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Alcohol use in times of the COVID 19: Implications for monitoring and policy

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2020
Based on a literature search undertaken to determine the impacts of past public health crises, and a systematic review of the effects of past economic crises on alcohol consumption, two main scenarios—with opposite predictions regarding the impact of the
J. Rehm, C. Kilian, C. Ferreira-Borges, D. Jernigan, M. Monteiro, C. Parry, Z. Sanchez, J. Manthey   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in alcohol use as a function of psychological distress and social support following COVID-19 related University closings

Addictive Behaviours, 2020
Highlights • Alcohol use increased significantly following COVID-19 related campus closure.• Higher social support was associated with less alcohol use overall.• Elevated psychological distress was associated with steeper increases in alcohol.• Social ...
William V. Lechner, Kimberly R. Laurene, Sweta Patel, Megan Anderson, Chelsea Grega, D. Kenne   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Systematic review and meta-analysis: prevalence of alcohol use among young people in eastern Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies of alcohol use among young people (age 15-24 years) in eastern Africa to estimate prevalence of alcohol use and determine the extent of use of standardised screening questionnaires in ...
Changalucha, John, Weiss, Helen A, Francis, Joel M, Kapiga, Saidi H, Joel M. Francis, Heiner Grosskurth, Helen A. Weiss, John Changalucha, Saidi H. Kapiga, Grosskurth, Heiner   +9 more
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Precision Mental Health Care for Cannabis Use Disorder: Utility of a bioSocial Cognitive Theory to Inform Treatment

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Globally, cannabis is the most frequently used controlled substance after alcohol and tobacco. Rates of cannabis use are steadily increasing in many countries and there is emerging evidence that there is likely to be greater risk due to increased ...
Matthew J. Gullo, Matthew J. Gullo, Zoë E. Papinczak, Zoë E. Papinczak, Zoë E. Papinczak, Gerald F. X. Feeney, Gerald F. X. Feeney, Ross McD. Young, Ross McD. Young, Ross McD. Young, Jason P. Connor, Jason P. Connor, Jason P. Connor   +12 more
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Risky alcohol use among reproductive-age men, not women, in Mae La refugee camp, Thailand, 2009. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Globally, alcohol use contributes to close to 4% of all deaths and is a leading cause of ill health and premature death among men of reproductive age.
Rose McGready, Thiptharakun Supan, Rhodes, T, McGready, R, Thiptharakun, Supan, Rhodes, Tim, Thiptharakun, S, Tim Rhodes, Ezard, Nadine, Nadine Ezard, Nosten François, Rhodes, T ; https://orcid.org/, Ezard, N ; https://orcid.org/, Rhodes Tim, Supan Thiptharakun, Ezard Nadine, Nosten, F, McGready, Rose, McGready Rose, Nosten, François, Ezard, N, François Nosten   +21 more
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing an evidence-based woman-focused intervention in South African health services

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of these interventions have shown to be efficacious in randomized trials, it often takes
Brittni N. Howard, Richard Van Dorn, Bronwyn J. Myers, William A. Zule, Felicia A. Browne, Tara Carney, Wendee M. Wechsberg   +6 more
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The role of alcohol use and drinking patterns in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: a systematic review.

Lancet Public Health, 2020
BACKGROUND Individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES) experience disproportionately greater alcohol-attributable health harm than individuals with high SES from similar or lower amounts of alcohol consumption. Our aim was to provide an update of the
C. Probst, C. Kilian, Sherald Sanchez, S. Lange, J. Rehm   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence

BMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Women have generally been found to be the victims of violence, but scant attention has been paid to the characteristics of women who perpetrate aggression and violence. In South Africa, violence is a prevalent societal issue, especially in the
Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Tracy L. Kline, Kim Johnson, Wendee M. Wechsberg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protein Kinases as Mediators for miRNA Modulation of Neuropathic Pain

Cells
Neuropathic pain is a chronic condition resulting from injury or dysfunction in the somatosensory nervous system, which leads to persistent pain and a significant impairment of quality of life.
Leah Chang, Zala Čok, Lei Yu
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability of the GAIN-SS, CRAFTT and PESQ screening instruments for substance use among South African adolescents

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Introduction: Screening for adolescent substance use can assist with the early identification of substance-related problems and guide the provision of appropriate services. As such, psychometrically sound screening tools are needed. The aim of this study
Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Johann Louw
doaj   +1 more source