Gender and Substance Abuse
Gender And Locus Of Control: A Comparative Study Of Adolescent Substance Abuse In Awka Metropolis
... and Substance Abuse: Gender is generally conceived as a set of characteristics or traits that are associated with a certain biological sex (male or ...countries, gender is not always conceived ...
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Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems Among Detained Juveniles in Idaho
... problem, substance abuse problem, or both types of ...and gender differences as indicated by the AST for fiscal years ...a substance abuse ...only, substance abuse only, ...
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Socio-cultural and gender issues in substance abuse in Kenya
... The quest for pleasure has been linked to women's use of substances. As a deep sense of personal and social satisfaction, based on emotional and physical well-being, pleasure tends to be[r] ...
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Substance Abuse Treatment for Women
... how substance abuse can have an impact on every area of a woman’s ...between substance abuse or dependence and recovery and is a major trigger for relapse (Covington 2008a, 1999a, ...with ...
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Substance Abuse Treatment and LGBT Cultural Competence
... The Resource Center of Dallas (RCD), founded in 1983 in Dallas, Texas, is an excellent example of the power of alliance building within the LGBT community. It is a nonprofit corporation established by the Dallas Gay and ...
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Effect of Variable Substances on Sexual Function: A Narrative Review
... of substance abuse on sexual function are different in terms of both the duration of use and the person’s gender; for example, opiates such as opium, which are also found in narcotic pain ...
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Women and Substance Abuse Problems
... and abuse in Canada, there is extremely limited knowledge of illicit and licit drug use and, in particular, the associated morbidity and ...mortality. Gender-specific research on prescription and ...
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Aggression as a psychopathologic dimension: two case reports
... i.e., gender, history of violence, childhood abuse and psychopathy – and the latter as the intra-individual level of risk widely determined by “dynamic” risk factors such as stress, emotional ...
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Prevalence of substance abuse and socio-economic differences in substance abuse in an Australian community-dwelling elderly sample
... the gender–substance abuse relationship, future work may want to consider whether males irrespective of cultural background are more at-risk substance abusers than ...in substance ...
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Vol 8 (2016)
... of substance abuse/alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking men, were significantly higher than women (the number of women was more than double that of men; whereas in men, the prevalence of drug use and ...
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A Review On: Substance Abuse
... It often involves drug diversion from the individual for whom it was prescribed. Prescription misuse has been defined differently and rather inconsistently based on status of drug prescription, the uses without a ...
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Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs: The Role of the Pediatrician in Prevention, Identification, and Management of Substance Abuse
... ABSTRACT. Substance abuse remains a major public health concern, and pediatricians are uniquely posi- tioned to assist their patients and families with its pre- vention, detection, and ...of ...
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Adolescents and Substance Abuse
... The American Academy of Pediatrics should des- ignate the problem of drug abuse, including alcohol, by young people and their families as a major area of concern and activity for the org[r] ...
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The Revitalization of the Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition Program in Haiti
... health are nonmedical factors that affect health, including health knowledge, attitudes, belief, or behaviors(Braveman, Egerter, & Williams, 2011). The social determinants of health include social connectedness, ...
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Antitussives and substance abuse
... Both of these metabolites are further demethylated to 3-hydroxymorphinan. Dextrorphan is the active metabolite that produces neurobehavioral effects, while dextrometho- rphan does not exhibit the same actions. ...
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Pathological Gambling and Substance Abuse
... With clients with co-occurring PG and substance use disorders, it often is essential to identify specific triggers for each disorder. It also is helpful to identify ways in which use of addictive substances or ...
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Tobacco as a Substance of Abuse
... 13. Johnston L, O’Malley PM, Bachman JG, Schul- enberg JE. Monitoring the Future: National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975–2006. Vol- ume II: College Students and Adults Ages 19–45. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on ...
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Substance abuse and rehabilitation: responding to the global burden of diseases attributable to substance abuse
... sexual abuse, and transmis- sion of HIV/AIDS. Substance abuse per se, however, has an even greater impact on ...female substance abusers reportedly progress even faster than men from initial ...
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Brief screening for co-occurring disorders among women entering substance abuse treatment
... for substance abuse treatment with a diverse set of complex medical and social problems, including mental health disorders and psychological dis- tress, high rates of history of trauma and interpersonal ...
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Alcohol and injury in Poland: review and training recommendations
... Studies show differences in alcohol consumption by gender, age, education, and region within Poland. Polish men report heavier drinking than women [4, 7, 12–16]. Rehm et al. found that 38.5% of men and 9% of women ...
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