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Women and Children are the Emerging Face of Drug Addiction in Afghanistan

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Q breaks into song, and the lyrics reflect something of himself: "My heart aches, my heart aches and my heart aches," he croons. The 10-year-old hopes to go professional one day, but his mother says that first, he has to break his addiction...

Lift Up! “Prevention of Violence against Women Living with People with Substance Use Disorder

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Lift Up! “Prevention of Violence against Women Living with People with Substance Use Disorder” Special thanks to the Institute of Clinical Psychology UoK, Pakistan US Alumni Network, Initiator Hdf SNYC, DFPF, Wajid Ali Rizwan Jaffar, Dr...

Women Using Heroin in Kenya: Why It’s Important to Intervene Early in Life

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Recreational drug use in Kenya is common among men, women, and youth from both rural and urban environments. Heroin is the primary drug taken by injection in Kenya and it is linked with increased rates of HIV transmission. Recent research...

Experiences of Women with Substance Use Disorders in Treatment Centers: An Exploratory Study

Scientific article

ABSTRACT Women with substance use problems also make up a population with gender-specific needs, which has not received enough attention in the development of policies and treatment services. The gap in gender specific interventions remains...

Depression and Binge-drinking among Military Spouses and Partner

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It is recognised that harmful alcohol consumption is more common amongst those who have served in the UK armed forces. However this is not just an issue for the individual who has served in the army. In a recent study conducted by...

Tobacco Use Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young Adults

Scientific article

7 June 2019

It is recognised that smoking and use of tobacco products among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young adults is higher compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Although it is believed that within the LGBTQ...

Gender-Specific Substance Use Patterns and Associations with Individual, Family, Peer, and School Factors in 15-Year-Old Portuguese Adolescents: A Latent Class Regression Analysis

Scientific article

10 May 2019

Background Adolescence is a critical period of vulnerability to substance use. Recent research has shown that gender differences in adolescence substance use are complex and in constant flux. The present study aims to investigate gender...

Gender and Alcohol Infographics

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

Based on recent research, Glasgow Caledonian University, Strathclyde University, SHAAP and Glasgow Centre for Population Health, have produced infographics to tackle stereotypes about men, women and drinking in Scotland.

Not without my Mobile Phone: Alcohol Binge Drinking, Gender Violence and Technology in the Spanish Culture of Intoxication

Scientific article

22 March 2019

Abstract The practice of binge drinking has in recent decades consolidated what is known as the ‘culture of intoxication’ among young people of Spain. This has coincided with the increase in the use of mobile-phone technology and of social...

Gender Differences in the Bidirectional Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Sleeplessness

Scientific article

29 April 2019

Abstract Background The degree to which the relationship between alcohol use and sleeplessness is unidirectional or reciprocal is unclear due to great variation among the results of previous studies. The aim of the present study was to...