the Republic of Cyprus (2009a) Demographic Report 2008.

Statistical Services of the Republic of Cyprus (2009b) Personal communication, dated July 7, 2010, unpublished.

Statistical Services of the Republic of Cyprus (2010) Personal communication, dated April 30, 2010, unpublished.

Statistical Services of the Republic of Cyprus (2010). Demographic Report 2009.

Stylianou S. (2010a) Problem Drug Use in Cyprus, Prevalence Estimation for 2009, unpublished report.

Stylianou S. (2010b) Treatment Demand Incidence Calculation in Cyprus, unpublished report.

Stylianou S. (2011) Problem Drug Use in Cyprus, Prevalence Estimation for 2010, unpublished report.

Symeonidou, E. (2010a) Personal interview: Treatment guidelines, June 4, 2010.

Symeonidou, E. (2010b) Letter to Head of NFP concerning ‘Information Collection for 2010 National Report’, dated 8.02.10, unpublished.

Symeonidou, E. (2010c) Personal communication, 8^th October 2010, unpublished.

Symeonidou, E. (2011) Letter to Head of NFP concerning ‘Information Collection for 2011 National Report’, unpublished.

Symeonidou, E. (2011) Letters of treatment programmes approval to Head of NFP dated 11.03.11, unpublished.

Symeonidou, E. (2011a). Information regarding drug services for tourists in Cyprus, 2011, personal communication.

Symeonidou, E. (2011b). Letter regarding users who are not eligible for medical card, dated February 21st, 2011.

Theodosiou, A. (2010). Letter received from TOLMI Limassol and Larnaca, May 11^th, unpublished.

Trifonides, G. (2011) Letter to Head of NFP concerning ‘Information Collection for 2011 National Report’, dated 07.09.11, unpublished.

Tsaggarides C. (2011) Letter to Head of NFP concerning ‘Information Collection for 2011 National Report’, dated 18.04.11, unpublished.

Veniamin, E. (2010). Letter received from the Therapeutic programme of social reintegration “Agia Skepi”, April 13^th, unpublished.

Veresies K. (2011) Personal communication dated July 29, 2011, unpublished.

Veresies, K. (2011). Letter received from the Veresies Clinic, 2nd of September, unpublished.

Xenofontos, T. (2010) Personal communication, dated February 17, 2010, unpublished.

Zarouna, E. (2010). Letter received from “Ithaki” Counseling Centre, April 14^th, unpublished.

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