Family check-up: positive parenting prevents the abuse of drugs
Recommendation for parents, with tips on parenting positive to prevent substance abuse. The material includes links to videos of examples.
All Resources for 'Community-Based Recovery and Treatment'
Drug Use Prevention Projects in Schools in Brazil: Quality Analysis and Improvement Proposals
Abstract
Adolescents living in vulnerable regions are more exposed to risk factors for drug use. The prevention of such use in school is a public policy that needs evaluation. Based on technical criteria and derived from a mixed research...
Reasons for E-Cigarette Use among US Middle and High School Students
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. middle school and high school students in 2016. The Surgeon General concluded that e-cigarettes...
Parental Alcohol Misuse and Children
Parental Alcohol Misuse (PAM) can negatively affect children’s physical and mental health, and other outcomes including educational attainment and behaviour. Effects can be acute when experienced in conjunction with other adverse...
Price elasticity of demand for cigarettes and alcohol, in Ecuador, with household data
OVERVIEW
Aim: To estimate the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes and alcohol in Ecuador, using cross-sectional data from the national survey of income and expenditure of urban and rural families (ENIGHUR) 2011-2012.
Methods: 2011...
Alcohol: no ordinary consumer product
From a public health perspective, alcohol consumption plays an important role in the causation of disability, illness and death on a global scale. It also contributes substantially to the family dysfunction, violence and psychiatric...
Trends in Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Netherlands
ABSTRACT
Background: From an international perspective, studying trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands is an important case study. Whereas Dutch adolescents topped the international rankings of alcohol consumption in the...
Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Mental Disorders
Abstract
Child maltreatment is a public health concern with well-established sequelae. However, compared to research on physical and sexual abuse, far less is known about the long-term impact of emotional maltreatment on mental health. The...
FREE Opioid Training Course from Harvard
Harvard University has launched a free online training course via edX.org. Suitable for those looking for an introduction to understanding opioids and the current "crisis" facing many nations through high rates of drug related deaths. The...
Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and their Infants
This Clinical Guide provides comprehensive, national guidance for optimal management of pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants. The Clinical Guide helps healthcare professionals and patients determine the...
