Oil and Drugs: A Toxic Mix
This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...
This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...
Acute and chronic alcohol exposure significantly affect behavior but the underlying neurobiological mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here, we used functional connectivity density (FCD) mapping to study alcohol-related...
Στόχος και προσδιορισμός δεδομένων
Η ανάλυση αυτή βασίστηκε σε μηνιαία στοιχεία από το Εθνικό Σύστημα Παρακολούθησης της Θεραπείας των Ουσιοεξαρτήσεων (NDTMS) από τον Δεκέμβριο του 2005 έως τον Νοέμβριο του 2016. Το NDTMS θεωρείται ότι...
Objective: To estimate annual infant morbidity and mortality attributable to prenatal smoking in Chile during 2008−2012.
Methods: Population-attributable fractions (PAFs) for several infant outcomes were calculated based on...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent of short-term memory impairment and schizophrenia-like symptoms in heavy and systematic cannabis users and the association between the severity of...
Στόχος: Περιγραφή της αντίληψης του ενήλικου πληθυσμού για τη διαφήμιση τσιγάρων στο σημείο πώλησης, ανάλογα με την κατάσταση χρήσης καπνού και τα κοινωνικοδημοτικά χαρακτηριστικά τους, όπως το φύλο, η ηλικία, η φυλή/χρώμα, η...
Προηγούμενες εκθέσεις έχουν δείξει ότι οι γιατροί που καπνίζουν υποτιμούν τις επιπτώσεις του καπνίσματος στην υγεία και αυτό επηρεάζει την πρακτική τους. Η μελέτη αυτή σχεδιάστηκε για να διερευνήσει τις απόψεις των...
Η κατάχρηση νέων ψυχοτρόπων ουσιών (NPS) αυξάνεται δραματικά παγκοσμίως από τα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 2000. Μέχρι το τέλος του 2015, περισσότερα από 560 NPS είχαν αναφερθεί στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Παρακολούθησης Ναρκωτικών και Τοξικομανίας. Αν...
Background: Tobacco using among women is more prevalent in Nepal as compared to other South-East Asian countries. The effect of its use is seen not only on the pregnant women, but also health of the growing fetus is compromised. Currently...
Τα ηλεκτρονικά τσιγάρα είναι λιγότερο εθιστικά από τα παραδοσιακά τσιγάρα, σύμφωνα με νέα μελέτη που δημοσιεύθηκε στο περιοδικό Preventative Medicine.
Τούτου λεχθέντος, περίπου το 75% των καπνιστών ηλεκτρονικού τσιγάρου εξακολουθούν να...
Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic tool known to be the core of traditional Chinese medicine. Two theories suggest positive outcomes in patients treated with acupuncture:
Sport participation can play an important and positive role in the health and development of children and youth. One area that has recently been receiving greater attention is the role that sport participation might play in...
OBJECTIVES: Previous research has found that adolescent athletes may be at increased risk of non-medical prescription opioid use (NPOU) due to injuries. Although adolescent athletes are at an increased risk of engaging in NPOU, it...
Η υπερβολική δόση ναρκωτικών, που οφείλεται σε μεγάλο βαθμό στην υπερβολική δόση που σχετίζεται με τη χρήση οπιοειδών, είναι πλέον η κύρια αιτία θανάτου από ακούσιο τραυματισμό στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Η συνεχιζόμενη κρίση των οπιοειδών...
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
After the recent enactment in Uruguay of Law 19172 regarding the regulation of cannabis market and use, many questions arise about the impact of this law on psychiatric patients with comorbid cannabis use disorder, with specific...
Children and adolescents with long-term physical conditions (LTPCs) are at greater risk of developing psychosocial problems. Screening for such problems may be undertaken using validated psychometric instruments to facilitate...
The authors’ objective was to examine the relationship between degree of acculturation across five different dimensions of acculturation and risk of drug use disorders (DUD) among US Hispanics.
Data were derived from a large...
Introduction: Adolescence and young adulthood are periods of continued biological and psychosocial maturation. Thus, there may be deleterious effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol on neural development and associated cognition...
The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Between 1999 and 2010, prescription opioid–related overdose deaths increased substantially in parallel with increased prescribing of opioids.
In 2015, opioid-involved drug...