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A population‐based study of homelessness, antisocial behaviour and violence victimisation among young adults in Victoria, Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 762-782, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Homeless young adults are at increased risk for contact with the police and are overrepresented in the justice system. This study explored associations between homelessness, antisocial behaviour and violence victimisation using longitudinal panel data gathered through young adulthood.
Jessica A. Heerde   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

All opinions are not equal: Toward a consensual approach to the development of drug policy

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 812-828, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Drug policy has been subjected to much scrutiny from different stakeholder groups who present sometimes very different opinions on solutions to address a problem. Reconciling such differences, that are underpinned by both anecdotal and empirical evidence, is a priority yet to be fully achieved.
Gabriel T. W. Wong, Matthew Manning
wiley   +1 more source

Which conditions should be considered as disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) designation of “other specified disorders due to addictive behaviors”? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
© 2020 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution ...
Billieux, Joël   +14 more
core   +3 more sources

Survival, safety and belonging: An ethnographic study of experiences and perceptions of people who inject drugs accessing a supervised injecting Centre

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 829-846, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Introduction The inclusion of people who use drugs in the design and evaluation of their health services remains a relatively new phenomenon. The aim of the research was to explore the experiences and perceptions of people accessing the Medical Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC), and Clinic 180, Sydney Australia, and the factors facilitating ...
Greg Rickard, Bethne Hart
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of Habitual and Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Problematic Smartphone Use

open access: yesPsychiatry Investigation, 2021
Objective Smartphones have become common, and problematic smartphone use (PSU) is increasing. Predictors of PSU should be identified to prevent it. Little is known about the role of content types of smartphone use as predictors of PSU.
Jihwan Park, Jo-Eun Jeong, M. Rho
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Meta-analytic evidence for a sex-diverging association between alcohol use and body mass index

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Alcohol use is an important health issue and has been suggested to contribute to the burden produced by obesity. Both alcohol use and obesity are subject to sex differences.
Eva-Maria Siegmann   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can biophysical models give insight into the synaptic changes associated with addiction? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Effective treatments that prevent or reduce drug relapse vulnerability should be developed to relieve the high burden of drug addiction to society. This will only be possible by enhancing the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the neurobiology of addiction.
arxiv   +1 more source

Insula and striatum activity in effort-related monetary reward processing in gambling disorder: The role of depressive symptomatology

open access: yesNeuroImage: Clinical, 2014
The neurobiological underpinnings of effort-related monetary reward processing of gambling disorder have not been previously studied. To date neuroimaging studies lack in large sample sizes and as a consequence less attention has been given to brain ...
Mira Fauth-Bühler   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structure of readiness of pedagogical university students for prevention of addictive behavior [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2021
The spread of addictive behavior among minors continues to be a dangerous trend about children and young people. Therefore, one of the most important areas of pedagogical activity is the prevention of addictions in educational organizations, as well as ...
Shubnikova E.G.
doaj   +1 more source

Excessive computer game playing : evidence for addiction and aggression? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Computer games have become an ever-increasing part of many adolescents’ day-to-day lives. Coupled with this phenomenon, reports of excessive gaming (computer game playing) denominated as “computer/video game addiction” have been discussed in the popular ...
Griffiths, MD   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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