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App-Based Addiction Prevention at German Vocational Schools: Implementation and Reach for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

This article examines the implementation, participation rates, and potential determinants of participation in the digital addiction prevention program “ready4life.” A two-arm cluster-randomized trial recruited...

Diana Guertler, Dominic Bläsing, Anne Moehring, Christian Meyer… in Prevention Science (2024)

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Präventionsbedarfe und -interessen bei Berufslernenden

Bislang ist zum Sucht- und Gesundheitsverhalten von Jugendlichen, die berufliche Schulen besuchen, nur wenig bekannt.

Raquel Paz Castro, Christian Meyer… in Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung (2023)

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Comparing a mindfulness- and CBT-based guided self-help Internet- and mobile-based intervention against a waiting list control condition as treatment for adults with frequent cannabis use: a randomized controlled trial of CANreduce 3.0

Though Internet- and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) and mindfulness-based interventions (generally delivered in-situ) appear effective for people with substance use disorders, IMIs incorporating mindfulness ar...

Michelle Dey, Andreas Wenger, Christian Baumgartner, Ute Herrmann… in BMC Psychiatry (2022)

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Efficacy of a smartphone-based coaching program for addiction prevention among apprentices: study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

A large proportion of apprentices shows addictive behaviours like cigarette smoking, alcohol, cannabis, or compulsive Internet use, others do not show such behaviours at all. ready4life is a smartphone applicatio...

Severin Haug, Raquel Paz Castro, Andreas Wenger, Michael P. Schaub in BMC Public Health (2020)

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Testing the efficacy of a minimal-guidance online self-help intervention for alcohol misuse in Estonia: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Despite an initial steep decrease in alcohol misuse among Estonians through structural intervention means and the scaling up of alcohol counselling in the mid-2000’s, most of the country’s alcohol misuse indic...

Esta Kaal, Michael P. Schaub, Andreas Wenger, Triin Ülesoo… in BMC Public Health (2020)

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Efficacy of a mobile phone-based life-skills training program for substance use prevention among adolescents: study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Life-skills trainings conducted within the school curriculum are effective in preventing the onset and escalation of substance use among adolescents. However, their dissemination is impeded due to their large ...

Severin Haug, Raquel Paz Castro, Andreas Wenger, Michael P. Schaub in BMC Public Health (2018)

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Treatment outcome, treatment retention, and their predictors among clients of five outpatient alcohol treatment centres in Switzerland

Few studies have reported on the outcomes of outpatient alcohol treatment or the factors associated with effective treatment. We investigated treatment outcome, treatment retention, and their predictors in cli...

Severin Haug, Michael P. Schaub in BMC Public Health (2016)

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Erratum to: Evaluating the efficacy of a web-based self-help intervention with and without chat counseling in reducing the cocaine use of problematic cocaine users: the study protocol of a pragmatic three-arm randomized controlled trial

Michael P. Schaub, Larissa J. Maier, Andreas Wenger, Lars Stark… in BMC Psychiatry (2015)

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Cannabis use and other predictors of the onset of daily cigarette use in young men: what matters most? Results from a longitudinal study

According to the gateway hypothesis, tobacco use is a gateway of cannabis use. However, there is increasing evidence that cannabis use also predicts the progression of tobacco use (reverse gateway hypothesis)....

Julia Becker, Michael P. Schaub, Gerhard Gmel, Severin Haug in BMC Public Health (2015)

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Evaluating the efficacy of a web-based self-help intervention with and without chat counseling in reducing the cocaine use of problematic cocaine users: the study protocol of a pragmatic three-arm randomized controlled trial

Web-based self-help interventions that aim to reduce problematic substance use are able to reach “hidden” consumer groups in the general population who often fear stigmatization and thus avoid institutional ad...

Michael P Schaub, Larissa J. Maier, Andreas Wenger, Lars Stark… in BMC Psychiatry (2015)

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Predictors of onset of cannabis and other drug use in male young adults: results from a longitudinal study

The use of cannabis and other illegal drugs is particularly prevalent in male young adults and is associated with severe health problems. This longitudinal study explored variables associated with the onset of...

Severin Haug, Carla López Núñez, Julia Becker, Gerhard Gmel… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Efficacy of an internet and SMS-based integrated smoking cessation and alcohol intervention for smoking cessation in young people: study protocol of a two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial

Tobacco smoking prevalence continues to be high, particularly among adolescents and young adults with lower educational levels, and is therefore a serious public health problem. Tobacco smoking and problem dri...

Severin Haug, Raquel Paz Castro, Andreas Filler, Tobias Kowatsch… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Efficacy of a web- and text messaging-based intervention to reduce problem drinking in young people: study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Problem drinking, particularly risky single-occasion drinking is widespread among adolescents and young adults in most Western countries. Mobile phone text messaging allows a proactive and cost-effective deliv...

Severin Haug, Tobias Kowatsch, Raquel Paz Castro, Andreas Filler… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Group hypnosis vs. relaxation for smoking cessation in adults: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Despite the popularity of hypnotherapy for smoking cessation, the efficacy of this method is unclear. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of a single-session of group hypnotherapy for smoking cessation compar...

Maria Dickson-Spillmann, Severin Haug, Michael P Schaub in BMC Public Health (2013)

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Can reduce -the effects of chat-counseling and web-based self-help, web-based self-help alone and a waiting list control program on cannabis use in problematic cannabis users: a randomized controlled trial

In European countries, including Switzerland, as well as in many states worldwide, cannabis is the most widely used psychoactive substance after alcohol and tobacco. Although approximately one in ten users dev...

Michael P Schaub, Severin Haug, Andreas Wenger, Oliver Berg… in BMC Psychiatry (2013)

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Predictors of hazardous drinking, tobacco smoking and physical inactivity in vocational school students

Tobacco smoking, hazardous drinking and physical inactivity during adolescence are risk factors that are associated with poorer health in adulthood. The identification of subgroups of young people with a high ...

Severin Haug, Michael P Schaub, Corina Salis Gross, Ulrich John… in BMC Public Health (2013)

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Efficacy of a text messaging (SMS) based smoking cessation intervention for adolescents and young adults: Study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Particularly in groups of adolescents with lower educational level the smoking prevalence is still high and constitutes a serious public health problem. There is limited evidence of effective smoking cessation...

Severin Haug, Christian Meyer, Andrea Dymalski, Sonia Lippke… in BMC Public Health (2012)