Saturday, December 24, 2011
A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)…
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Abstract Aims: Decisions on whether and how to schedule’ drugs (i.e. to determine their legal status and penalties to be applied for sale or possession) are often heavile criticised. We sought to assess more comprehensively the results of such decisions for newly emerging drugs
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
A new study is the first to examine the effectiveness of a widely used counseling approach to treating substance abuse among African-Americans. The study found that African-American women were more likely than men to continue a counseling approach to treating substance abuse, but their substance-abuse issues continued…
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in collaboration with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (State/INL), has awarded the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) a $770,000 grant to support efforts to develop substance abuse services in Iraq…
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today 46 grant awards for $22.5 million over the next year to help states, tribes, and territories enhance their substance abuse prevention efforts.
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
“Our data indicate that the brain becomes hypersensitive to rewards when this co-signaling of glutamate and dopamine does not function.
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Recent research from the drug and alcohol Effectiveness Bank : Parenting intervention has remarkable impact on teen drunkenness In this initial developer-led trial in one county in Sweden, routine parent-school meetings encouraging commitment to take a strong stand against underage drinking had a remarkable impact on adolescent drunkenness. Benefits fade after fine-tuning prevention to high risk personality traits Addressing the substance use promoting tendencies of the personality traits of London schoolchildren at particular risk of substance misuse led to persistently lower drink-related problems, but after a year drinking itself was not significantly affected. Parent-child intervention prevents heavy drinking in Dutch teens In this Dutch study, promoting parental rule setting and classroom alcohol education together nearly halved the proportion of adolescents who later went to drink heavily.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Teenagers in the USA who regularly use networking web sites are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and use drugs, says a survey carried out by CASA Columbia (The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University), titled the National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVI: Teens and Parents…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1.1 million grant to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) to provide support for states as they navigate the challenges and opportunities presented in the changing health and human services environment…
Conclusion: It may be worthwhile for administrators of violence programs to pay particular attention to substance abuse among their clients and in their community’s environment, especially if older persons are involved.