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Substance Abuse in Develo** Countries: Tobacco
Substance abuse, specifically tobacco use, is a significant public health concern in develo** countries. The prevalence of tobacco use in these...
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Substance Abuse Amongst Refugee Youth: A Sco** Review
Purpose of ReviewIdentify and map health, economic, and social consequences of substance abuse, especially because the impacts of substance abuse can...
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Treating Substance Abuse in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder—a Systematic Review
BackgroundAlthough the treatment of substance abuse in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might require adaptations, there are no...
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Substance abuse and neurodegenerative diseases: focus on ferroptosis
Psychostimulants and alcohol are widely abused substances with the adverse effects on global public health. Substance abuse seriously harms people's...
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Understanding Abuse, Mental Health, and Substance Use: The Role of Victimization in a Jail Population
The role of victimization in criminal behavior has been researched previously, particularly in justice-involved youth and prison samples. The...
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Comparing Transdiagnostic Risk Factors: Predicting Emergence of Significant Depressive, Anxiety, and Substance Abuse Symptoms Among Juvenile Delinquents
In a 7-year 11-wave study of low-SES adolescents (N = 856, age = 15.98), we compared multiple well-established transdiagnostic risk factors as...
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Substance Abuse in Develo** Countries: Alcohol
Alcohol abuse is a pressing issue in develo** countries, with unique challenges and considerations. This chapter discussed the prevalence, reasons,...
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Societal and Individual Impacts of Substance Abuse
A drug, distinct from food, is a chemical substance that alters physiological and psychological functioning. Drug addiction, resulting from repeated...
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The association between abused adults and substance abuse in Taiwan, 2000–2015
ObjectiveTo investigate whether adults suffering from violence were at risk of substance abuse and provides insight into the relationship between...
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Substance Abuse, Personality Disorders, and Severe Mental Illness
Substance use disorders and psychotic disorders are prevalent among refugees; hardly any research has been done on personality disorders among...
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Depression symptoms and suicidal ideation among HIV infected Rwandans: the mediating and moderating effects of complicated grief and substance abuse
BackgroundPeople with HIV/AIDS (PWHA) have 7–36 times greater risk for completed suicide associated with depression symptoms compared to general...
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Substance Abuse
Drug addiction is operant behavior that we can treat with operant conditioning. Researchers have applied operant conditioning to treat drug addiction...
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Substance Abuse and Heart Failure
There are multiple types and causes of cardiomyopathy, but this chapter will focus on alcohol, cocaine, and methamphetamine abuse, and their...
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Substance Abuse Among Elderly in India: Evidence Based on Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1
BackgroundPopulation aging is a common phenomenon in develo** countries. The prevalence of substance abuse among elderly is becoming an...
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Addressing Substance Abuse
In this chapter, we explore the use of substances amongst sexual minorities and the interplay with their mental health for those for whom it becomes...
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Associations between exposure to sexual abuse, substance use, adverse health outcomes, and use of youth health services among Norwegian adolescents
BackgroundA strong association between sexual abuse and adverse health outcomes has been reported among adolescents. The present study aimed to...
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Access to psychosocial support for church-going young people recovering from drug and substance abuse in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study
BackgroundThe church and other religious-affiliated organizations have promising yet underexplored potential to provide social support services for...
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Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Disorders
Understanding, defining, and treating adolescent substance abuse is uniquely challenging. Until very recently there was limited reliable information...
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Substance Abuse and Workplace Fraud: Evidence from Physicians
We examine the relation between worker substance abuse and workplace fraud in a sample of medical doctors. Relative to their peers, we observe that...