This study delves into how motivational sessions and brief interventions impact students' alcohol consumption, highlighting the vital role of nurses in fostering positive behavioural changes. The study aims to discern the effects of these interventions, starting with a pre-and post-intervention setup involving 62 students from a private school in northern Portugal. The intervention comprised a session delivered by school and mental health nurses, utilizing the motivational intervention and FRAMES method and a poster offering feedback on alcohol consumption scores. The results indicated that females tended to drink for fewer days and engage in less binge drinking than males. Furthermore, the intervention hinted at a reduction in the number of heavy drinking days. This study underscores the importance of including healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, in delivering brief interventions within school settings. The findings carry weight for crafting evidence-based interventions to cultivate healthier adolescent behaviours and enhance overall well-being.
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Dig Dis Sci
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Recovery Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, 1307 Federal St Suite B300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, USA.
Background: Alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver disease is increasing in the US, with subsequent and expected increases in morbidity and mortality due to these conditions.
Aims: To determine the impact of an educational intervention regarding alcohol use disorder on gastroenterology fellows.
Methods: A before-after survey study was carried out.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry
January 2025
School of Psychology, Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
The directionality of the relationship between adolescent alcohol consumption and mental health difficulties remains poorly understood. This study investigates the longitudinal relationship between alcohol use frequency, internalizing and externalizing symptoms from the ages of 11 to 17. We conducted a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model across three timepoints (ages: 11yrs, 14yrs, 17yrs; 50.
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January 2025
School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Understanding the behavior of populations of drug consumers has been and remains a topic of keen interest. Using a unique dataset on 25 districts from Bengal, India, from 1911 to 1925, we analyze whether populations of consumers treat alcohol, cannabis, and opium as economic substitutes or complements in a legal regime. Additionally, we examine responsiveness to prices and income.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnal Methods
November 2017
Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India.
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