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Homelessness and Substance Abuse: Is Mandatory Treatment the Solution? [PDF]
, 1994 For the government to be successful in addressing homelessness, it must focus on the link between homelessness and substance abuse. In New York City and elsewhere, advocates are reluctant to publicize the connection between substance abuse and ...
Abbott, Melanie B.
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Guidelines for Organizing Art Exhibitions on Addiction and Recovery [PDF]
, 2009 Outlines the Innovators Combating Substance Abuse program's model for exhibiting art by those in addiction recovery as a way to offer insight into substance abuse and recovery.
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Health & Justice, 2018 Background The link between substance use and involvement in the juvenile justice system has been well established. Justice-involved youth tend to have higher rates of drug use than their non-offending peers.
Jacqueline Horan Fisher +8 more
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Racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and substance abuse among Latina/os nationwide.
Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 2014 This study investigates the relationship between discrimination and substance abuse among Latina/os, and further examines whether this relationship differs by gender and type of discrimination. Analyses focus on the Latina/o respondents (n = 1,039 men; n
Angie Denisse Otiniano Verissimo +3 more
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A comparison of substance use stigma and health stigma in a population of veterans with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: This pilot study examined whether substance use or mental illness was more stigmatizing among individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems.
Byrne, Thomas H. +5 more
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, 2019 The gendered pathways perspective seeks to identify the biological, psychological, and social realities that lead to women’s law-breaking behavior. Prior research in this area demonstrates the link between women’s adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and
Boppre, Breanna, Boyer, Cassandra
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Initial Feasibility of a Woman-Focused Intervention for Pregnant African-American Women
International Journal of Pediatrics, 2011 African-American women who use crack are vulnerable to HIV because of the complex social circumstances in which they live. Drug-abuse treatment for these women during pregnancy may provide time for changing risk behaviors.
Hendrée E. Jones +6 more
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Substance abuse treatment: what do we know? an economist's perspective [PDF]
, 2003 The substance abuse treatment literature has basically dealt with four important questions: 1) Is treatment effective? 2) Are all programs equally effective? 3) why do programs differ in their effectiveness?
Machado, Matilde P.
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Abuse
Pediatrics, 2014 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorders are inextricably intertwined. Children with ADHD are more likely than peers to develop substance use disorders.
Elizabeth B. Harstad, S. Levy
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Random Drug Testing of TANF Recipients is Costly, Ineffective and Hurts Families [PDF]
, 2009 Legislators in a number of states have proposed to test all TANF recipients for drug use. This brief explains that random drug testing may be unconstitutional, and is a costly and ineffective way to identify individuals in need of substance abuse ...
Matt Lewis
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