... admitted to treatment facilities or incarcerated and being abstinent from substances. The present study aimed to assess cognitive function among populations with ongoing, severe, habitual substance use, mimicking a real-world day-to-day situation. Methods: Cross-sectional design with 171 participants (70.2...

... Introduction: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is an emerging condition within the field of behavioural addictions. IGD has been demonstrated to be highly comorbid with many other mental health disorders. Among these, substance use has been associated with IGD, and there are underlying similarities between...

...Jens Hetland; Egon Hagen; Astri J. Lundervold; Aleksander H. Erga Introduction: Cognitive impairments among patients with substance use disorders are prevalent and associated with adverse treatment outcomes. However, knowledge of the predictive value of broad cognitive screening instruments on long...

... visiting gyms. The association of different patterns of AAS consumption (cycling vs. continuous forms of AAS use), psychoactive substance use, mental health disorders, and sociodemographic variables with moderate-severe AASUD (fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ≥4...

...Zsolt Horváth; Orsolya Király; Zsolt Demetrovics; Ágnes Németh; Dóra Várnai; Róbert Urbán Introduction: The link between gaming disorder (GD) and substance use amongst adolescents is not clear. Some studies reported positive associations, whereas others suggested that alcohol and illicit drug use...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Nightlife Young people Prevention Stakeholder Co-production Substance use Alcohol use Since many decades, participating in nightlife has been one of the most favorite...

... to psychological problems, including increases in substance use. Objective: To investigate changes in alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis consumption before and during COVID-19 lockdown and motives for these changes in substance use. Method: A web-based survey was filled out by an unselected population during...

... the role of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and impulsive personality disorders in nicotine addiction severity among treatment-seeking substance use disorder (SUD) patients. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we examined data from the second International ADHD in Substance Use Disorders...

... use (SU) and substance use disorder (SUD). Objectives: To investigate the relationship between ADHD and prevalence rates in males at age 20 and age 25, the initiation of SU and SUD after age 20, and the escalation of SU from age 20 to age 25, and to explore the role of CD and SS in the relation...

...% stated to discharge the sample. Additional brief counseling was stated to be useful. Participants showed a comparatively high substance use. Conclusions: Drug checking as a harm reduction tool was highly accepted in the scene, and the majority of participants stated to align their consumption behavior...

...John McAlaney; Robert C. Dempsey; Stefanie M. Helmer; Guido Van Hal; Bridgette M. Bewick; Yildiz Akvardar; Francisco Guillén-Grima; Ol’ga Orosová; Ondrej Kalina; Christiane Stock; Hajo Zeeb Background: University students are a risk group for heavy substance use and the experience of various...

... and illegal substances is comparatively higher in Berlin than in other similar cities. However, few data exist about the drug use in the party scene. Objective: This study aims to assess the sociodemographic characteristics of Berlin’s party scene and its patterns of substance use as well as expectations...

...), the long-standing representative telephone-based survey of the Ontario general adult (18+ years) population, focusing on socio-demographic, substance use and health/disability measures [ 24 ]. While recruited differently, both samples were assessed by the CM protocol based on identical methods...

...Maria Melchior; Aude Chollet; Gulizar Elidemir; Cédric Galéra; Nadia Younès We studied whether patterns of substance use in relation to unemployment vary depending on educational level. Data come from 1,126 community-based young adults in France (18-35 years of age in 2011) and their parents (TEMPO...

... the association between subculture affiliation and substance use (tobacco, alcohol and cannabis), and whether gender, family affluence and substance use by peers explain this association. Subculture affiliation was significantly associated with substance use (OR/95% CI: smoking 3.13/2.30–4.24; drinking 2.58/1.95...

... in 5 European countries. They were interviewed at intake on substance use, crimes committed, perceived pressure for treatment, self-efficacy, stage of change, employment, and health-related variables. Binary logistic regression models were computed to identify predictors of treatment retention at an 18...

... or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Heroin Epidemiology Substance use...

...Luis San; Belen Arranz; Jose Martinez-Raga Background/Aim: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in developing adequate treatments for patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and a comorbid substance use disorder (SUD). In the present paper we aim to critically review published...

...Emmanuel N. Kuntsche Many studies have shown that different risk or problem behaviors in adolescence are interrelated. Given the increased use of various substances among adolescents in the United States and in most European countries, the question emerges whether there are more substance use...

... John Stranga aNational Addiction Centre and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, bAddiction Treatment Unit, Gloucester, cLiverpool Drug Dependency Clinic, Liverpool, and dLondon Probation Area, Croydon, UK Key Words Coercion W Criminal justice W Substance use W Urine testing Abstract Drug...