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Physical attractiveness, drug taking and gender differences
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the relationship between adolescent physical attractiveness and drug‐taking behaviour, emphasizing the human capital and “pretty girl” effects on the decision to use drugs. Through the human capital effect, physically attractive adolescents are better positioned to accumulate human capital at a young age compared to ...
Andy Chung, Junsen Zhang
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A comparative study of sexual behavior, dysfunction, satisfaction, relationship, and sexual quality of life amongst treatment-naïve and abstinent men (buprenorphine-maintained) with Opioid (heroin) dependence syndrome. [PDF]
Indian J Psychiatry, 2023 Sen MS +6 more
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Making Accurate Judgements in Child Welfare: Comparing ChatGPT With Qualified Social Workers
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study compares the judgemental accuracy of child and family social workers (n = 581) with ChatGPT, a generative AI model. Using 12 anonymized referrals, participants were asked predictive questions to evaluate accuracy through Brier scores. ChatGPT outperformed the average social worker on 11 of the 12 referrals, though the difference was
David Wilkins, Verity Benett
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Breastfeeding: Negligence or Extreme Support? A Case Report of Child Abuse by a Negligent Heroin-Dependent Mother [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2015 Background: Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to promote, develop, and secure the health of infants. Child abuse is one of the most common and most important problems in the world, and one of the factors that increase its incidence is substance ...
Mahin Eslami-Shahrbabaki +2 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on inequalities in children's services in the UK highlights a lack of systematic data on parental demographics, obstructing analysis of structural factors influencing children's outcomes. Using Growing Up in Scotland, a nationally representative longitudinal child cohort study of children born in 2004–2005, we investigate social ...
Valeria Skafida +2 more
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Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin:
Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2011 Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’ Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their ...
Anne McDonnell, Marie Claire VanHout
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The importance of vanillylmandelic acid determination in opiate users [PDF]
Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2009 Although knowledge about the etiology of heroin dependence is rather poor, it is known that the influence of opiates on the opioid, adrenergic and indirectly of GABA on the dopaminergic receptors leads to changes of catecholamine levels in brain ...
Janićević-Ivanovska Danijela +4 more
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International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To investigate oral status in relation to demographic, socioeconomic, medical and psychosocial risk factors among outpatients receiving treatment for Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Methods This cross‐sectional study included 91 outpatients from Stockholm, Sweden. Oral status was assessed using the Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT)
Sonja Rafat +4 more
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2012 Objective : To estimate the prevalence and identify independent correlates of alcohol dependence among Indigenous and non‐Indigenous adult prisoners in Queensland.
Stuart A. Kinner +3 more
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