The adolescent origins of substance use disorders

Neurobiology of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders.

There are many facets of the neurobiology of substance use that are distinct in adolescence as compared with adulthood. The adolescent brain is subject to intense subcortical reward processes, but is left with an immature prefrontal control system that is often unable to resist the pull of potentially exciting activities like substance use, even when fully aware of the dangers involved. Peer in...

Developmental cascades: linking adolescent substance use, affiliation with substance use promoting peers, and academic achievement to adult substance use disorders.

Using a high-risk community sample (N = 405), the current study examined developmental cascades among substance use, affiliation with substance use promoting peers, and academic achievement over an 18-year period and tested whether these pathways mediated the influence of parental alcoholism on adult alcohol and drug use disorders. Results showed that the influence of parental alcoholism on adu...

Adolescent substance use.

Reducing the harm of adolescent substance use.

DES HAUSSES RÉCENTES DE LA TOXICOMANIE CHEZ LES ADOLESCENTS attirent l’attention sur des programmes scolaires d’éducation sur les drogues. On a remis en question l’efficacité des programmes classiques, et des chercheurs préconisent de nouvelles méthodes fondées sur les principes de la réduction du préjudice. Une stratégie de réduction du préjudice reconnaît qu’il est irréaliste d’essayer de pré...

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...