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National Drug Council equipping professionals with capacity to effectively treat substance use disorders in adolescents

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Thirty adolescent treatment professionals in St. Kitts and Nevis are this week engaged in a training programme geared towards equipping them with the tools to identify, assess and treat adolescents with substance use disorders.

National Drug Council equipping professionals with capacity to effectively treat substance use disorders in adolescents

Psychological factors and the use of psychoactive substances in relation to sexual orientation: A study on Israeli young adults.

Scientific article

6 May 2022

In the context of sexual minorities and the distress they may experience, recent years have witnessed a trend emphasizing the idea that protective factors may curb risk behaviors, while stressing that not all sexual minorities do experience...

Internalizing and externalizing pathways to high-risk substance use and geographic location in Australian adolescents

Scientific article

4 August 2022

One specific instantiation of the storm-and-stress view of adolescence is the idea that “normal” adolescence involves high-risk substance use behaviors. However, although uptake of some substance use behaviors is more common during...

Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Cannabis-Naive Adolescents and Its Association With Future Cannabis Use

Scientific article

22 July 2022

Abstract Importance Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has been reported to increase the likelihood of future cigarette smoking among adolescents. The prospective association between e-cigarette use and cannabis use has been less clear...

Trajectories of adolescent psychotic-like experiences and early cannabis exposure: Results from a Finnish Birth Cohort Study

Scientific article

1 August 2022

Abstract Background Longitudinal studies examining the effect of cannabis exposure (CE) on the prognosis of adolescents with psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are scarce. We examined trajectories of mental health in adolescents with PLEs...

Use Patterns, Flavors, Brands, and Ingredients of Nonnicotine e-Cigarettes Among Adolescents, Young Adults, and Adults in the United States

Scientific article

25 May 2022

Abstract Importance Nonnicotine e-cigarettes contain chemicals, flavorants, and solvents that have known health harms and/or have not been proven safe for inhalation. Objective To evaluate nonnicotine e-cigarette use patterns, including...

Engagement and Innovation Strategies for Youth Substance Use Prevention Messaging

14 June 2022

Washington DC

United States

At one time or another, most of us have had a conversation with a young person that didn’t quite go as planned. Maybe the topic was uncomfortable, perhaps the young person didn’t say much, or you just weren’t sure how to make your message resonate.

Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice

Video and audio recordings

17 May 2022

Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention. Objectives Include: - Describe prevalence rates for adolescent substance use...

Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood

Scientific article

Although more than 1 in every 3 US individuals will develop a substance use disorder in their lifetime, relatively little is known about the long-term patterns of substance use disorder symptoms from adolescence through adulthood. Key...

Adolescent Suicide Research Screening, Risk Assessment, and Intervention

Video and audio recordings

Abstract: Adolescent suicide continues to be an urgent, public health concern. This presentation discussed selected studies from a research program focused on developing evidence-based strategies for suicide risk screening, suicide risk...