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Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study

open access: yesHarm 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
doaj   +1 more source

Mindfulness-based programs for substance use disorders: a systematic review of manualized treatments

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background Substance use disorders are prevalent and returning to substance use (i.e., relapse) following treatment is common, underscoring the need for effective treatments that will help individuals maintain long-term reductions in substance use ...
J. Korecki   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lines in the sand: Social representations of substance use boundaries in life narratives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study identifies social representations in interviews about alcohol and substance use in the discourse of 129 young adults, who were interviewed for 2.5 to 3.5 hr each for their life histories and use or nonuse of alcoholic beverages and drugs ...
Drabble, Laurie A   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Disordered social media use and risky drinking in young adults:Differential associations with addiction-linked traits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Excessive or compulsive use of social media has been likened to an addiction, similar to other behavioural addictions such as pathological gambling or Internet addiction.
Lyvers, Michael   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Substance Use

open access: yes, 2023
AbstractThis chapter starts out with a theoretical discussion of the meaning of “drug”. As it turns out, three different kinds of psychoactive drugs can be distinguished. Central to this distinction is the understanding of appropriate medical use, which is subject to change.
David A. Leon   +2 more
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Integrating basic research with prevention/intervention to reduce risky substance use among college students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Too often basic research on etiological processes that contribute to substance use outcomes is disconnected from efforts to develop prevention and intervention programming.
Dick, Danielle, Hancock, Linda C.
core   +4 more sources

Use of withdrawal management services among people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2018
Background For many individuals with substance use disorders, the entry point for addiction treatment can be through withdrawal management (e.g. detoxification) services.
Sharon Vipler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-intensity cannabis use and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada

open access: yesHarm 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
doaj   +1 more source

2013 Annual Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/arsh_annualreport/1002/thumbnail ...
Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities
core   +1 more source

Mothering, substance use disorders and intergenerational trauma transmission : an attachment-based perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: A growing body of research underlines that interpersonal trauma in childhood leads to heightened susceptibility for substance use disorders (SUDs) in later life.
De Pauw, Sarah   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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