Cost-reduction strategies and a lack of overall perspective have created a potentially dangerous climate for the treatment of the various forms of adolescent substance abuse. The authors argue for a holistic approach that focuses on demographics, family issues, school functioning, and other related problems as well as on careful evaluation of treatment outcome and criteria for admission, continued stay, and discharge from treatment programs.
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Heliyon
January 2025
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 11405 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada.
Background: Based on the socio-ecological model of health, socioeconomic policy is an important determinant of population health. Spending decisions by public health units (PHU) have been shown to be associated with population health outcomes. Some studies have found greater PHU spending to be associated with improved population health, while others report mixed findings, warranting further research.
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January 2025
Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal (Conrod, Seguin, Lynch); CHU Sainte-Justine Mother-Child University Hospital, Montreal (Conrod, Seguin, Masse, Spinney, Lynch); Department of Psychiatry and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (Stewart); Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science, McGill University, Montreal (Pihl); School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal (Masse).
Objective: Rates of substance use disorders (SUDs) remain significantly above national targets for health promotion and disease prevention in Canada and the United States. This study investigated the 5-year SUD outcomes following a selective drug and alcohol prevention program targeting personality risk factors for adolescent substance misuse.
Methods: The Co-Venture trial is a cluster randomized trial involving 31 high schools in the greater Montreal area that agreed to conduct annual health behavior surveys for 5 years on the entire 7th grade cohort of assenting students enrolled at the school in 2012 or 2013.
BMC Psychol
January 2025
Department of kindergarten, Faculty of Education, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen.
Background: Emotions are a fundamental part of life and play a critical role in shaping individuals' experiences Effectively regulating emotions in socially appropriate ways is essential for navigating life successfully. This study investigated the impact of seven sadness regulation strategies on depression and anxiety and examined the mediating role of ER in the relationship between sadness regulation and depression and anxiety.
Method: A cross-sectional design was employed with 350 participants (144 men, 206 women) aged 18 to 35.
Dis Mon
January 2025
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
The subject of substance use disorders in the pediatric population remains a disturbing conundrum for clinicians, researchers and society in general. Many of our youth are at risk of being damaged and even killed by drug addictions that result from the collision of rapidly developing as well as vulnerable central nervous systems encountering the current global drug addiction crisis. A major motif of this chemical calamity is opioid use disorder in adolescents and young adults that was stimulated by the 19th century identification of such highly addictive drugs as morphine, heroin and a non-opiate, cocaine.
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