
Overview
Background
Professor Leanne Hides is athe Deputy Director of the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) and is the Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Meaningful Outcomes in Substance Use Treatment.
Professor Hides is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience working on the interface of alcohol and other drug (AOD) clinical research and practice. Her translational research program co-designs, trials and implements innovative AOD treatments into clinical practice. Professor Hides has been a chief investigator on 38 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on substance use and mental health treatment (21 as lead CI including 11 NHMRC-funded RCTs). She also develops web and mobile-phone based programs (16 RCTs). Most of this research has been conducted with industry partners (e.g., Lives Lived Well, Qld Health).
Hides has been in research only positions since 2010, funded by prestigious fellowships including an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (2017-21), ARC Future Fellowship (2012-16) and a Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellowship (Queensland University of Technology, 2010-13). Her research has been supported by $46m in grants ($37 nationally competitive) including 15 NHMRC ($14.5m; 3 as CIA including a Centre for Research Excellence), 3 MRFF ($7m) and 2 ARC ($1m) grants. Professor Hides has 248 career publications, including 243 journal articles with over 10,000 citations.
Prof Hides' current research interests include:
- Developing and testing new models for understanding youth substance use and comorbidity
- Improving the treatment of youth substance use and comorbidity by:
- Integrating more strengths-based approaches
- Identifying and enhancing mechanisms of change
- Combining psychological and pharmacological treatments,
- Integrating mobile phone and web-based interventions
- Understanding the relationship between youth wellbeing and mental disorders
- Development of mobile phone and web-based interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of young people
- Ray’s night out: mobile app targeting risky alcohol use
- music eScape: mobile app using music to improve affect regulation
- Breakup Shakeup: mobile app for coping with relationship breakups
- Keep it Real: web-based program targeting psychotic-like experiences in substance users
- Routine outcome monitoring (ROM) plus feedback in SMART Recovery Australia: a feasibility study examining SMART ROM (led by A/Prof Kelly, UoW).
- Training, supervision, and dissemination of evidence-based practice
Nationally Competitive Funding
- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence (led by Prof Hides, UQ): Meaningful Outcomes in Substance use Treatment. See https://mo-cre.centre.uq.edu.au/
- Commonwealth Department of Health (Connor & Hides), National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) National Addiction Centre
- MRFF Health and Healthy Lifestyles (led by Prof Bonevski, Flinders University): "Escape the vape" Designing health communications for prevention of e-cigarette use in young people
- MRFF Health and Healthy Lifestyles (led by Prof Newton, Matilda Centre Uni Syd): A new scalable e-health appraoch to prevent e-cigarette use amongh adolescents: The OurFutures Vaping Program
- NHMRC Ideas Grant (led by Prof Johnson): Understanding and Treating Videogame Addiction in Young People
- Alcohol and Drug Foundation Research Grant (led by Prof Kelly): Building peer and provider capacity to effectively deliver SMART Family & friends meetings: A two stage mixed- methods evaluation.
- MRFF Million Minds (led by Prof March, USQ): Translating evidence-based interventions into population-level digital models of care for child & adolescent mental health
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Hides): Brief interventions to prevent future alcohol-related harm in young people presenting to emergency departments.
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Hides: Randomised controlled trial of a telephone-delivered social well-being and engaged living (SWEL) intervention for disengaged at-risk youth
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Teesson, University of Sydney)- Internet-based universal prevention for anxiety, depression and substance use in young Australians
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Teesson, University of Sydney)- Healthy, wealthy and wise: The long-term effectiveness of an online universal program to prevent substance use and mental health problems among Australian youth
- Paul Ramsay Foundation (led by Prof Teesson, University of Sydney): The Healthy Lifestyles program: An innovative online primary and secondary prevention intervention
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Kavanagh, QUT) - Trial of a new low-cost treatment to support self-management of Alcohol Use Disorder: Functional Imagery Training
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Toombs, University of QLD) - Indigenous Network Suicide Intervention Skills Training (INSIST): Can a community designed and delivered framework reduce suicide/self-harm in Indigenous youth?
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Collins, University of Newcastle) Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of varying levels of technology-delivered personalised feedback on dietary patterns in motivating young Australian adults to improve diet quality and eating habits: The Advice, Ideas and Motivation for My Eating study
- NHMRC Project (led by Prof Cotton, University of Melbourne) - Rates, patterns and predictors of long-term outcome in a treated first-episode psychosis cohort
Availability
- Professor Leanne Hides is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research impacts
Professor Hides leads the Lives Lived Well (LLW)Group and is the Deputy Director of the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR). This translational research program co-designs, trials and implements innovative AOD treatments into clinical practice. This research is conducted in partnership with Lives Lived Well a large non-government funded AOD service in QLD, NSW and SA. Since 2017 Professor Hides has been working with LLW to increase access to evidence based care in the AOD sector.
Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use is the number one risk factor for death and disability in all age groups worldwide and was estimated to cost Australia $80 billion in 2021. The demand for AOD treatment greatly outweighs the resources available. Consequently, current healthcare models prioritize the volume (numbers assessed) of AOD service delivery over treatment quality. Value-based healthcare which shift focus onto the achievement of positive client AOD outcomes (value), relative to the resources and costs, provide a potential solution to these problems. The use of core outcome measures (COMs) to assess and provide feedback on treatment progress and improve the quality of healthcare are the cornerstone of this approach. However, relatively few efforts to implement COMs have succeeded due to the challenges involved. Those that have tend to collect data at service entry only, without any follow up data or feedback to staff or clients.
Professor Hides worked in partnership with LLW to identify a standard set of COMs, and address individual, organizational and system barriers to their adoption. Her team developed a novel digital system which collects COM data directly from clients, scores and provides automatic feedback to staff and clientsat service entry and follow up. Between November 202P and 2022 this system was used to collect COMs and deliver feedback to 20,263 LLW clients entering AOD treatment as part of routine care. This system has also been used in a number of cliicnal trials including:
QuikFix: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of motivational interviewing (MI) enhanced with individualised personality-specific coping skills training for young people with alcohol-related injuries and illnesses accessing emergency services compared to standard MI and an assessment feedback control.
Social Network Targeted Intervention for University College Students:
2021 Feasibility and Outcomes/2022 Cluster RCT: Three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial compared the efficacy of the full QuikFix College program (AOD trivia harm minimisation workshop + social network targeted evidence-based telehalth brief intervention) to AOD trivia harm minimisation workshop alone and residential college AOD education and messaging as usual.:
Implementation and Outcomes of a Trauma-Informed Model of Residential AOD Care: This study developed, implemented and evaluated a new trauma-informed model of care in residential AOD services. The model included the implementation of individual trauma-focused therapy (Cognitive Processing Therapy, CPT) for clients with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder.
First Step Brief Intervention for AOD Use: This study implemented and evaluated a brief intervention for complex clients accessing outpatient AOD treatment services to be delivered as the first part of a stepped care model of care.
FullFix: RCT of a transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy intervention for comorbid AOD and mental health disorder delivered as an adjunct to standard AOD outpatient care compared to standard care alone
Works
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2023
Journal Article
What client demographic, substance use, mental health, treatment, and psychological variables predict residential treatment completion for substance use disorders?
Tisdale, Calvert, Leung, Janni, de Andrade, Dominique and Hides, Leanne (2023). What client demographic, substance use, mental health, treatment, and psychological variables predict residential treatment completion for substance use disorders?. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. doi: 10.1007/s11469-022-01002-w
2022
Journal Article
Student perceptions of the current drinking culture in three Australian residential colleges: drinking motives, consequences and recommendations for harm minimisation strategies
Davidson, Lily, Mefodeva, Valeriya, Walter, Zoe and Hides, Leanne (2022). Student perceptions of the current drinking culture in three Australian residential colleges: drinking motives, consequences and recommendations for harm minimisation strategies. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1111/dar.13540
2022
Journal Article
Polysubstance use in young people accessing residential and day treatment services for substance use: substance use profiles, psychiatric comorbidity, and treatment completion
Mefodeva, Valeriya, Carlyle, Molly, Walter, Zoe, Chan, Gary and Hides, Leanne (2022). Polysubstance use in young people accessing residential and day treatment services for substance use: substance use profiles, psychiatric comorbidity, and treatment completion. Addiction, 117 (12), 3110-3120. doi: 10.1111/add.16008
2022
Journal Article
A two-stage social network intervention for reducing alcohol and other drug use in residential colleges: protocol for a feasibility trial
Davidson, Lily, Ellem, Rhiannon, Keane, Carol, Chan, Gary, Broccatelli, Chiara, Buckley, Jeff, Walter, Zoe, Hallo, Louise and Hides, Leanne (2022). A two-stage social network intervention for reducing alcohol and other drug use in residential colleges: protocol for a feasibility trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 118 106779, 106779. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106779
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2021
Journal Article
FullFix: a randomised controlled trial of a telephone delivered transdiagnostic intervention for comorbid substance and mental health problems in young people
Walter, Zoe, Quinn, Catherine A., Dingle, Genevieve, Pocuca, Nina, Baker, Amanda L., Beck, Alison, De Andrade, Dominique, Toombs, Maree and Hides, Leanne (2021). FullFix: a randomised controlled trial of a telephone delivered transdiagnostic intervention for comorbid substance and mental health problems in young people. BMJ Open, 11 (10) e045607, e045607. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045607
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2021
Journal Article
Telephone‐based motivational interviewing enhanced with individualised personality‐specific coping skills training for young people with alcohol‐related injuries and illnesses accessing emergency or rest/recovery services: a randomized controlled trial (QuikFix)
Hides, Leanne, Quinn, Catherine, Chan, Gary, Cotton, Susan, Pocuca, Nina, Connor, Jason P., Witkiewitz, Katie, Daglish, Mark R. C., Young, Ross Mc D. and Stoyanov, Stoyan (2021). Telephone‐based motivational interviewing enhanced with individualised personality‐specific coping skills training for young people with alcohol‐related injuries and illnesses accessing emergency or rest/recovery services: a randomized controlled trial (QuikFix). Addiction, 116 (3), 474-484. doi: 10.1111/add.15146
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2020
Journal Article
Direction of the relationship between methamphetamine use and positive psychotic symptoms in regular methamphetamine users: evidence from a prospective cohort study
Hides, Leanne, Chan, Gary, Dawe, Sharon, McKetin, Rebecca, Kavanagh, David J., Young, Ross McD, Teesson, Maree and Saunders, John B. (2020). Direction of the relationship between methamphetamine use and positive psychotic symptoms in regular methamphetamine users: evidence from a prospective cohort study. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 219 (1) PII S0007125019002630, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.263
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2019
Journal Article
Research protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Keep it Real, a web-based program for cannabis use and psychotic experiences in young people
Hides, Leanne, Baker, Amanda, Norberg, Melissa, Copeland, Jan, Quinn, Catherine, Walter, Zoe, Leung, Janni, Stoyanov, Stoyan R. and Kavanagh, David (2019). Research protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Keep it Real, a web-based program for cannabis use and psychotic experiences in young people. JMIR Research Protocols, 9 (7) e15803, e15803. doi: 10.2196/15803
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2019
Journal Article
Testing the interrelationship between mental well-being and mental distress in young people
Hides, Leanne, Quinn, Catherine, Stoyanov, Stoyan, Cockshaw, Wendell, Kavanagh, David J., Shochet, Ian, Deane, Frank, Kelly, Peter and Keyes, Corey L. M. (2019). Testing the interrelationship between mental well-being and mental distress in young people. Journal of Positive Psychology, 15 (3), 314-324. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2019.1610478
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2015
Journal Article
Primary and substance-induced psychotic disorders in methamphetamine users
Hides, Leanne, Dawe, Sharon, McKetin, Rebecca, Kavanagh, David J., Young, Ross McD., Teesson, Maree and Saunders, John B. (2015). Primary and substance-induced psychotic disorders in methamphetamine users. Psychiatry Research, 226 (1), 91-96. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.077
2025
Journal Article
Evaluating the effect of detached mindfulness techniques on gaming-related urges and intentions to play
Nuske, Jaime, Nuske, Luke, Hides, Leanne and King, Daniel L. (2025). Evaluating the effect of detached mindfulness techniques on gaming-related urges and intentions to play. Addictive Behaviors, 163 108258, 108258-163. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108258
2025
Journal Article
Exploring the potential of Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART Recovery) mutual-help groups for supporting people who use methamphetamine: a qualitative study examining participant experience of initiation and engagement
Beck, Alison K., Larance, Briony, Manning, Victoria, Deane, Frank P., Baker, Amanda L., Hides, Leanne, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Argent, Angela and Kelly, Peter J. (2025). Exploring the potential of Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART Recovery) mutual-help groups for supporting people who use methamphetamine: a qualitative study examining participant experience of initiation and engagement. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 169 209570, 209570. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209570
2025
Journal Article
Feasibility and outcomes of a trauma-informed model of care in residential treatment for substance use
Walter, Z.C., Carlyle, M., Mefodeva, V., Glasgow, S., Newland, G., Nixon, R.D.V., Cobham, V.E. and Hides, L. (2025). Feasibility and outcomes of a trauma-informed model of care in residential treatment for substance use. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 169 209571, 209571. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209571
2025
Journal Article
Three-Month Polysubstance Use Patterns Among People Enrolled in Outpatient Treatment for Methamphetamine Use
Pocuca, Nina, Campbell, Gabrielle, Ellem, Rhiannon, Newland, Grace, Walter, Zoe, Dignan, Julie, Stokes, Holly and Hides, Leanne (2025). Three-Month Polysubstance Use Patterns Among People Enrolled in Outpatient Treatment for Methamphetamine Use. Substance Use & Misuse, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2447437
2025
Book Chapter
Using Brief Motivational Interviewing as an Early Intervention for Reducing Risk of Substance Use Problems and Substance Use Disorder in Young People
Hides, Leanne (2025). Using Brief Motivational Interviewing as an Early Intervention for Reducing Risk of Substance Use Problems and Substance Use Disorder in Young People. The Sage Handbook of Addiction Psychology. (pp. 320-331) 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP : Sage Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781529673913.n21
2024
Conference Publication
Evaluating the Queensland drug checking services: framework and methodology
Salom, C., Thomas, N., Olsen, A., Bruno, R., Peacock, A., Juckel, J., Barber, T., Kocar, S., Robinson, M., Connor, J. and Hides, L. (2024). Evaluating the Queensland drug checking services: framework and methodology. Australian Professional Society for Alcohol and other Drugs, Canberra, ACT Australia, 30 October-2 November 2024. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
2024
Conference Publication
Understanding and Mitigating New Harms in Immersive and Embodied Virtual Spaces: A Speculative Dystopian Design Fiction Approach
Freeman, Guo, Frommel, Julian, Mandryk, Regan L, Gugenheimer, Jan, Li, Lingyuan, Johnson, Daniel, Aragon, Cecilia, Asif, Syed Ali, Bailey, Jakki, Barkallah, Meryem, Burger, Braeden, Cmentowski, Sebastian, Hancock, Jamie, Hides, Leanne, Hu, Hongxin, Hu, Yang, Li, Wangfan, Panchanadikar, Ruchi, Sayadi, Niloofar, Tebbe, Devin, Wöhler, Leslie, You, Xinyue, Zhang, Zinan and Zytko, Douglas (2024). Understanding and Mitigating New Harms in Immersive and Embodied Virtual Spaces: A Speculative Dystopian Design Fiction Approach. New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3678884.3681865
2024
Conference Publication
A rapid review of mindfulness and ACT for alcohol use disorders
Byrne, S., Chawla, I. and Hides, L. (2024). A rapid review of mindfulness and ACT for alcohol use disorders. Society for Mental Health Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 6-8 November 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Clinical profiles of people enrolling in alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia: Do youth differ from young adults and adults?
Campbell, Gabrielle, Pocuca, Nina, Newland, Grace, Ellem, Rhiannon, Glasgow, Sophia, Dignan, Julie, Stokes, Holly and Hides, Leanne (2024). Clinical profiles of people enrolling in alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia: Do youth differ from young adults and adults?. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43 (7), 2010-2020. doi: 10.1111/dar.13925
2024
Journal Article
Adolescent alcohol drinking and cannabis use: Longitudinal, and cohort analysis of high school students in Australia
Davidson, Lily, Leung, Janni, Quinn, Catherine, Ellem, Rhiannon, Tisdale, Calvert, Choi, Jisu, Carlyle, Molly, White, Melanie, Kavanagh, David J. and Hides, Leanne (2024). Adolescent alcohol drinking and cannabis use: Longitudinal, and cohort analysis of high school students in Australia. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 2. doi: 10.7895/ijadr.499
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Treating comorbid Substance Use and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vanessa Cobham, Dr Zoe Walter, Dr Molly Carlyle
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of routine outcome measures and feedback on client outcomes in alcohol and other drug treatment.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabrielle Campbell
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Doctor Philosophy
Determining factors associated with short- mid and long-term indicators of Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment Success.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabrielle Campbell
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Doctor Philosophy
Supporting d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Australians: Accessibility of Digital Mental Health Services for Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Suicide-related Behaviours
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gabrielle Campbell
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Doctor Philosophy
Effectiveness of online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for chronic pain management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Day
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Doctor Philosophy
Effectiveness of online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for chronic pain management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Day
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of an Internet-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain Management Program
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Day
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Doctor Philosophy
Performance and Image Enhancing Drug (PIED) use in Australia: key individual and social determinants of initiation and dependence and gender-based differences
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mair Underwood, Dr Zoe Walter
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Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing self-confidence in school-aged adolescents for prevention impulsive behaviors (substance addiction, risky sexual behavior, gambling and internet addiction) and mental illnesses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Associate Professor Janni Leung, Dr Carmen Lim
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Treating comorbid Substance Use and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Vanessa Cobham, Dr Zoe Walter, Dr Molly Carlyle
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Advancements in Understanding and Intervention of Problematic Alcohol use by Emerging Adults in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Dr Chiara Broccatelli
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Towards effective clinical supervision in the Australian alcohol and other drugs sector
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Utilisation of data linkage to determine the long-term health and substance use outcomes of residential substance use treatment
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dominique De Andrade, Associate Professor Janni Leung
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Mental health services in low resource settings: Treatment gap, service utilization, and barriers to mental health service use
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Associate Professor Janni Leung
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Cannabis Legalisation: An Empirical Analysis Causes of Attitudinal Change in the U.S. and Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall, Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan, Associate Professor Janni Leung
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