Esaminare l'impatto culturale sulla diagnosi dei disturbi da uso di alcol utilizzando i paesi europei come esempi.
Revisione narrativa.
Ci sono forti norme culturali che guidano le...
Especially due to its large sample size and incorporation into the CPS survey, the TUS provides a unique opportunity for tracking long-term trends in tobacco use, cessation attempts, and tobacco-related policies; evaluation of tobacco...
Esiste un'associazione tra consumo di alcol e lesioni in America Latina e nei Caraibi. Questo studio trasversale esplora i fattori socio-contestuali delle lesioni legate all'alcol a Trinidad e Tobago. I dati sui modelli di...
Come parte di un crescente uso mondiale di droghe di design, l'uso recente di composti contenenti catinoni e cannabinoidi sintetici è particolarmente diffuso. Qui, abbiamo esaminato la letteratura corrente sulla prevalenza, l'epidemiologia...
What is already known about this topic?
Opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been increasing since 1999, initially driven by prescription opioid misuse and more recently by heroin and other illicit opioid use.
W...
Aim and data specification
This analysis was based on monthly data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) from December 2005 to November 2016. NDTMS is taken to be a comprehensive description of drug treatment...
The authors’ objective was to examine the relationship between degree of acculturation across five different dimensions of acculturation and risk of drug use disorders (DUD) among US Hispanics.
Data were derived from a large...
The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Between 1999 and 2010, prescription opioid–related overdose deaths increased substantially in parallel with increased prescribing of opioids.
In 2015, opioid-involved drug...
The World Health Statistics series is the World Health Organization's (WHO) annual compilation of health statistics for its member states. The latest World Health Statistics provides data on 21 health-related Sustainable Development Goals...
La ricerca suggerisce che le minoranze sessuali (ad esempio le persone che si identificano come lesbiche, gay o bisessuali) sono a maggior rischio di uso di sostanze e problemi di salute mentale rispetto alla popolazione della...
The recently published results from the European Social Survey provide us with an indication of who in Europe consumes the most alcohol.
Among the findings, notable are:
New findings published in the journal Tobacco Regulatory Science suggest that flavoured e-cigarettes appeal particularly to youth and young adults.
From the study's sample population, 99% of 12-17-year-olds and 95% of young adults...
Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators...
Un recente sondaggio che ha esaminato le abitudini di droga di oltre 20.000 atleti delle scuole superiori statunitensi ha rilevato che coloro che praticano sport ad alto contatto, come l'hockey, hanno maggiori probabilità di usare eroina e...
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...
Mentre si sa molto sugli effetti dell'uso del tabacco, lo stato attuale delle conoscenze relative ai prodotti a base di nicotina non da sigaretta, come i sistemi elettronici di rilascio della nicotina (sigarette elettroniche e...
L'Economist riferisce che il traffico di droga si sta spostando dalla strada ai cosiddetti "criptomercati" online, o vetrine segrete di negozi virtuali.
I mercati online attualmente facilitano una quantità relativamente piccola di...
Alcohol-related crime and social disorder is estimated to cost UK taxpayers £11bn per year, at 2010/11 prices.[1]
Alcohol-related crime makes up a substantial portion of violent offences across the UK (47% in England and Wales in 2014/15...
Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries.
Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...
As we welcome in the New Year it seems an ideal time to take stock and present the key points from the 2016 European Drug Report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Addiction’s (EMCDDA) annual review of the European drug...
