A World Health Organization perspective on alcohol and illicit drug use and health.

abstract：:In the UK, few doctors prescribe diamorphine for the treatment of opiate dependence to a small number of patients. A retrospective case note review of patients receiving diamorphine in 2000 was conducted in the UK to determine how and why these patients came to receive a prescription for diamorphine. Patient eligibili...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Metrebian N,Mott J,Carnwath Z,Carnwath T,Stimson GV,Sell L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of serotonergic genes in the development of alcohol dependence. The manifestation of alcohol withdrawal symptoms related to serotonergic polymorphisms in alcoholics was also examined. METHODS:The role of polymorphisms in the serotonin receptor 1A (5-HT1A), sero...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Lee YS,Choi SW,Han DH,Kim DJ,Joe KH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This study evaluated automated techniques including personalized normative feedback and protective behavioral strategies, for brief interventions intended to reduce peak alcohol concentrations in university students. After completing baseline assessment, a total of 1,678 hazardous-drinking consumers were ran...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Andersson C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cross-sectional multicentre study, we compared the characteristics of heroin chasers and heroin injectors. Subjects were 162 primarily opioid-dependent volunteers for whom either chasing (n = 85) or injecting (n = 77) was the principal route of heroin administration. Each subject was rated by means of the Swiss v...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Stohler R,Dürsteler-Mac Farland KM,Gramespacher C,Petitjean S,Battegay R,Ladewig D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of alcohol-dependent patients was primarily focused on inpatient settings in the past decades. The efficacy of these treatment programs has been evaluated in several studies and proven to be sufficient. However, with regard to the increasing costs in public healthcare systems, questions about alternative tre...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Bottlender M,Soyka M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is a high prevalence of smoking among heavy drinkers, which is often forgotten even though it has important health consequences. AIM:To evaluate the effects that providing an intensive tobacco cessation treatment simultaneously with alcohol dependence treatment versus delayed treatment (first alcoho...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Nieva G,Ortega LL,Mondon S,Ballbè M,Gual A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In France, during the 1990s, there have been some rapid developments in the treatment of opioid addiction with the introduction of legal substitution agents. Originally, some patients were treated with morphine sulfate, but this was superseded by high dose buprenorphine (Subutex(R)) and methadone. This resulted in tho...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Bouchez J,Beauverie P,Touzeau D

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study presents data about age of onset of alcohol, cigarette and cannabis use and investigates the association between age of onset and later drug use patterns. METHODS:Using a sample from a cross-sectional multi-site study, personal interviews were conducted with 3,503 individuals aged 12-49 years. Las...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Baumeister SE,Tossmann P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse correlates of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) use in the general male population. DESIGN:A national household survey. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 15-64 years in Sweden. MEASUREMENTS:AAS use and potential correlates of AAS use, including demographic data, financial situation, physical training, a...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Hakansson A,Mickelsson K,Wallin C,Berglund M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to examine the practicability and implementation efficacy of an alcohol outpatient detoxification model and the concomitant 'motivational' psychotherapeutic approach. METHOD:This was an open prospective study to examine the implementation efficacy, practicability and medical safety ...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Soyka M,Horak M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates whether antismoking peer pressure and/or nonsmoking peers are protective factors and decrease young adults' likelihood to smoke. An experiment was conducted among 59 daily-smoking young adults aged 16-24 years. The experiment consisted of four conditions. During the session, the confederate and...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Harakeh Z,Vollebergh WA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The issue of leptin as a putative state marker of alcohol use and its role in craving has been raised in the last few years. Recently, a strong GABA-ergic modulation of leptin was postulated. The aim of the pilot study was to examine leptin levels in correlation with the strongly GABA-mimetic active substance clom...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Dammann G,Walter M,Gremaud-Heitz D,Wolfersdorf M,Hartmann S,Wurst FM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the use of some subscales of the psychiatric symptom checklist SCL-90-R in predicting relapse within a 1-year follow-up period after a combined detoxification- and abstinence-focused day patient psychotherapy program in 20 men and 13 women with alcohol dependence. Scores of the SCL-90-R subscales interperson...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Lucht M,Jahn U,Barnow S,Freyberger HJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the change of psychological distress measured by the symptom checklist in alcohol dependent inpatients during treatment and at follow-up. In addition, psychological distress as a predictive variable for abstinence or relapse during a 1-year follow-up was investigated. In a sample ...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Sander W,Jux M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Behavioral problems in adolescence have been shown to be associated with the presence of a positive family history of alcoholism (FH+), obstetric complications (OCs), and negative parenting practices. METHOD:This study tested the relation of these factors to aggression/delinquency and attention problems in ...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Barnow S,Lucht M,Hamm A,John U,Freyberger HJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe and assess trends in the use of hallucinogens and other adjunct drugs over a 5-year period. DESIGN:Repeated-measures cross-sectional survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:Annual magazine-based survey targeting people who use drugs in dance contexts. MEASUREMENTS:Lifetime use prevalence (ever used); age o...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： McCambridge J,Winstock A,Hunt N,Mitcheson L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Methylphenidate (MPH) has been the most commonly used intravenous (i.v.) substance in Iceland in recent years. In Iceland, MPH is available in 3 forms: immediate-release (IR) tablets (MPH IR, short-acting), sustainable-release (SR) capsules (MPH SR, long-acting) and osmotic-release (OROS) tablets (MPH O...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Bjarnadottir GD,Magnusson A,Rafnar BO,Sigurdsson E,Steingrimsson S,Johannsson M,Bragadottir H,Haraldsson HM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both heroin abuse and early life stress (ELS) affect the immune system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Additionally, accelerated aging due to mild inflammation has been indicated in these conditions. The present study aims to compare plasma levels of apoptosis markers, inflammatory markers, and stre...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Moeini M,Esmaeil N,Mokhtari HR,Eskandari N,Banafshe HR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Smoking is a highly prevalent addictive behavior with severe and life-shortening health consequences. This is the first study to evaluate the efficacy of a newly developed imaginal variant of approach bias modification (ABM) (i.e., imaginal retraining) for the reduction of craving for tobacco and actual smok...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Moritz S,Göritz AS,Kraj M,Gehlenborg J,Hottenrott B,Tonn P,Ascone L,Pedersen A,Kühn S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe, adolescent substance misuse increased during the 1990s. Ireland has among the highest rates of substance misuse among schoolchildren in Europe. We sought to describe the socio-demographic and drug misuse profile of children presenting to addiction treatment services in Dublin during the 1990s. Of the 9,874 ...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Smyth BP,O'Brien M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) as a screen for identifying sexual and physical assault histories. METHOD:The sensitivity and specificity of the ASI assault items were examined in 146 alcoholic patients with the assault questions of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview posttrauma...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Langeland W,van den Brink W,Draijer N,Hartgers C

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess smoking habit and awareness of smoking as a potential cause of disease among relatives of patients with serious smoking-related disorders. DESIGN AND SETTING:A survey using a face-to-face interview-assisted questionnaire at the Ege University Hospital between October 1998 and March 1999. SUBJECTS:...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Goksel T,Ozol D,Bayindir U,Guzelant A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study examined the independent effects of parents' educational attainment and occupational status on adolescent smoking and mediation of smoking-specific communication and parents' smoking behaviours on this link. Data were collected in a multi-informant, full-family design in two sampling waves separated ...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Ringlever L,Otten R,de Leeuw RN,Engels RC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one percent (138/226) of Swiss inpatient and outpatient alcohol treatment programmes responded to a postal survey designed to assess the definition and acceptance of controlled drinking (CD) as a treatment objective, the degree to which a client's severity of dependence and finality of CD as an outcome goal were...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Klingemann H,Rosenberg H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consumption of natural cannabis (NC) and synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) has been associated with psychotic disorders. We compared the prevalence of use, consumer profiles, and psychosis-inducing potential of NC and SCs in a specific high-risk population. METHODS:This prospective pilot study included 332 patie...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Welter S,Lücke C,Lam AP,Custal C,Moeller S,Sörös P,Thiel CM,Philipsen A,Müller HHO

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the gender differences in the patterns of cannabis use (CU), namely frequency, times of day, social context and methods and in their association with DSM-IV cannabis dependence. METHODS:A sample of 3,904 students from German universities was recruited via an internet survey. Logistic regressions an...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Noack R,Höfler M,Lueken U

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent alcohol-specific parenting practices relate to adolescents' alcohol use, binge drinking, and alcohol-related problems, and whether these associations are moderated by socioeconomic status (SES), i.e. parents' education level and family income. The present data we...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Spijkerman R,van den Eijnden RJ,Huiberts A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary source for evaluating treatment outcome in alcoholism is usually verbal self-report. Because the validity of self-report is often doubted, more objective markers for treatment outcome are needed. In this study, we compared self-report data from 238 male alcohol-dependent patients participating in a combine...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Mundle G,Ackermann K,Günthner A,Munkes J,Mann K

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engaging in online games has become increasingly important as a part of leisure activity in adolescents and adults. While the majority of people use these games in a healthy way, epidemiological studies show that some develop excessive use and symptoms that are related to those of substance-related addictions. Despite...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Müller KW,Beutel ME,Egloff B,Wölfling K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We investigated the psychometric properties of a German translation of the 12-item Autonomy over Tobacco Scale (AUTOS) among 1,195 eighth-grade students. METHODS:Data for this study were collected as part of the fourth wave of data collection of the Smokefree Class Competition intervention in the Saxon...

journal_title：European addiction research

authors： Wellman RJ,Di Franza JR,Morgenstern M,Hanewinkel R,Isensee B,Sabiston CM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00