youth

Preventing and Treating Tobacco Use among Canadian Youth

Scientific article

13 March 2017

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has issued a new evidence-based guideline for combatting tobacco use by children and young adults aged 5 – 18, suggesting that physicians ought to have a more active role in the prevention...

Training of Peer Educators at Tihar Central Jail

News

SPYM has started a prison intervention program among drug abusing youth who are inmates of the Central Jail, Tihar in New Delhi. Peer educators have been identified and a training program was conducted by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Executive...

Webinar "Defining Our Own Recovery: Strategic Sharing and Recovery Messaging for Young People"

23 February 2017

Webinar

United States

Defining Our Own

The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy

Book

10 January 2017

A series of reports in a supplement to the scientific journal Addiction presents the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and its impact on children. Key findings from the collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts include: Exposure to alcohol...

Adolescents, Crime and Alcohol Consumption

Book

30 November 2016

Alcohol in the system was a year-long project that investigated the link between drinking and youth offending. Listed below are the project's key findings: Drink culture is rife in the UK. Access to alcohol information and support for young...

Interventions in Practice Webinar

6 December 2016

Toronto

Canada

The fifth webinar in the Interventions in Practice Series will take a look at the process of transitioning youth into adult services. The webinar aims at offering advice to agencies supporting youth, particularly youth with mental health and addictions challenges.

Improving Services and Systems for Transition-Age Youth

9 November 2016

Sudbury

Canada

The transition to adulthood is a critical developmental stage. Youth experiencing mental health and substance use concerns at this time may also face challenges related to housing, justice involvement, education, and employment. And individuals from vulnerable populations experience these challenges more acutely.

Webinar: A Service Pathway for Youth with Mental Health and Addiction Challenges

8 December 2016

Toronto

Canada

YouthCan IMPACT is a project started in Toronto to set up Integrated Collaborative Care Teams (ICCTs) that provide youth with rapid access to mental health and

Opioid Abuse Linked to Heroin Use

Scientific article

9 October 2016

New research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors has found the likelihood of 18- to 34-year-old nonmedical prescription opioid users having a prescription opioid use disorder has increased between 2002 – 2014. More specifically...

Youth Who Misuse Drugs Are More Likely to Commit Suicide

Scientific article

Suicide ranks among the top five causes of death among 15- to 19-year-olds. Research has shown that youth who misuse drugs are more likely to commit suicide than their peers who do not abuse substances. An estimated 27-50 percent of...