The Adolescent Substance Use Risk Continuum: A Cultural, Strengths-Based Approach to Case Conceptualization [PDF]
, 2017 Many theories are used to conceptualize adolescent substance use, yet none adequately assist mental health professionals in assessing adolescents’ strengths and risk factors while incorporating cultural factors.
Cook, Jennifer, Miller, Alexis
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Disordered social media use and risky drinking in young adults:Differential associations with addiction-linked traits [PDF]
, 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
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Decoding the dual role of autophagy in cancer through transcriptional and epigenetic regulation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation controls autophagy, which exerts context‐dependent effects on cancer: Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis by maintaining cellular homeostasis or promotes tumor progression by supporting survival under stress. In this “In a Nutshell” article, we explore the intricate mechanisms of the dual function of autophagy ...
Young Suk Yu, Ik Soo Kim, Sung Hee Baek
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Neural mechanisms of affective instability and cognitive control in substance use
, 2019 Objective: We explored the impact of affect on cognitive control as this relates to individual differences in affective instability and substance use.
Bodkyn, Carmen N., Holroyd, Clay
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2017 Background The distribution of take-home naloxone (THN) kits has been an important strategy in reducing overdose fatalities among people who use drugs. However, little is known about the use of THN among youth who are street-involved.
Julia Goldman-Hasbun +5 more
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Interpersonal relationships and drug use over time among homeless people: a qualitative study
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Homelessness is one of the most severe forms of social exclusion and is an important public health issue. It is characterized by processes of weakening of interpersonal bonds.
Marília Ignácio de Espíndola +3 more
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HIV-related risk among justice-involved young African American women in the U.S. South
Health & Justice, 2023 Incarceration rates have increased exponentially among women, and racial disparities in justice involvement persist. Coupled with disparities in HIV in the US South that begin early in the life course, it is important to explicate the relationship ...
Felicia A. Browne +3 more
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Autophagy in cancer and protein conformational disorders
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Autophagy plays a crucial role in numerous biological processes, including protein and organelle quality control, development, immunity, and metabolism. Hence, dysregulation or mutations in autophagy‐related genes have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases.
Sergio Attanasio
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Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Tobacco Smoking, Alcohol Abuse and Illegal Drug Consumption in University Students: A Mediating Analysis [PDF]
, 2020 [Abstract] Substance abuse is a major and prevalent public health concern among university students. Tobacco smoking, risky alcohol behavior, and illegal drug consumption may lead to health problems and behavioral and academic issues. Several individual
Cruz Valiño, José Manuel +6 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Disparities in the prevalence of HIV persist in the southern United States, and young African American women have a disproportionate burden of HIV as compared with young women of other racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Felicia A. Browne +7 more
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