Campus Attitudes toward Alcohol and Drugs in a Deep Southern University

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Globetti ◽  
Gerald Globetti ◽  
Charles L. Brown ◽  
John T. Stem
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Public University ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Alcohol And Drugs ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Abuse ◽  
Southern University

In our zeal to deal with alcohol and drug abuse, we may have a distorted picture of what the majority of college students actually think about alcohol and drug use. Students in this study done at a public university located in the Deep South report being generally intolerant of substance abuse.

scholarly journals Using selected scenes from Brazilian films to teach about substance use disorders, within medical education

2012 ◽  
Vol 130 (6) ◽  
pp. 380-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia ◽  
Hercílio Pereira Oliveira ◽  
Arthur Guerra Andrade ◽  
Francisco Lotufo-Neto ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Nonparametric Tests ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Alcohol And Drugs ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Brazilian Cinema ◽  
Harmful Use ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Abuse ◽  
Select Material

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: Themes like alcohol and drug abuse, relationship difficulties, psychoses, autism and personality dissociation disorders have been widely used in films. Psychiatry and psychiatric conditions in various cultural settings are increasingly taught using films. Many articles on cinema and psychiatry have been published but none have presented any methodology on how to select material. Here, the authors look at the portrayal of abusive use of alcohol and drugs during the Brazilian cinema revival period (1994 to 2008). DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative study at two universities in the state of São Paulo. METHODS: Scenes were selected from films available at rental stores and were analyzed using a specifically designed protocol. We assessed how realistic these scenes were and their applicability for teaching. One author selected 70 scenes from 50 films (graded for realism and teaching applicability > 8). These were then rated by another two judges. Rating differences among the three judges were assessed using nonparametric tests (P < 0.001). Scenes with high scores (> 8) were defined as "quality scenes". RESULTS: Thirty-nine scenes from 27 films were identified as "quality scenes". Alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens and inhalants were included in these. Signs and symptoms of intoxication, abusive/harmful use and dependence were shown. CONCLUSIONS: We have produced rich teaching material for discussing psychopathology relating to alcohol and drug use that can be used both at undergraduate and at postgraduate level. Moreover, it could be seen that certain drug use behavioral patterns are deeply rooted in some Brazilian films and groups.

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1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-20
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Harvard Medical School ◽  
Applied Anthropology ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Recent Conference ◽  
Conference Presentations ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Abuse

International and interdisciplinary aspects of alcohol and drug use have been the focus of several recent conference presentations. More than a dozen British and American contributors representing the fields of anthropology, sociology, psychology, and psychiatry presented papers at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, held April 16, 1981, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The session was organized by Barbara Lex of the Harvard Medical School, and dealt primarily with methods of alcohol and drug abuse research in varied settings.

Stages of Drug Use Acquisition among College Students: Implications for the Prevention of Drug Abuse

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chudley E. Werch ◽  
Betty W. Meers ◽  
Joan Farrell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Public University ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the stages of drug use acquisition among college students, and the relationship between stage status and motivation to avoid drugs and the frequency of drug use. Six hundred and sixty-nine students from a mid-size public university were selected to participate in the survey. College students were found to differ with regard to their stage of habit acquisition across five drugs. Stage status for a particular drug was associated with motivation to avoid that drug, with less motivation generally being related to greater stage advancement. Stage of acquisition for certain drugs was also found to be related to the frequency of use of other drugs, with alcohol and marijuana stage status being associated with the consumption of the greatest number of drugs. These results suggest that an acquisition stage heuristic holds promise in increasing our understanding of important developmental stages of drug use.

Web-Based Surveys, Personal Interviews, or Methods Triangulation: What Best Measures College Students' Alcohol and Drug Use?

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Sullivan ◽  
Michelle T. Pitts ◽  
Summer Tawalbeh ◽  
Merith Cosden ◽  
Merith Cosden
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use

scholarly journals Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among U.S. Veterans: Comparing Associations With Intimate Partner Substance Abuse and Veteran Psychopathology

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Miller ◽  
Annemarie F. Reardon ◽  
Erika J. Wolf ◽  
Lauren B. Prince ◽  
Christina L. Hein
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Abuse

The Legislative Response to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-107
Author(s):  
J. Larry Goff
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Rehabilitation Act Of 1973 ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Alcohol And Drugs ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Reasonable Accommodations

The Americans With Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990 and became law on July 26, 1992. It represents the latest Congressional effort to provide protection against discrimination in the workplace to people with disabilities, giving them more access to employment opportunities for which they are qualified and which they can perform and imposing requirements on employers to help facilitate this through reasonable accommodations. The act also amended the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, extending the coverage of that earlier legislation to include more employers as covered entities as well as clarifying selected sections. For those who use or are addicted to alcohol or drugs, treatment under both acts has been uneven. The 1973 legislation was silent about these individuals except for an exclusionary provision dealing with current use vis-à-vis job performance and threats to the safety of other people and property. The Americans With Disabilities Act is more comprehensive in its approach both to individuals who use alcohol and drugs and to those who use them addictively. It has, however, still left some open questions and created some new concerns. The purpose of this article is to review the highlights of the Americans With Disabilities Act as it relates to alcohol and drug use and to explore some of the unresolved issues.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of illicit and abused drugs in the general population, emergency department drug-related episodes, and arrestees

1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1330-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
B A Rouse
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
General Decline ◽  
Abused Drugs ◽  
National Trends

Abstract National trends in substance abuse are presented: the civilian noninstitutionalized general population; drug-related emergency department episodes; and booked arrestees. Major metropolitan differences are also noted. This study was based on the primary national data systems for these groups: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, SAMHSA's Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), and the National Institute of Justice Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) system. While the most prevalent drug differed in the three data sources, all three showed recent increases in marijuana. Despite the general decline in drug use seen in the general population, both the number of drug-related cases in the DAWN system and the drug use detected in the DUF arrestees showed recent increases.

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