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Psychoactive Substance Dependence in Females: A Three Year Review

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Psychoactive substance use was regarded as a male affair in the past. However, recent findings show an increasing number of females are getting involved. We conducted a three year retrospective review of patients admitted to the Centre for...

Hazardous Alcohol Use among Patients with Schizophrenia and Depression

Scientific article
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Harmful alcohol use is known to increase the risk of alcohol dependence as well as physical conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cirrhosis. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a common co-occurring disorder in people with...

Alcohol Use by Adolescents in Ghana

Scientific article
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Harmful alcohol consumption during adolescence poses a major public health issue as it affects several aspects of young peoples’ health and wellbeing. A recent study, published in the Journal of Mental Health and Prevention, has examined...

Supporting Young People who Hear Voices & Use Drugs or Alcohol

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London
United Kingdom

There has been increasing awareness of the relationship between drugs and hearing voices in young people, but much less is said about what it might be like for a young person who uses drugs and hears voices, and even less about ways to support a young person in this situation.

17th EFTC Conference 2019

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Thessaloniki
Greece

The European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC) Conference aims to provide to member organizations and colleagues from all disciplines of drug

Confluence of Suicide and Drug Overdose Epidemics in Young Australian Males

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Sydney
Australia

Young adult males experience higher mortality than females, and in age groups immediately younger and older, and with considerable variation in death rates over time. Trends in mortality and the causal structure of deaths among young adult Australian males over 1979–2011 are investigated, with a focus on suicide and drug overdose.