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Dr Christel Macdonald

Dr Christel Macdonald

Research Fellow

Psychological Science (Hons), PhD

Medicine & Health
National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre

Christel Macdonald is a post-doctoral research fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Centre (NDARC). She completed her PhD in March 2024 at NDARC. Her thesis explored factors related to court diversion for offenders with a mental illness or cognitive impairment. Christel has worked in research in the drug and alcohol space at NDARC since 2019, with a particular focus on treatment and intervention for people coming into contact with the criminal justice system.
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Macdonald C; Weatherburn D; Lappin J, 2025, 'Diversion into mental health treatment: a survey of magistrates and treatment plans', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 32, pp. 354 - 372,
    Journal articles | 2025
    Tran LT; McKetin R; Clark B; Macdonald C; Zahra E; Arunogiri S; Montebello ME; Degenhardt L, 2025, 'The association between mental disorders and treatment retention among people with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 274,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Macdonald C; Macpherson G; Leppan O; Tran LT; Cunningham EB; Hajarizadeh B; Grebely J; Farrell M; Altice FL; Degenhardt L, 2024, 'Interventions to reduce harms related to drug use among people who experience incarceration: systematic review and meta-analysis', Lancet Public Health, 9, pp. e684 - e699,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Macdonald C; Weatherburn D; Butler T; Albalawi O; Greenberg D; Farrell M, 2024, 'Who gets diverted into treatment? a study of defendants with psychosis', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 31, pp. 132 - 145,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Macdonald C; Weatherburn D, 2024, 'What matters to magistrates when considering diversion into mental health treatment?', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 31, pp. 1064 - 1080,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Courtney RJ; McRobbie H; Tutka P; Weaver NA; Petrie D; Mendelsohn CP; Shakeshaft A; Talukder S; Macdonald C; Thomas D; Kwan BCH; Walker N; Gartner C; Mattick RP; Paul C; Ferguson SG; Zwar NA; Richmond RL; Doran CM; Boland VC; Hall W; West R; Farrell M, 2021, 'Effect of Cytisine vs Varenicline on Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association, 326, pp. 56 - 64,
  • Reports | 2023
    Asare-Doku W; Macdonald C; Ottaviano S; Degenhardt L; Farrell M, 2023, Review of interventions to treat drug use disorders among girls and women in the criminal justice system in low- and middle-income countries,