Source: Malhi, G.S., Das, P., Bell, E. et al. Modelling resilience in adolescence and adversity: a novel framework to inform research and practice.Transl Psychiatry 9, 316 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41398-019-0651-y Abstract Recent conceptualisations of resilience have advanced the notion that it is a...
INTRODUCCIÓN: El consumo de tabaco, alcohol y otras drogas comienza generalmente en la adolescencia. En Argentina, sucede a edades cada vez más tempranas. El objetivo de este estudio fue explorar factores sociales y personales predictores del inicio del consumo en adolescentes del país. MÉTODOS: En...
Source: McCann, M., Jordan, J. A., Higgins, K., & Moore, L. (2019). Longitudinal Social Network Analysis of Peer, Family, and School Contextual Influences on Adolescent Drinking Frequency. Journal of Adolescent Health. Abstract Purpose The aim of the study was to identify the mechanisms relating to...
Source: Hinton, E. A., Li, D. C., Allen, A. G., & Gourley, S. L. (2019). Social Isolation in Adolescence Disrupts Cortical Development and Goal-Dependent Decision-Making in Adulthood, Despite Social Reintegration. eNeuro, 6(5). Abstract The social environment influences neurodevelopment...
Brain health: Marijuana can cause permanent IQ loss of as much as 8 points when people start using it at a young age. These IQ points do not come back, even after quitting marijuana. Mental health: Studies link marijuana use to depression, anxiety, suicide planning, and psychotic episodes. It is not...
In 2005, an estimated 22 million Americans struggled with a drug or alcohol problem. Almost 95 percent of people with substance use problems are considered unaware of their problem
Estudio realizado en 29 centros de responsabilidad penal juvenil de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Se analizaron prácticas de consumo de SPA de jóvenes entre 13 y 23 años alojados en dichos centros.
We tend to think of addiction as an adult problem, but drug abuse starts, overwhelmingly, in adolescence. Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine talks about how a teenager's brain is primed to soak up new experiences—the good and the bad—in this clip from "Craving Brain: The Neuroscience of...
Las señales principales del uso de alcohol y del abuso de drogas por los adolescentes pueden incluir: Físicas: fatiga, problemas al dormir, quejas continuas acerca de su salud, ojos enrojecidos y sin brillo y una tos persistente. Emocionales: cambios en la personalidad, cambios rápidos de humor...
Perceived risk of marijuana remains tightly associated with use, and adolescent marijuana prevalence today would be at or near record highs if cigarette use had not declined since 2005, according to study projections.
Substance use is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality; it is in large part why, among 17 high-income nations, people in the U.S. have the highest probability of dying by age 50. 1,2 Substance use is also an important contributor to many social ills including child and spousal abuse...
The self-reported use of illicit drugs other than marijuana in the past year among twelfth graders declined from 34 percent in 1981 to 15 percent in 1992. It then increased during the 1990s, peaking at 22 percent in 2001, before decreasing slowly to 2009 and remaining relatively steady at around 17...
JUUL, a popular vape device that comes in fun flavors, looks like a flash drive and can be charged in a USB port, is especially concerning. JUUL delivers high levels of nicotine, making the product extremely addictive.
Research studies show that in addition to helping youth who experienced toxic stress to manage responses to their histories of adversity, these experiences help to build all youths’ resilience so that they are on a developmental trajectory toward healthy, positive outcomes.
The Youth Thrive framework is a strengths-based initiative to examine how all youth can be supported in ways that advance healthy development and wellbeing and reduce the likelihood or impact of negative life experiences.
Source: Volkow, N. D., Koob, G. F., Croyle, R. T., Bianchi, D. W., Gordon, J. A., Koroshetz, W. J., ... & Deeds, B. G. (2018). The conception of the ABCD study: From substance use to a broad NIH collaboration. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 32, 4-7. Abstract Adolescence is a time of dramatic...
Prevención selectiva e indica del consumo de drogas y alcohol con enfoque de redes Área Técnica en Prevención, División Programática Servicio Nacional para la Prevención y Rehabilitación del Consumo de Drogas y Alcohol, SENDA Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública Gobierno de Chile Santiago...
