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Centre for Mental Health and Addiction ... Publications | LitMetric

16 results match your criteria: "Centre for Mental Health and Addiction Research[Affiliation]"

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  • * A detailed analysis revealed a three-factor structure of gambling attitudes: "attitudes while gambling," "sensation-seeking/excitement," and "gambling fallacies," with "gambling fallacies" being the only factor significantly associated with worse gambling disorder severity.
  • * The findings suggest that treatment should focus specifically on addressing and mitigating "gambling fallacies," as a more nuanced understanding of gambling beliefs could improve care and outcomes for individuals with gambling disorders.
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Introduction: Smoking remains a significant global public health issue, leading to numerous preventable deaths and disabilities annually. Telephone counselling is a recommended intervention for smoking cessation, offering accessible support to a wide range of people who smoke. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of the German quitline for smoking cessation.

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Cannabis, cannabinoids and health: a review of evidence on risks and medical benefits.

Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

September 2024

National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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  • The international legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use continues to grow, with a focus on its potential medical benefits and the risks associated with recreational use.
  • Regular consumption of high-THC cannabis can lead to addiction (cannabis use disorder), acute negative health effects like mental or cardiovascular issues, and long-term problems such as impaired learning and mental health disorders, especially in younger users.
  • While medical cannabis can provide modest benefits for certain conditions like chronic pain and epilepsy, the overall evidence for treating various mental and physical health issues remains inconclusive, and safety concerns persist regarding its use.
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Trends in alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality in Germany from 2000 to 2021: A modelling study.

Drug Alcohol Rev

November 2024

Centre of Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

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  • - The study examined trends in alcohol-related health issues and deaths among German adults aged 15-69 between 2000 and 2021, focusing on fully and partially alcohol-attributable diseases for specific years like 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2021.
  • - Data from hospitalizations, rehabilitation statistics, and death registries were used to assess alcohol consumption and its impact across different age groups and genders.
  • - Findings revealed a peak in alcohol-specific health problems in 2012 followed by a decline, with mortality rates decreasing until 2019 before rising again; overall, both morbidity and mortality rates related to alcohol decreased from 2006 to 2021.
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Post-2000, the prevalence of cannabis consumption has been rising internationally. This paper investigates whether cannabis-related treatment demand in German outpatient addiction care facilities (OACFs) has been following this trend. Treatment demand related to cannabis use disorder (CUD) for the period 2001 to 2021 was investigated using data from the nation-wide standardized German Addiction Care Statistical Service.

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Background: Although many individuals with alcohol dependence (AD) are recognized in the German healthcare system, only a few utilize addiction-specific treatment services. Those who enter treatment are not well characterized regarding their prospective pathways through the highly fragmented German healthcare system. This paper aims to (1) identify typical care pathways of patients with AD and their adherence to treatment guidelines and (2) explore the characteristics of these patients using routine data from different healthcare sectors.

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[Substance use and the usage of social media, computer games, and gambling among apprentices at vocational schools].

Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz

April 2024

Department of Public Health Science, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Schweden.

Background: The aim of the current study was to assess the prevalence of the (problematic) consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis as well as the (problematic) use of social media, e‑products, computer games, and gambling among apprentices.

Method: Cross-sectional survey of 4591 apprentices at 17 vocational schools from Bavaria, Schleswig-Holstein, and Hamburg. Data was collected using questionnaires between March 2021 and April 2022.

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Background: The objective of the present study was to examine the short-term effectiveness of the national German quitline for smoking cessation.

Methods: A parallel-group, two-arm, superiority, randomized controlled trial with data collection at baseline and post-intervention (three months from baseline) was conducted. Individuals were randomized to either the intervention group, receiving up to six telephone counselling calls, or the control group, receiving an active control intervention (self-help brochure).

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Introduction: Mandatory breaks have been discussed as a harm reduction strategy in the context of gambling for several years, but their effectiveness remains unclear. The TESSA pilot study examines the association of physiological arousal (PA) and mandatory breaks during gambling with an aim to conceptualize the framework for a subsequent randomized controlled trial.

Material And Methods: In a one-armed experimental pilot study 28 participants engaged in a simulated online slot game with mandatory breaks.

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Hospitalisation patterns in interstitial lung diseases: data from the EXCITING-ILD registry.

Respir Res

January 2024

Mainz Center for Pulmonary Medicine, Departments of Pneumology, ZfT, Mainz University Medical Center and of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Marienhaus Clinic Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Background: Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) comprise a heterogeneous group of mainly chronic lung diseases with more than 200 entities and relevant differences in disease course and prognosis. Little data is available on hospitalisation patterns in ILD.

Methods: The EXCITING-ILD (Exploring Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Interstitial Lung Diseases) registry was analysed for hospitalisations.

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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is the most severe complication in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and associated with significant mortality. Diagnostic and treatment strategies, however, still lack standardization. By the use of a survey study (PH in BPD), we assessed clinical practice (diagnosis, treatment, follow-up) in preterm infants with early postnatal persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) as well as at risk for or with established BPD-associated PH between 06/2018 and 10/2020 in two-thirds of all German perinatal centers with >70 very low birthweight infants/year including their cardiology departments and outpatient units.

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Does the decline in Swedish adolescent drinking persist into early adulthood?

Addiction

February 2024

Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

Background And Aims: Sweden has experienced a substantial decrease in adolescent drinking over the past decades. Whether the reduction persists into early adulthood remains unclear. Using survey data, the present study aimed to determine whether reductions in indicators of alcohol use observed among adolescents remain in early adulthood and whether changes in alcohol intake are consistent among light/moderate and heavy drinkers.

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Background: To prevent the transmission of blood-borne infections and reach the elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has set the goal to distribute 300 sterile needles and syringes each year per person who injects drugs (PWID). We aimed to assess drug paraphernalia distribution in Germany in 2021, including the WHO indicator, and to analyse changes to the distribution measured in 2018.

Methods: We conducted a repeated cross-sectional study of low-threshold drug services in Germany.

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Background: Given low utilization by individuals experiencing gambling problems the potential of self-exclusion (SE) might be not fully exploited in Germany. This paper aims to gain insight into different actors' perceptions and reflections on the problems and difficulties in the process of self-exclusion to delineate which specific attitudes hamper a successful implementation of SE.

Methods: 13 individual and four group interviews with individuals experiencing gambling problems and governmental or commercial gambling providers were examined.

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Background: In Germany, most individuals with alcohol dependence are recognized by the health care system and about 16% per year receive addiction-specific care. This paper aimed to analyze the prevalence and treatment utilization rate of people with alcohol dependence by type of addiction-specific care in the federal state of Bremen using routine and survey data.

Methods: The number of individuals with alcohol dependence was estimated using data from the 2018 Epidemiological Survey of Substance Abuse (ESA).

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