SUBSTANCE ABUSE-LINKED VIOLENCE RELATING TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

2004 ◽  
pp. 133-152
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

scholarly journals Psychosocial Problems and Its Associated Factors among Individual Residing in Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Basnet ◽  
Arun Kumar Koirala ◽  
Niranjan Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Psychosocial Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Alcohol Rehabilitation ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

Introduction: Psychosocial problems among substance abusers are one of the important, challenging public health problems in a worldwide context which is often remain unrecognized and left untreated. This study aims to identify the psychosocial problems and its associated factors among individuals residing in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers. Methods : A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 271 participants from January to July 2019 who are residing in four different rehabilitation centers in Kathmandu. A standard tool ‘Drug Use Screening Inventory – Revised (DUSI-R)’ was used to assess psychosocial problem with face to face interview method. Data were entered in Epi-Data and analyzed using SPSS. Results: Majority of the participants (54.2%) had secondary level education. Most of the participants (43.5%) were unemployed and were found to be involved in substance abuse. The majority of the family member of the participant (62.7%) didn't use alcohol. The starting age of most of the participants (94.5%) who were using drugs was less than 25 years. The mean score of DUSI-R tools was found to be 48.89. The majority of the participants were using alcohol, which was easily available in the market. It was also found that the psychosocial problem was associated with age and education. The psychological problem is seen in less than half (46.1%) of the participant and found to be more prevail in below 30 years of age group and mostly who are in secondary level of education. Conclusions: About half of the participants residing in rehabilitation center had psychosocial problem. Secondary level education period is a crucial time to be more aware where students are at greater risk of having substance abuse including psychosocial problem.

Brain Development and the Risk for Substance Abuse

2013 ◽  
pp. 706-715
Author(s):  
Kristina Caudle ◽  
B.J. Casey
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Brain Development ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Substance Abuse Problem ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Drug And Alcohol ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Developmental Window

Drug and alcohol dependence affects millions each year. Adolescence is a period of increased risk for substance use disorders. Understanding how the brain is changing during this developmental window relative to childhood and adulthood and how these changes vary across individuals is critical for predicting risk of later substance abuse and dependence. This chapter provides an overview of recent human imaging and animal studies of brain development focusing on changes in corticostriatal circuitry that has been implicated in addiction. Behavioral, clinical, and neurobiological evidence is provided to help elucidate who may be most at risk for developing a substance abuse problem and whenthey may be most vulnerable.

Short-Term Substance Abuse Prevention in Jail: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Peyrot ◽  
Sherman Yen ◽  
Carole A. Baldassano
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Group Leader ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Group Leaders ◽  
Client Participation ◽  
Behavioral Skills ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Program ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

This article describes a cognitive-behavioral program for substance abusers which was first implemented in the Baltimore City Jail in 1987. Similar but separate programs are provided for male and female inmates, consisting of twelve to sixteen contact hours over three to four weeks. In addition to conventional drug and alcohol information (physiologic and psychological effects, treatment options), the program emphasizes cognitive and behavioral skills which can prevent substance abuse, including training in consequential thinking, and stress and anger management. Over a two-year period, 607 males and 131 females were served, of whom 429 (59%) completed the entire program. Both males and females showed statistically significant improvement from pretest to posttest in all knowledge areas. Inmates gave high ratings to the program and group leaders reported substantial change in client attitudes toward drug and alcohol use. Knowledge scores at the end of the program were highest for those who scored higher at pretest, rated their group leader higher, and were rated by their group leader as more active participants. Client participation was the strongest predictor of program outcome.

Drugs and Alcohol: US Prohibition and the Origins of the Drug Trade in Mexico, 1910–1930

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIELA RECIO
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
The United States ◽  
Drug Trade ◽  
Active Participant ◽  
Drugs And Alcohol ◽  
Illicit Markets ◽  
Important Player ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

Even though Mexico has been an important player in the international drug trade, this country's history in such illegal ventures has been insufficiently studied. In an effort to begin to understand how and when the country began to be an active participant in such illicit markets, this article first analyses regulations introduced in the United States regarding drug and alcohol consumption, marketing and production and assesses their impact on the Mexican side. Secondly, it argues that Mexico's participation in the narcotics trade, the routes that have developed and the Mexican states involved in this traffic have roots that can be traced to the beginning of the twentieth century at least.

Family-Based Treatments for Adolescent Substance Abuse: Advances Yield New Developmental Challenges

2016 ◽  
pp. 674-716
Author(s):  
Maya M. Boustani ◽  
Craig E. Henderson ◽  
Howard Liddle
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Adolescent Substance Abuse ◽  
Treatment Development ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
State Of The Science ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

Adolescent drug and alcohol abuse remains a serious health problem. Family-based treatments are recognized as among the most effective interventions for youth with drug and alcohol problems. This chapter presents the state of the science of the family-based adolescent substance abuse treatment field, summarizing the advances, methodological features, and outcomes of 36 randomized controlled trials, representing 18 distinct models of family-based therapies for youth substance abuse. The chapter reviews developments and gaps in this specialty, including theory issues, treatment development, research, and services for referred youths. The chapter also discusses the unknowns of the field, including the topic of treatment mechanisms and moderators, and deliberates on the complicated topic of implementing evidence-based therapies in usual care settings.

scholarly journals Effects of the "Te Acompaño" program in the selective prevention of drug and alcohol consumption in adolocescents

Medwave ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (Suppl6) ◽  
pp. 6779-6779
Author(s):  
Sandra Tarazona Chaparro ◽  
Carolina Vidal Gamboa ◽  
Lorena Hoffmeister
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Drug And Alcohol ◽  
Selective Prevention

scholarly journals Alcoholism and Identity Change in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day's Journey into Night

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Shno S. Alaaldin ◽  
Hamid B. Abdulsalam
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Identity Transformation ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Identity Change ◽  
American Theater ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Drug And Alcohol

Although much research has been written on the idea of substance abuse in the American theater, this paper presents a new perspective by discussing how the abuser can undergo an identity change. Drug and alcohol addiction is one of the salient themes of twentieth-century American theater. Playwrights like Eugene O’Neill depicted this social problem in their plays by drawing upon their own personal experience in substance abuse. The paper examines alcoholism and drug addiction in O’Neill’s Long Day's Journey into Night. It shows how addicts experience identity change during the course of their addiction. The main argument, in this paper, is based on some sociological research on alcoholism and identity change proposed by Tammy L. Anderson. Identity transformation of the addicts may result from the existence of various personal and environmental factors, which correlate to personal and social identity respectively. These factors will be used in relation to the characters of the play to show how addicts and alcoholics pass through several stages to reach their final identity change. Those characters, by immersing themselves in substance intake, cease to belong to ‘normals’ and in their search for a new identity they liaise with ‘deviants’ where they find affinity. When the curtain is drawn, the addicted characters have already embarked on their journey which will end, both literally and figuratively, in haziness and fog, a strong indication of their loss of sense of existence and self-awareness.

scholarly journals "Like a porn movie": Notes on boundaries and bodies that matter in male sex clubs

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-153
Author(s):  
Camilo Braz
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
And Control ◽  
Drug And Alcohol ◽  
The City

This article is based on ethnographic research carried out in male sex clubs in São Paulo between 2006 and 2008. Drawing on interviews conducted with club-goers and club owners, it discusses the recent segmentation of the sexual leisure market for men in the city, and the processes by which stereotypes and characteristics associated with virility are valued and performed. The possible effects of these processes on subjectivity constitution are also investigated. In sex clubs, sexual practices considered borderline, such as fist-fucking and other practices associated with BDSM, are material for specific and refined learning. The data gathered from interviews show that condom use and drug and alcohol consumption are subject to a sort of surveillance and control, especially when it comes to their questions of 'excess'. This control provides sex clubs with a sense of legitimacy, making them part of a viable erotic market. The intention here is to demonstrate the analytical interest of this control in the context of the construction of subjects and bodies that matter in these venues. Like practices which evoke control or loss thereof, bodies and clubs need to have their excesses checked so that they are intelligible and desirable.

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