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Can Drug Prevention Programmes Reduce Substance Use by Participants’ Friends?
Great Resources for Teachers
Are you a teacher? Are you looking for materials or lesson plans on the effects of drugs and drug abuse? The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a great database of more than 70 teacher materials on the effects of drugs and...
Counselling Parents and Teens about Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalisation of Marijuana
Abstract
Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
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The study...
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...
Η καθυστέρηση της χρήσης μαριχουάνας στην ηλικία των 17 ετών είναι καλύτερη για τον εφηβικό εγκέφαλο
Όσο περισσότερο οι έφηβοι καθυστερούν τη χρήση μαριχουάνας, τόσο το καλύτερο για τον αναπτυσσόμενο εγκέφαλό τους. Ωστόσο, μια νέα μελέτη διαπίστωσε ότι μπορεί να υπάρξει μικρή δυσμενής επίδραση εάν κάποιος αρχίσει να καπνίζει το φάρμακο...
Plans for a Smoke-Free Finland Gather Pace
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
Carefree Adolescence: A Risky Business
It is widely accepted that adolescents are predisposed to indulge in risky behaviours, more so than adults. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have recently provided us with new insights into the underlying...
Tobacco and Cancer: Epidemiology and New Perspectives of Prevention and Monitoring in Mexico
Tobacco smoking is a causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6,035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5,154 from other types. Additionally, 16,408 new smoking attributable cases are...
Θεραπεία του εθισμού στο αλκοόλ με θετικές σχέσεις
Μια «θεραπευτική συμμαχία», ή με άλλα λόγια, μια θετική και αξιόπιστη σχέση μεταξύ συμβούλου και ασθενούς, θα μπορούσε να είναι το κλειδί για την επιτυχή θεραπεία του εθισμού στο αλκοόλ, σύμφωνα με μια νέα μελέτη. Οι ασθενείς που ανέφεραν...
Healthier Alternatives and Natural Highs: The Success of the Icelandic Model
A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?
Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries.
Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...
Διαφήμιση αλκοόλ που συνδέεται με την κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από νέους
Ερευνητές υγείας σε όλο τον κόσμο έχουν παράσχει νέα στοιχεία που υποδηλώνουν ότι η διαφήμιση αλκοόλ είναι συχνά επιθετική, προσεγγίζει παιδιά και συνδέεται με την κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από νέους.
Η αυστραλιανή οργάνωση,η Εθνική Συμμαχία για...
Australian Smoking Habits
Smoking is a serious health issue worldwide. Prevalence, however, has steadily declined across Australia over the last several decades thanks to a number of successful public health campaigns. The number of smokers in the country is now...
Are Personality-Targeted Prevention Initiatives Successful?
Research has found that one’s personality is a useful predictor of drug and alcohol abuse. One notable programme that approaches substance prevention by focusing on personal characteristics is PreVenture. PreVenture has already been shown...
Οι άνθρωποι καπνίζουν όλο και λιγότερο;
Σύμφωνα με νέα ευρήματα που δημοσιεύθηκαν στο περιοδικό Tobacco Control, περισσότεροι από 53 εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι σε 88 χώρες έχουν σταματήσει το κάπνισμα μεταξύ 2008 και 2014 λόγω των μέτρων ελέγχου του καπνίσματος.
Στατιστικά, αυτό...
Smoking in Films: Adolescents and Unregulated Exposure
In its latest Smoke-Free Movies Report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised governments that films featuring tobacco use ought to be classified for their adult content. Published in the journal Tobacco Control, a new study supports...
Do Cognitive Processes Influence Nicotine Addiction?
A new study suggests that the way in which the human brain responds to nicotine depends on what a smoker believes about the drug’s content in a cigarette. The investigation found that smoking a cigarette that contains nicotine, but thinking...
Alcohol Use Disorders: Resilience and Risk Behaviour
New research suggests that certain personality traits, such as having a lack of restraint or being impulsive, increase the likelihood of developing alcohol use disorders. On the flip side, the study found that people with high resilience...
Σκωτία και νέες ψυχοδραστικές ουσίες
Ένα συνεργατικό ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα που αποσκοπεί στην κατανόηση των προτύπων χρήσης, των κινήτρων και των βλαβών των νέων ψυχοδραστικών ουσιών (NPS) - που συνήθως αναφέρονται ως «Legal Highs» - στη Σκωτία δημοσίευσε πρόσφατα τα ευρήματά...
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