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The Art of Being a Therapist

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The objective of this work was to identify the non-specific variables related to the success of a short intervention program for adolescent alcohol-consuming adolescents, based on the experience and opinion of a group of therapists in the...

Technology Transfer in the Area of Addictions

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Summary The knowledge provided by psychology must respond to different problems, which can only be achieved when the findings obtained by scientific evidence are affordable to other scientific groups, and social nuclei, in order for them to...

Impact of a Brief Intervention Program in Clinical Practice

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ABSTRACT Introduction: The present study analyzes the main barriers and adaptations to brief interventions that focus on addictive behavior treatments carried out in clinical settings by 756 health professionals during their adoption...

Prevention that Works

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School is one of the key environments to discuss with young people the impact of substance use, and deliver evidenced prevention interventions . It is vital that the messages that are passed on to young people are appropriate and delivered...

Jersey and Guernsey Sign up to WHO's Tobacco Control

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A public health treaty set up to cut tobacco-related diseases and deaths has been extended to Jersey and Guernsey by the UK. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the distinguished global tobacco control instrument...