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Introduction

This Guideis written for primary care and mental health clinicians. It has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),a component of the National Institutes of Health, with guidance from...

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate whether moderate alcohol consumption has a favourable or adverse association or no association with brain structure and function.

Design: Observational cohort study with weekly alcohol intake and...

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Sfondo

Ricerche precedenti hanno trovato forti associazioni tra l'uso pericoloso di alcol da parte degli adolescenti e la loro percezione del comportamento dei coetanei, così come i propri soldi da spendere e una serie di...

New research published in the journal Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging has found that the effects of alcohol on the reward system in the brain may differ between men and women.

The reward system is a grouped structure in the brain that...

At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.

Background

Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators...

Multi-prong therapies centred on the family emerge as probably the most effective in this comprehensive and careful synthesis of the results of trials of non-residential programmes for substance using teenagers - but do the outcomes warrant...

Over many years Jeff has undertaken and managed projects in more than 80 different countries around the world as well as taken the lead role in one national and two international organisations.

Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...

Besides reducing substance use between its participants one prevention programme also reduced drug use among the friends of those who took part.

Strengths and Limitations of this Study

• This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).

• The study was...

Sintesi e risultati

La maggior parte delle persone non fa uso di droghe illecite e tra coloro che le provano, solo una frazione svilupperà modelli di dipendenza. Tuttavia, l'uso di droghe costituisce un serio problema di salute per molte...

 

Secondo la BBC, una recente indagine condotta dal governo suggerisce che più di 860.000 giovani (15-35) nella regione indiana del Punjab assumono droghe. Questo è tre volte la media nazionale. L'eroina è usata dal 53% di tutti i...

A new study reveals that computer-based intervention programmes could reduce the risk of substance use among early adolescents living in an urban setting.