Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders
The Co-Occurring Center for Excellence. Addressing mental disorders and alcoholism, addiction co-occurring.
The Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) was created by SAMHSA in 2003 to provide information and a range of services to mental health and substance abuse administrators and policymakers at state and local levels, their counterparts in tribal and Native populations, clinical providers, [...]
No More Excuses - Let’s Get Rid of the Addiction
Do you want to finally give up your addiction? Wouldn’t life be more fun and definitely easier if you didn’t have that addiction?
Excessive Mobile Phone Use Affects Sleep In Teens, Study Finds
Teenagers who excessively use their cell phone are more prone to disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue. When compared to subjects with restricted use of cell phones, young people with excessive use of cell phones (both talking and text messaging) have increased restlessness with more careless lifestyles, more consumption of stimulating beverages, difficulty in falling [...]
Potential Dangers Faced By Narcoleptics Who Smoke Cigarettes Considered
This research abstract provides the first description of nicotine use by narcolepsy patients. Because people with narcolepsy can fall asleep suddenly and without warning, even while eating, walking or driving, those who smoke nicotine in bed are at a high risk of burning either themselves or the objects around them, or starting a fire, if [...]
Advertising, Alcohol And Adolescents
The advertising of alcohol, the marketing of alcoholic products, peer pressure and parental influence all play a part in the level of alcohol consumption among young people. Researchers found that advertising seems to be most effective in the case of alcopops and cider.
New Policy for Youth Alcohol in UK
Young people and alcohol - a new approach launched in British Government action plan
A comprehensive plan to stop young people drinking in public; help them make the right decisions about alcohol; and provide clear information to parents and young people about the risks of early drinking was announced today by the UK Government’s [...]
Swoop.
I’m up at an unfortunate hour tonight because I had a terrible dream:Look! he shouts at me. We are getting out of my car and approaching the house I lived in when I was in high school. It’s a house that always makes me feel unsafe. I look at him, and he’s pointing up in [...]
Drug And Alcohol Dependence Special Issue Features NIH-Funded Studies That Focus On The Impact Of A Classroom Behavior Program
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is pleased to inform you that a special issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence features studies focusing on the long-term impact of the Good Behavior Game (GBG). The GBG is a classroom management strategy designed to reduce aggressive/disruptive classroom behavior.
Managing alcohol related aggression in the emergency department (part ii). - cork a, ferns t.
Violence in the emergency department (ED) is a global problem. In our first paper, we highlighted the potential psychological effects of alcohol intoxication, the literatures discussion of alcohol related violence in the emergency department and the import… (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Gender differences in drunk driving prevalence rates and trends: a 20-year assessment using multiple sources of evidence. - schwartz j.
This research tracked women’s and men’s drunk driving rates and the DUI sex ratio in the United States from 1982-2004 using three diverse sources of evidence. Sex-specific prevalence estimates and the sex ratio are derived from official arrest statistics f… (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))