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The impact of drug treatment courts on recovery: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction. Earlier reviews regarding the effectiveness of Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) reported a reduction in reoffending and substance use. Although substance users suffer from other difficulties than drug use and judicial issues, none of these ...
De Ruyver, Brice +4 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2022 Vancouver, Canada, and Lisbon, Portugal, are both celebrated for their world-leading harm reduction policies and programs and regarded as models for other cities contending with the effects of increasing levels of drug use in the context of growing urban
Joana Canêdo +11 more
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DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders: recommendations and rationale. [PDF]
, 2013 Since DSM-IV was published in 1994, its approach to substance use disorders has come under scrutiny. Strengths were identified (notably, reliability and validity of dependence), but concerns have also arisen.
Auriacombe, Marc +11 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background Housing environments shape injection drug-related risks and harms and thus represent a critical implementation setting for syringe services programs (SSPs).
Koharu Loulou Chayama +5 more
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Classifying concepts via visual properties [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 We assume that substances in the world are represented by two types of concepts, namely substance concepts and classification concepts, the former instrumental to (visual) perception, the latter to (language based) classification. Based on this distinction, we introduce a general methodology for building lexico-semantic hierarchies of substance ...
arxiv
The Role of Personality in Predicting Drug and Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minorities [PDF]
, 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
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Background There is concern that cannabis use negatively affects vulnerable groups such as youth; however, the relationship between cannabis use and health care utilization has not been well characterized in this population.
Hudson Reddon +5 more
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From Organizations to Individuals: Psychoactive Substance Use By Professional Programmers [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Psychoactive substances, which influence the brain to alter perceptions and moods, have the potential to have positive and negative effects on critical software engineering tasks. They are widely used in software, but that use is not well understood.
arxiv
Barriers to Substance Use Treatment for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
, 2023 Abstract Background Although residential substance use treatment has been shown to improve substance use and other outcomes, most with substance use disorders (SUDs) never seek professional treatment. Much research has been done on the barriers to seeking treatment.
Hudson, Joseph Robert, Manuel, Jennifer
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background The potential public health benefits of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) are considerable, and yet implementation of SSFs in North America has been slow.
Jenna van Draanen +6 more
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