Efectos de las drogas sobre la neurotransmisión
Cuadro explicativo de los neurotransmisores que intervienen en el consumo de drogas y la drogadicción
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Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioural Health Services
For anyone interested in digital health behaviour interventions this manual from SAMHSA will prove interesting. Exploring how technology-assisted care can be implemented, the value of technology based assessments and the ways in which the...
Community Violence Exposure and Conduct Problems in Children and Adolescents with Conduct Disorder and Healthy Controls
Exposure to community violence through witnessing or being directly victimized has been associated with conduct problems in a range of studies. However, the relationship between community violence exposure (CVE) and conduct problems has...
Marketing Messages Accompanying Online Selling of Low/er and Regular Strength Wine and Beer Products in the UK
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Background
Increased availability of low/er strength alcohol products has the potential to reduce alcohol consumption if they are marketed as substitutes for higher strength products rather than as additional products. The...
Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Primary School Children: A Survey in Dhaka, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
Introduction: We report on second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure based on saliva cotinine levels among children in Bangladesh—a country with laws against smoking in public places.
Methods: A survey of primary school children from two...
Modelo mexicano del programa de justicia terapéutica para personas con consumo de sustancias psicoactivas
Modelo mexicano del programa de justicia terapéutica. Desde hace 3 años se inició con el programa con aquellos usuarios abusadores o dependendientes dedrogas que hayan cometido un delito menor. Actualmente se lleva el programa en 6 Estados...
El alcohol: Un producto de consumo no ordinario
Desde una perspectiva de salud pública, el consumo de alcohol desempeña un importante papel en la causalidad de discapacidad, enfermedades y muerte en una escala global. También contribuye de manera sustancial a la disfunción familiar, la...
La política de drogas y el bien público
El uso de drogas tiene un impacto significativo en la salud publica a través de la enfermedad, discapacidad y problemas sociales, y los tomadores de decisión están cada vez más interesados en desarrollar políticas de drogas basados en...
Protocol for a Prospective, School-Based Standardisation Study of a Digital Social Skills Assessment Tool for Children
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Background: Humans are by nature a social species, with much of human experience spent in social interaction. Unsurprisingly, social functioning is crucial to well-being and quality of life across the lifespan. While early...
Trends in Adolescent Alcohol Use in the Netherlands
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Background: From an international perspective, studying trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands is an important case study. Whereas Dutch adolescents topped the international rankings of alcohol consumption in the...
Child Raising Practices Associated to the Reduction of Problematic Child Behavior: A Public Health Approach
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El entrenamiento conductual a padres resulta en cambios conductuales que están asociados con la reducción de la conducta problemática de los niños. El objetivo del trabajo fue identificar los componentes de un programa de...
Substance Use among a Sample of Healthcare Workers in Kenya
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This study describes reported substance use among Kenyan healthcare workers (HCWs), as it has implications for HCWs’ health, productivity, and their ability and likelihood to intervene on substance use. The Alcohol Smoking and...
Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Subsequent Attempts at Reduction and Changes in Consumption in Increasing and Higher-Risk Drinkers in England
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Aims
To assess how far motivation to reduce alcohol consumption in increasing and higher-risk drinkers in England predicts self-reported attempts to reduce alcohol consumption and changes in alcohol intake during the following 6...
Encuestas Nacionales de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco (México)
Se presentan las últimas Encuestas Nacionales de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco en México.
Oxytocin Prevents Ethanol Actions at δ Subunit-Containing GABAA Receptors and Attenuates Ethanol-Induced Motor Impairment in Rats
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Even moderate doses of alcohol cause considerable impairment of motor coordination, an effect that substantially involves potentiation of GABAergic activity at δ subunit-containing GABAAreceptors (δ-GABAARs). Here, we demonstrate...
Low Cigarette Consumption and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
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Objective: To use the relation between cigarette consumption and cardiovascular disease to quantify the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke for light smoking (one to five cigarettes/day).
Design: Systematic review and meta...
Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of Self-Reported Measures of Alcohol Consumption
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Purpose
To review studies about the reliability and validity of self-reported alcohol consumption measures among adults, an area which needs updating to reflect current research.
Methods
Databases (PUBMED (1966-present)...
Poverty and Smoking
This chapter examines the association between poverty and tobacco use. It provides a comprehensive review of the data on smoking prevalence and consumption levels in different socio-economic groups, both within individual countries and...
Prevalence of Tobacco Consumption among Young Physicians at a Regional University Hospital in Southern Spain
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Introduction: The aim of the study is to analyse the prevalence of smoking among resident physicians at a regional university hospital. In addition, we examined the trends in the smoking behaviour of physicians in relation to...