Trends in Polydrug Use Among Ecstasy-Related Ambulance Attendances in Melbourne, 2000 to 2009

Trends in antibiotic use in Massachusetts children, 2000-2009.

OBJECTIVE Antibiotic use rates have declined dramatically since the 1990s. We aimed to determine if, when, and at what level the decline in antibiotic-dispensing rates ended and which diagnoses contributed to the trends. METHODS Antibiotic dispensings and diagnoses were obtained from 2 health insurers for 3- to <72-month-olds in 16 Massachusetts communities from 2000 to 2009. Population-based...

Emotional Intelligence Impaired in Ecstasy - Polydrug Users ?

Everyday memory deficits in ecstasy-polydrug users.

Recent research suggests that not only does the use of recreational drugs impact on working memory functioning, but more ;everyday' aspects of memory (e.g. remembering to do something in the future) are also affected. Forty-three ecstasy-polydrug users and 51 non-ecstasy users were recruited from a university population. Each participant completed the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) and ...

Effects of Ecstasy/Polydrug Use on Memory for Associative Information Running Head: Ecstasy and Associative Information

pattern was revealed. In a recognition phase, participants were presented with a single abstract pattern in the centre of the screen and asked to identify in which of the six boxes it had first appeared. The task consisted of two trials, where participants were required to learn six (Trial 1) and eight (Trial 2) pattern-location pairs. While there were no group differences on the majority of ou...

The Differential Effects of Ecstasy - Polydrug use on Executive Components

Rationale/Objectives: Recent theoretical models suggest that the central executive may not be a unified structure. The present study explored the nature of central executive deficits in ecstasy users. Methods: In Study One, 27 ecstasy users and 34 nonusers were assessed using tasks to tap memory updating (computation span; letter updating) and access to long-term memory (a semantic fluency test...