A supportive environment with nurturing caregivers is essential for the healthy development of children. For children who have been exposed to extreme stress, such as humanitarian contexts, the need for strong, healthy, nurturing caregiver relationships may assume even greater importance. The Strong Families programme, a UNODC family skills intervention, is presented as an example of an intervention that aims to bridge this gap of interventions that meet the need for humanitarian and contexts of extreme stress.

Summary

People’s attitudes and behaviours about cannabis have shifted since it was legalized in 2018. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has funded research to examine these changes.

As we approach the three-year legislative review of the Cannabis Act, there is growing interest in understanding the impact legalization has had on consumption patterns, purchasing behaviours and perceptions about cannabis use. How People Living in Canada Consume and Acquire Cannabis, a summary report based on a more extensive analysis of data gathered between 2017 and 2020, is now...

BACKGROUND

Alcohol abuse and addiction are a widespread problem that leads to a serious collision and pose a serious threat to individuals as well as to society as a whole. In addition to the health aspect of alcohol consumption, social and economic aspects should not be overlooked, as there is also evidence of a critical situation in these dimensions. Reducing alcohol consumption therefore remains not only a public health priority, but also a social and economic priority. It is always necessary to provide information about the current state of knowledge focused on alcohol consumption from...

INTRODUCTION

The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) concept is based on the results of an American population-based cohort study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1998. ACE is classified into three groups: abuse, neglect, and household challenges. The main goal of our work is the identification and description of factors affecting the psychosocial development of an individual in a family with a parent with a long-term addiction in relation to the development of a criminal career.

METHODS

The main research method was represented by the life stories of the...

BACKGROUND:

In December 2019, the Chinese government reported patients with viral pneumonia caused by a new beta coronavirus in Wuhan. In a very short time, the virus spread around the world, causing a global pandemic referred to as COVID-19. The situation escalated and states resorted to implementing strict social distancing and isolating measures.

AIM:

The main aim of the article was to determine whether there could be a relationship between a potential interest in information retrieval and a subsequent possible change in preferences and behaviour in relation to selected performance...