eparate paradigms and services for elder abuse and domestic violence raise the concern that S intimate partner violence in older couples is under-recognised (Box). These paradigms are associated with age-specific characteristics, with very different implications for management when compared with younger age groups. In addition, there is also a higher risk of death in older domestic violence vic...

Newspaper headlines show that awareness of intimate partner violence is a complicated issue needs further examination. Works fiction narrated by women trapped in abusive relationships are useful sites for the exploration what usually includes, and identification subtle behaviours can be defined as violent but go unnoticed. This article submits two contemporary works fiction, First Love Fifty Sh...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the usefulness of the Addiction Severity Index Japanese Version (ASI-J) in Japanese alcohol-dependent individuals. The ASI is a frequently used clinical and research instrument that measures severities in seven functional domains in people with substance abuse disorders. METHODS A total of 370 male inpatients with a history of alcohol dependence participated in the st...

A study conducted at the Tampin Drug Rehabilitation Center in Malaysia established a high prevalence (23%) of asymptomatic carriers of Cryptosporidium among exposed HIV positive intravenous drug users (IVDUs). A majority of them were young adults and among the ethnic groups, the Malay HIV positive inmates had the highest prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection.

This study compared the effectiveness for altering sexual and drug use risk behaviors of an innovative cognitive-behavioral intervention with a standard intervention developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Participants were 254 female and 488 male injection drug users and cocaine smokers not currently in treatment who were randomly assigned to receive one of the two interventions. Al...

The reliance on law enforcement as the dominant drug policy approach has resulted in record incarceration rates in many countries. Human rights advocates and public health researchers have argued that the risks of HIV transmission resulting from injection drug use within Canadian prisons must be addressed. Despite a decade of advocacy and some progress made, this remains an urgent public health...

In a cross-sectional study of 174 new injecting drug users (IDUs) in New York City who had injected for < or = 6 years, we examined whether those who both share syringes and have personal risk networks that include high-risk injectors are particularly likely to be infected with HIV. Subjects were street recruited between July 1991 and January 1993, were interviewed about their risk behaviors in...

The internment process in therapeutic communities (TC) involves a multiplicity of therapeutic practices and strategies geared to abstinence from drug usage. According to the specialists' own regulations and explicit objectives, the residents must not only abandon the consumption of substances but also adopt new practices, attitudes, emotions and significances through the use of therapeutic tech...

BACKGROUND The relationship between serious drug involvement and risk for unemployment is well recognized, but few studies have prospectively examined this relationship among college students. This study used longitudinal data to examine the association between drug use patterns during college and the likelihood of employment post-college, holding constant sociodemographic variables and persona...