Dr Timothy Piatkowski
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Health Services Research
Publications
Journal Articles
Piatkowski, Timothy, Akrigg, Kim, Cox, Luke, Bradshaw, Adam and Vigorous, Steve (2025). Anything but androgens: How image and performance enhancing drug consumers manage body composition and health through off-label use of medicines. Performance Enhancement and Health, 13 (2) 100329, 100329. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100329
Piatkowski, Timothy, Kill, Emma and Olsen, Anna (2025). It is the way you treat yourself, but also the way you allow other people to start treating you as well: perceptions of overdose risk among women who inject drug. Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 26 (2), 73-84. doi: 10.1108/dhs-01-2025-0002
Piatkowski, Timothy, Barratt, Monica J., Coomber, Ross, Gibbs, Nick, Neumann, David L. and Dunn, Matthew (2025). Tracing the impact of media, cultural narratives, and social perceptions on Australia's anabolic-androgenic steroid communities. Contemporary Drug Problems. doi: 10.1177/00914509251334958
Lamb, Harry, Dunn, Matthew, Havnes, Ingrid Amalia and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). “I go back to it every f**king time”: the normalization of problematic Trenbolone use in online anabolic-androgenic steroid communities. Addiction Research and Theory, 33 (2), 81-87. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2024.2352092
Healey, Gene, Neumann, David, Cornell, Samuel and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). 'Martial arts crossed over into the rest of my life': a qualitative exploration of Australian practitioners' experiences of martial arts and combat sports on wellbeing. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35 (1) e70035. doi: 10.1002/casp.70035
Piatkowski, Timothy, Turnock, Luke, Gibbs, Nick and Duff, Cameron (2024). The IPEDs assemblage: tracing the entanglements of biomedicine, technology, enhancement and anti-doping policies in sport and society. Health. doi: 10.1177/13634593241306569
Walker, Claire, Piatkowski, Timothy, Ferris, Jason, Davies, Emma, Barratt, Monica, Winstock, Adam and Puljević, Cheneal (2024). From chaos to kaleidoscope: exploring factors in psychedelic self-treatment for mental health conditions. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 38 (8), 749-760. doi: 10.1177/02698811241265762
Piatkowski, Timothy, Whiteside, Bianca, Robertson, Jonathan, Lamon, Severine and Dunn, Matthew (2024). Performance and image enhancing drug use among Australian women: the role of interpersonal relationships in facilitating use. Contemporary Drug Problems, 51 (2), 142-159. doi: 10.1177/00914509241256002
Piatkowski, Timothy, Sabrus, Domanik and Keane, Carol (2024). The relationship between masculinity and help-seeking among Australian men living in non-urban areas. The Journal of Men's Studies, 32 (2), 199-218. doi: 10.1177/10608265231207997
Piatkowski, Timothy, Cox, Luke, Gibbs, Nick, Turnock, Luke and Dunn, Matthew (2024). ‘The general concept is a safer use approach’: how image and performance enhancing drug coaches negotiate safety through community care. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2024.2352442
Davies, Emma L., Piatkowski, Timothy, Frankovitch, Alex, Puljević, Cheneal, Barratt, Monica J., Ferris, Jason A. and Winstock, Adam R. (2024). Exploring experiences of drink and needle spiking incidents among global drug survey respondents from 22 countries. Journal of Drug Issues. doi: 10.1177/00220426241248613
Devilly, Grant J., Wilkinson, Petra, Allen, Corey and Piatkowski, Timothy (2024). Unmasking distorted reflections: exploring body image, alcohol, and drug use in nighttime entertainment districts. Substance Use and Misuse, 59 (9), 1280-1292. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2320377
Piatkowski, Timothy, Gibbs, Nick and Dunn, Matthew (2024). Beyond the law: exploring the impact of criminalising anabolic–androgenic steroid use on help-seeking and health outcomes in Australia. Journal of Criminology, 57 (1), 62-82. doi: 10.1177/26338076231209044
Piatkowski, Timothy, Havnes, Ingrid Amalia, Kill, Emma and Ven, Katinka van de (2024). Could testosterone be the new methadone? New ways for approaching anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence. Performance Enhancement and Health, 12 (1) 100275. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2024.100275
Reynolds, Ashlee, Roche, Steven and Piatkowski, Timothy (2024). Enhancing child safety and well-being in the northern territory: bridging gaps in support services and strengthening community engagement. Qualitative Social Work, 23 (1), 108-125. doi: 10.1177/14733250231202045
Turnock, Luke, Gibbs, Nick, Cox, Luke and Piatkowski, Timothy (2023). Big business: the private sector market for image and performance enhancing drug harm reduction in the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy, 122 104254, 104254. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104254
Piatkowski, Timothy, Robertson, Jonathan and Dunn, Matthew (2023). Polysubstance use practices among women using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS). Performance Enhancement and Health, 11 (2) 100248, 100248. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2023.100248
Kroon, Rianca, Neumann, David L., Piatkowski, Timothy M. and Moffitt, Robyn L. (2023). How the physical appearance of companions affects females with high or low social physique anxiety: a virtual reality exercise study. Virtual Reality, 27 (2), 541-551. doi: 10.1007/s10055-022-00676-w
Dunn, Matthew, Piatkowski, Timothy, Whiteside, Bianca and Eu, Beng (2023). Exploring the experiences of general practitioners working with patients who use performance and image enhancing drugs. Performance Enhancement and Health, 11 (2) 100247, 100247. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2023.100247
Gibbs, Nicholas and Piatkowski, Timothy (2023). The Liver King lie: misrepresentation, justification, and public health implications. International Journal of Drug Policy, 114 103979, 103979. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103979
Moran, James, Buck, Andrew, Williams, Jodie, Piatkowski, Timothy and Unnikrishnan, Renu (2023). Impact on the health service in the Top End, Northern Territory following the introduction of an electric scooter sharing service. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35 (2), 194-199. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14090
Neumann, David L., Piatkowski, Timothy M., Moffitt, Robyn L. and Minahan, Clare L. (2023). The mental health of elite athletes in developing nations of the greater Oceania region. Australian Psychologist, 58 (2), 94-104. doi: 10.1080/00050067.2022.2130027
Piatkowski, Tim and Dunn, Matthew (2022). Coaching the drug coach: an invited commentary in response to Gibbs et al. anabolics coaching: Emic harm reduction or a public health concern?. Performance Enhancement and Health, 10 (3) 100229, 100229-3. doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2022.100229
Neumann, David L., Olive, Ashleigh, Moffitt, Robyn L. and Piatkowski, Tim (2022). Switching attentional focus across internal and external cues improves performance in a rowing task in novices. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61 102195, 102195-61. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102195
Dunn, Matthew and Piatkowski, Timothy (2021). Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on performance and image enhancing drug use. Harm Reduction Journal, 18 (1) 124, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12954-021-00571-8
Tighe, Boden, Dunn, Matthew, McKay, Fiona H. and Piatkowski, Timothy (2017). Information sought, information shared: Exploring performance and image enhancing drug user-facilitated harm reduction information in online forums. Harm Reduction Journal, 14 (1) 48. doi: 10.1186/s12954-017-0176-8
Opar, David A., Piatkowski, Timothy, Williams, Morgan D. and Shield, Anthony J. (2013). A novel device using the nordic hamstring exercise to assess eccentric knee flexor strength: A reliability and retrospective injury study. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 43 (9), 636-640. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2013.4837