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Abstinence and faithfulness programmes for prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people: What are the current debates?

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2007
Questions have been raised on whether abstinence and faithfulness programs work, particularly for young people. Research is needed for evidence-based documentation of the effectiveness or otherwise of abstinence and faithfulness programmes in young ...
Geoffrey K. Setswe
doaj   +1 more source

Smoking Behaviors and Abstinence in Low-Income Pregnant Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Despite efforts to educate individuals about the hazards of smoking, pregnant women continue to smoke. In the literature, there is less evidence about successful abstinence strategies for low-income women.
Alverson, Elise M, Kessler, Terry A
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Investigating the Residual Effects of Chronic Cannabis Use and Abstinence on Verbal and Visuospatial Learning

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Rationale: Regular cannabis users have been shown to differ from non-using controls in learning performance. It is unclear if these differences are specific to distinct domains of learning (verbal, visuospatial), exacerbate with extent of cannabis ...
Valentina Lorenzetti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Punitive and Reporting State Policies Related to Substance Use in Pregnancy With Rates of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2019
This cross-sectional study examines the association of state-level punitive or reporting policies related to substance use during pregnancy with rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Laura J. Faherty   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficacy of exercise counselling as an aid for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
To examine whether exercise counselling increases smoking abstinence and reduces tobacco withdrawal and gains in weight and body ...
Adrian Taylor   +51 more
core   +1 more source

Psychological dimensions in alcohol use disorder: comparing active drinkers and abstinent patients

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundAlcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health concern due to its various physical, psychological, and social consequences. Despite regulatory differences, abstinence remains the primary treatment objective.
Alessio Zizzi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dollars and Performance: Treating Alcohol Misuse in Maine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
If public funds are allocated efficiently, then an increase in funding should improve the performance of substance abuse treatment programs. In the data used in this paper, performance (measured as abstinence rates) and expenditures per patient are not ...
Machado, Matilde P.
core   +2 more sources

Locomotion changes in methamphetamine and amphetamine withdrawal: a systematic review

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology
Despite extensive preclinical research over the years, a significant gap remains in our understanding of the specific effects of methamphetamine (METH) and amphetamine (AMPH) withdrawal.
Jaya Kumar   +12 more
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Abstinence duration and psychopathology among addiction outpatients during 18 months of COVID-19

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of patients with substance use disorder (SUD). However, few longitudinal studies have been done which examine associations between the pandemic, SUD patients’ mental health and their drug use.
Constanza Daigre   +29 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of abstinence from opioids on self-reported craving and sleep

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2020
Abstinence-based treatment of opioid use disorder has always been faced with the probability of an increase in craving, which potentially results in relapse. Moreover, sleep problems are predominant among patients with abstinence treatment.
Hamidreza Fathi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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