This chapter discusses research-based interventions for selective (targeted) interventions to prevent the onset of substance abuse in high-risk children. The overview explores the merits of selective prevention programs to reduce the risk of substance abuse in subgroups of high-risk youth or adults. The remainder of this chapter explores the program description, principal components, original N...

This article describes the development, implementation, and replication of a group-based parenting program for families affected by substance abuse. The Nurturing Program for Families in Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery improves parenting, as measured on objective scales; enhances parents' satisfaction and competence, as measured by participant reports; and is based on principles demonstr...

The GEDI will support research using existing research samples to investigate main effects, correlations , and interactions among genetic, environmental , and developmental factors in the etiology of substance abuse and related phenotypes in humans. The term "substance abuse" as used in this RFA refers broadly to several different but related concepts including substance use (quantity, frequenc...

OBJECTIVES To examine correlates of perpetration and victimization of intimate partner violence (IPV) under and not under the influence of a substance, we conducted a study among women in Russia. METHODS In 2011, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among patients receiving services at a clinic for sexually transmitted infections in St. Petersburg, Russia. Multinomial logistic regression wa...

  Purpose: To examine the relationship between substance dependency and personality disorders.   Materials and Methods: Ninety eight patients with substance dependency who had referred   to a psychiatry and substance rehabilitation center in Tehran took part in this study. Data were   collected using questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Participants were examined for   conduct and ant...

Substance abuse is an important medico-social problem. Comprehensive management of substance use disorders is of necessity linked to the study of epidemiology. In India we have a reasonable epidemiological data on substance abuse. However, this data base suffers from a number of methodological lacunae. The present paper discusses these lacunae and makes appropriate recommendations for future ge...

BACKGROUND Successfully treating illicit drug use has become paramount, yet elusive. Devising specialized treatment interventions could increase positive outcomes, but it is necessary to identify risk factors of poor long-term outcomes to develop specialized, efficacious treatments. We investigated whether functional network connectivity (FNC) measures were predictive of substance abuse treatme...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to describe the occurrence of substance use at the time of injury and pre-injury substance abuse in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Effects of acute substance use and pre-injury substance abuse on TBI severity were also investigated. METHODS A prospective study of 111 patients, aged 16-55 years, injured from May 2005 to May...