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The Role of Personality in Predicting Drug and Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minorities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Research consistently demonstrates that sexual minority status is associated with increased risk of problematic substance use. Existing literature in this area has focused on group-specific minority stress factors (e.g., victimization and internalized ...
Cochran, Bryan N.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Study of Self Stigma, Perceived Discrimination, and its Correlation with Drug Attitudes and Impact of Educational Intervention

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Psychiatry
Background: Anticipated self-stigma refers to the internalization of negative stereotypes about people who seek help, and perceived public stigma refers to discrimination and devaluation by others. Individuals in need of psychiatric treatment often avoid
Lakhan R. Kataria   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing Time Perception among Morphine-Derived Drugs Addicts and Controls [PDF]

open access: yesAddiction and Health, 2015
Background: The aim of the present study is to compare time perception among drug addicts and controls. Methods: 30 drug addicts were selected, and 30 non-addict individuals were selected as the control group. The two groups performed three tests of time
Ali Shahabifar, Ataollah Movahedinia
doaj  

Drug use stigma, accidental pet poisonings, and veterinary care: results from a survey of pet owners in Vancouver, British Columbia

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionThe effect of drug use on physical health, mental wellbeing, and quality of life can extend to family members, including children, and even companion animals.
Chloe Chambers   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social and Cultural Contexts of Alcohol Use: Influences in a Social-Ecological Framework. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Alcohol use and misuse account for 3.3 million deaths every year, or 6 percent of all deaths worldwide. The harmful effects of alcohol misuse are far reaching and range from individual health risks, morbidity, and mortality to consequences for family ...
Sudhinaraset, May   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Environmental protection and the generalized system of preferences : a legal and appropriate linkage? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article will question the legality of measures of environmental ‘conditionality’ in the Generalized System of Preferences [GSP] of the European Community [EC].
Switzer, Stephanie
core   +1 more source

Pharmaco-fUS: Quantification of pharmacologically-induced dynamic changes in brain perfusion and connectivity by functional ultrasound imaging in awake mice

open access: yesNeuroImage, 2020
There is a critical need for reliable quantitative biomarkers to assess functional brain alterations in mouse models of neuropsychiatric diseases, but current imaging methods measuring drug effects through the neurovascular coupling, face issues ...
Claire Rabut   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

From peasant society to manufacturing society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Since the early 1990's when the first cases of HIV were found in Vietnam, the number of people infected with HIV has been increasing. Over half of the Vietnamese population is under the age of 25 and 78.9% of the reported cases of HIV are people between ...
Nielsen, Mette Holst
core   +1 more source

The Discrimination Against, Health Status and Wellness of People Who Use Drugs in Italian Services: A Survey

open access: yesMedicina, 2019
Background and Objectives: The aims of this study are to: describe the sociodemographic characteristics and typology of drug addiction among people who use drugs that attend the Servizio per le Dipendenze (SerD), and evaluate the competence and ability ...
Concetta Paola Pelullo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The brattleboro rat displays a natural deficit in social discrimination that is restored by clozapine and a neurotensin analog. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia are a major source of dysfunction for which more effective treatments are needed. The vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro (BRAT) rat has been shown to have several natural schizophrenia-like deficits, including ...
Feifel, D   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

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