adolescent

Safe spaces, vocational training, and prevention programs protect young Ugandan women

Scientific article

Adolescent girls and young women in Uganda, especially those based in rural Africa, experience multiple interrelated adversities that may place them at risk of HIV, alcohol abuse, and being dependent on inequitable power relationships with...

Internalizing and externalizing pathways to high-risk substance use and geographic location in Australian adolescents

Scientific article

4 August 2022

One specific instantiation of the storm-and-stress view of adolescence is the idea that “normal” adolescence involves high-risk substance use behaviors. However, although uptake of some substance use behaviors is more common during...

Adolescent Treatment and Recovery, Part 5: The Healing Power of Belonging

19 August 2022

Online

Description

This workshop will help clinicians grasp terms, ideas, and situations that trans and non-binary youth are experiencing today. Participants will be able to assess their own practices as it relates to transgender youth and be able to take with them an overarching understanding of the coming out process.

Adolescents with substance use problems in outpatient treatment: a one-year prospective follow-up study focusing on mental health and gender differences

Scientific article

15 July 2022

Background Although several studies have found a high incidence of coexisting mental health problems among adolescents with substance use problems, follow-up studies addressing how these conditions change over time are rare. The study will...

Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Cannabis-Naive Adolescents and Its Association With Future Cannabis Use

Scientific article

22 July 2022

Abstract Importance Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has been reported to increase the likelihood of future cigarette smoking among adolescents. The prospective association between e-cigarette use and cannabis use has been less clear...

Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s

News

All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority. The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in a...

Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, 2022

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

Summary of key findings The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the...

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Twelfth Session)

ISSUP Webinar

14 June 2022

ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behaviours: Targeting Adolescents in Nigeria. Learning Outcomes: Gain understanding...

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Twelfth Session)

14 June 2022

Abuja

Nigeria

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behaviours: Targeting Adolescents in Nigeria.

Time: 3PM Nigeria Time | 3PM Uk Time

Register for the Webinar

Engagement and Innovation Strategies for Youth Substance Use Prevention Messaging

14 June 2022

Washington DC

United States

At one time or another, most of us have had a conversation with a young person that didn’t quite go as planned. Maybe the topic was uncomfortable, perhaps the young person didn’t say much, or you just weren’t sure how to make your message resonate.