INTRODUCTION: The trajectory and nature of depression in patients with alcohol use disorder as they enter treatment needs to be understood better. This study assessed the nature and course of depressive features among male patients with alcohol use disorder.

METHODS: Adult male patients with alcohol use disorders seeking treatment at an addiction treatment facility were recruited. They were assessed for depressive features using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), a clinicianrated instrument, and the Inventory of Depressive Symptoms – Self Report (IDS-SR), a self-rated...

BACKGROUND: As a theoretical base we used Jessor’s concept of the Syndrome of Risk Behaviour in Adolescence, the self-concept, and the concept of body image.

AIM: The main aim of the contribution was research on the relations between the self-schema, specifically the physical proportions represented by BMI, and risk behaviour. The secondary aims were research on the relations between the self-schema, specifically the physical proportions represented by BMI, and sex and age.

METHOD: In the research we used the 46-item modified version of the Risk Behaviour Questionnaire (Čerešník, 2016).

INTRODUCTION: Individuals who visit nightclubs and electronic dance music (EDM) festivals tend to use psychoactive substances, often multiple substances, in this setting and are at risk of serious negative health effects. This paper aims to explore respondents’ experiences and perceptions in order to have a better understanding of patterns and motives related to psychoactive substance use and high-risk behaviours in EDM event attendees.

METHODS: In-depth and focus group interviews with 30 EDM event attendees who reported psychoactive substance use at nightlife events. The data was analysed...

Fundo

Novas intervenções de saúde pública são necessárias para lidar com o fornecimento de drogas tóxicas e atender às necessidades das pessoas que usam drogas em meio à crise de overdose. O fornecimento mais seguro – distribuição de baixa barreira de substâncias de grau farmacêutico – foi implementado em algumas jurisdições para fornecer alternativas mais seguras ao fornecimento não regulamentado de medicamentos, mas nenhum estudo até o momento explorou as perspectivas das partes interessadas profissionais sobre essa abordagem.

Métodos

A amostragem intencional foi usada para recrutar...

Background

COVID-19 dramatically limited the scale and scope of local health department (LHD) work, redirecting resources to the response. However, the need for essential public health services—including substance use prevention—was not reduced.

Methods

Six quantitative data sources were examined, collected between 2016 and 2021, to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LHD substance use-related services.

Results

Before the pandemic, the proportion of LHDs providing some level of substance use prevention services was increasing, and many were expanding their level of...

Background

Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental health impact of COVID-19 on frontline workers and calls to provide psychosocial support for them. However, little attention has so far been paid to understanding the impact of working on a pandemic from healthcare workers’ own perspectives or what their views are about support.

Methods

Key healthcare databases (Medline, PsychINFO and PubMed) were checked...

The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

In April 2019, CCENDU published a bulletin on changes in stimulant use and related harms, which focused on methamphetamine and cocaine* based on data collected by CCENDU sites in November 2018: Changes in Stimulant Use and Related Harms: Focus on Methamphetamine and Cocaine.1 The...

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Antecedentes e objectivos

Entre os países europeus, a França está particularmente preocupada com o tabagismo adolescente, especialmente em contextos socioeconómicos desfavorecidos (SES). Foram mensuradas as respectivas contribuições do tabagismo parental e dos arranjos de vida familiar para as disparidades sociais no tabagismo durante a adolescência.

Um total de 13.314 adolescentes responderam a um questionário de papel e caneta sobre o próprio consumo de tabaco e o tabagismo de seus pais.

Resultados

Os adolescentes que viviam dentro de SES muito privilegiados e...

Resumo

Este relatório apresenta uma análise dos mercados de droga na região Leste da Política Europeia de Vizinhança, abrangendo a Arménia, o Azerbaijão, a Bielorrússia, a Geórgia, a Moldávia e a Ucrânia. Focado em fornecer informações sobre a produção, tráfico, venda, uso e danos de drogas, o relatório contém dados e informações de estudos realizados entre 2019 e 2022 no âmbito do projeto EU4Monitoring Drugs, financiado pela Comissão Europeia.

Conclui com uma perspectiva sobre áreas-chave para a política e a prática para enfrentar os desafios dos mercados emergentes de droga.

Objectivo: explorar a análise das águas residuais como metodologia que contribui para a preparação e a resposta da UE

Contexto: A COVID-19 chamou a atenção da Europa e do mundo para a importância da prontidão para potenciais emergências. Metodologias de monitorização melhoradas e inovadoras estão no cerne das ações baseadas na investigação tomadas para responder a potenciais ameaças.

A epidemiologia baseada em águas residuais (WBE), também conhecida como monitoramento de águas residuais ou vigilância de águas residuais, só começou a ganhar força como uma ferramenta epidemiológica no...

Summary

The purpose of this report is to examine the current situation, risks and responses to the recreational use of nitrous oxide in Europe. To support this, the report also provides a state-of-the-art review of the chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of the gas. It is intended for policymakers and practitioners.

The report is structured as follows:

• Section 1 provides a summary of the current situation, established risks and responses.
• Section 2 is a technical review of the chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, individual risks and legitimate uses.
• Section 3 provides an...

Background

Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances – has been implemented in some jurisdictions to provide safer alternatives to the unregulated drug supply, yet no studies to date have explored professional stakeholder perspectives on this approach.

Methods

We used purposive sampling to recruit professional stakeholders (n = 17) from four locations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia...