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Declining Addiction One Step at a Time
A new study carried out at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has found that results from drug and alcohol addiction treatment programmes improve amongst teens when they stop smoking. The findings, which have been...
Adolescents, Crime and Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol in the system was a year-long project that investigated the link between drinking and youth offending.
Listed below are the project's key findings:
- Drink culture is rife in the UK. Access to alcohol information and support for...
Teenagers under the Influence: Alcohol, Drugs and Video Games
Researchers have carried out a study which assesses the relationship between playing video games and substance use amongst adolescents.
Salute mentale e uso di sostanze: linee guida di prevenzione per la classe
Mentor ADEPIS ha recentemente pubblicato una pubblicazione dettagliata che mira a fornire a coloro che lavorano all'interno dell'ambiente scolastico linee guida pratiche per aiutare a prevenire che bambini e giovani sviluppino problemi di...
Canadian Quits
The latest Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Survey (2015) reports a decrease in the number of smokers nationwide.
Click here to view the full set of results (available in both English and French).
Dying for an E-Cigarette?
The use of e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in recent years. New research suggests that besides acting as a gateway to tobacco smoking, ‘vaping’ can also potentially damage your health in other ways. A study undertaken at the Keck...
The Impact of Prevention Interventions in Early Childhood
New research coming out of the University of Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions points to evidence which seems to suggest that an effective way of preventing drug and alcohol use by teenagers is to begin substance abuse education in...
Teenage Binge Drinking and Future Offspring’s Brain Development
Frequent binge drinking during your teenage years can affect the brain functioning and development of your future offspring, according to new research published by Loyola University. Indeed, the study suggests that excessive alcohol...
Specialised Drug Education Programmes Are Growing in Popularity
Specialised programmes that look to educate and prepare a new professional workforce have increased in number
Smoking and DNA Changes
Analyses have found a direct link between the number of cigarettes smoked during one's lifetime and the number of mutations in tumour DNA. Commenting on these findings, Prof. Sir Mike Stratton from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute notes...
Combattere l'abuso di alcol: i soldati e la lotta contro la dipendenza
Una nuova ricerca pubblicata sul Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology sostiene che gli interventi telefonici sembrano un modo efficace per aiutare i militari a superare la dipendenza da alcol. Lo studio dimostra che tale metodo può...
The Lasting Health Effects of Alcohol Dependency
A new study conducted in the United States and subsequently published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests that those who suffered from symptoms of alcohol dependence during their youth may still experience the mental and...
Abuso di sostanze e transizione verso l'età adulta
Il passaggio dall'infanzia all'età adulta può essere un momento particolarmente difficile per molti giovani. Un nuovo studio pubblicato su Emerging Adulthood indaga il modo in cui gli utenti di sostanze adolescenti vedono questo cambiamento...
Parent-Child Relationships and Substance Use in Adolescence
Past research has often suggested parent-child connectedness and communication to be important for the prevention of substance, particularly alcohol, misuse among adolescents. A new study recently published in Drugs: Education, Prevention...
Il 75% degli adolescenti vede le sigarette elettroniche come un'alternativa più sicura al tabacco
Quasi 3 adolescenti su 4 negli Stati Uniti pensano che le sigarette elettroniche siano meno dannose o che creino dipendenza rispetto al fumo di tabacco, secondo un nuovo studio. I ricercatori hanno anche scoperto che l'aumento della...
Weaker Bones Linked to Cannabis Use
Research conducted at the University of Edinburgh has found a link between cannabis use and bone mass density. More specifically, the findings, recently published in the American Journal of Medicine, report that frequent cannabis users are...
Fumo e depressione: qual è la relazione?
Quasi il 20% degli adulti americani fuma sigarette. Coloro a cui viene diagnosticato un problema di salute mentale moderato hanno circa il doppio delle probabilità di fumare, mentre per quelli diagnosticati come gravemente malati i rischi...
Benefici per la salute derivanti dallo smettere di fumare
Entro appena venti minuti dopo l'ultima sigaretta il tuo corpo inizia a sentire gli effetti di smettere. I benefici per la salute derivanti dallo smettere di fumare includono, tra le altre cose, una diminuzione della frequenza cardiaca e...
Expanding Drug Markets in Australia
Recently sixteen people were hospitalised on the Gold Coast, Australia, after taking a new synthetic drug known as Flakka. One of those taken ill is said to be in a critical condition. Flakka takes the form of a white/pink crystal-like...
Gestione delle contingenze e disturbi da droga
L'Osservatorio europeo delle droghe e delle tossicodipendenze (OEDT) definisce la gestione di emergenza come "una tecnica generale di intervento comportamentale utilizzata nel trattamento della tossicodipendenza ... progettato per...