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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Non-Medical Prescription Opioid & Heroin Use among Adolescents Who Engage in Sports
ABSTRACT
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...
Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use
Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges...
Membantu Pasien yang Minum Terlalu Banyak: Panduan Dokter
Perkenalan
Guideis ini ditulis untuk perawatan primer dan dokter kesehatan mental. Ini telah diproduksi oleh National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), komponen dari National Institutes of Health, dengan bimbingan dari...
Cannabis and Schizophrenia: Systematic Review of the Last 15 Years
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...
Systematic Review of Screening Instruments for Psychosocial Problems in Children and Adolescents with Long-Term Physical Conditions
Abstract
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...
Akulturasi dan Gangguan Penggunaan Narkoba di kalangan Hispanik di AS
Abstrak
Tujuan penulis adalah untuk memeriksa hubungan antara tingkat akulturasi di lima dimensi akulturasi yang berbeda dan risiko gangguan penggunaan narkoba (DUD) di antara orang Hispanik AS.
Data diperoleh dari sampel nasional besar...
The Burden of Binge and Heavy Drinking on the Brain: Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Neural Structure and Function
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...
Data Baru tentang Penggunaan dan Peresepan Opioid di Amerika Serikat
Amerika Serikat berada di tengah-tengah epidemi overdosis opioid. Antara 1999 dan 2010, kematian overdosis terkait opioid resep meningkat secara substansial secara paralel dengan peningkatan resep opioid.
Pada tahun 2015, overdosis obat...
Contrasting Trends of Smoking Cessation Status
Abstract
Objective
The World Health Organization recommends that smokers be offered help to quit. A better understanding of smokers’ interest in and commitment to quitting could guide tobacco control efforts. We assessed temporal...
Penggunaan Tembakau dalam Film Terlaris — Amerika Serikat, 2010–2016
Ringkasan
Apa yang sudah diketahui tentang topik ini?
Surgeon General telah menyimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan sebab akibat antara penggambaran merokok dalam film dan inisiasi merokok di kalangan anak muda. Semakin sering anak muda melihat...
'Ledakan' yang Tidak Pernah Terjadi: Crack dan Penggunaan Kokain di Inggris
Pada tahun 1989 angin puyuh kekhawatiran ditimbulkan oleh petugas penegak narkoba AS yang meramalkan untuk Inggris "ledakan" gaya AS kekerasan yang terkait dengan 'hampir seketika adiktif' versi kokain. Itu tidak terjadi - tetapi apa yang...
Contextual Factors Associated with Marijuana Use in School Population
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Marijuana use among the student population has increased in Mexico and Latin America. There are social, interpersonal and individual factors associated with the onset and continuation of marijuana use. These include...
How Economic Recessions and Unemployment Affect Illegal Drug Use
ABSTRACT
Background: Economic recessions may influence illegal drug use via different mechanisms, for example increased use due to more psychological distress or decreased use due to lower income and purchasing power. This paper reviews...
An Approach to the New Psychoactive Drugs Phenomenon
ABSTRACT
Background: The new psychoactive drugs (NPD) are those that represent a danger to public health and are not prohibited by conventions on international narcotics. The concept also includes new contexts and new routes of consumption...
Statistik Kesehatan Dunia: Memantau Kesehatan untuk Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan
Seri Statistik Kesehatan Dunia adalah kompilasi statistik kesehatan tahunan Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) untuk negara-negara anggotanya. Statistik Kesehatan Dunia terbaru memberikan data tentang 21 target Tujuan Pembangunan...
Insentif Keuangan untuk Mengurangi Merokok dan Mempromosikan Perubahan Perilaku Terkait Kesehatan Lainnya pada Populasi rentan
ABSTRAK
Pengurangan substansial dalam merokok AS dan penyakit kronis terkait selama 50 tahun terakhir telah bermanfaat bagi kesehatan. Sayangnya, pengurangan tersebut telah didistribusikan secara tidak merata ke seluruh populasi. Merokok...
Hepatitis C ‘Giant’ Still Growing
Half of all surveyed UK injectors infected, a quarter within three years of starting to inject - for a time it seemed impossible to reverse the epidemic of hepatitis C infection. Now we know that aided by new treatments which clear the...
Orientasi Seksual dan Perkiraan Penggunaan Zat Dewasa dan Kesehatan Mental
Abstrak
Latar Belakang: Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa minoritas seksual (misalnya orang yang mengidentifikasi sebagai lesbian, gay, atau biseksual) berada pada risiko yang lebih besar untuk penggunaan zat dan masalah kesehatan mental diband...
2017 UNODC World Drug Report
Now in its 20th year of publication, the UNODC World Drug Report for 2017 is now available.
It consists of 5 accessible booklets:
Booklet 1 provides a summary of the subsequent 4 booklets. It also discusses the policy implications of the...
WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours
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