Sentences with phrase «prevalence of other substances»

Prevalence of other substances was also high, including non-prescribed tranquilizers or sedatives (22.2 percent) and cocaine (9.4 percent).

Not exact matches

Trendy mind - altering substances aside, it makes sense that shamans would be finding more acceptance, given the prevalence of other alternative therapies such as yoga, Reiki, massage, acupuncture, and meditation — once - fringe practices that are now slick, multibillion - dollar businesses nationwide.

Unfortunately, more and more people are driving drugged these days given the prevalence of such substances as prescription medications, marijuana, methamphetamine and others.

The Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys (2016) / Krill, Johnson, Albert

Fabiani Duarte interviews Patrick Krill about the prevalence of substance misuse and other mental health concerns among lawyers.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

However, efforts to increase voluntary paternity establishment should be mindful of the prevalence of domestic violence, substance abuse, multipartner fertility, and other threats to positive outcomes for these families.

The lifetime prevalence of exposure to one or more traumatic events is between 40 % and 90 %, and about 15 % to 24 % of these instances develop into PTSD.2 3 Bearing in mind that traumatic events can also lead to other kinds of disorder, such as major depression, anxiety disorders, substance - use disorders, etc, then the figures are in fact a great deal higher.

The highest prevalence of antisocial personality disorder (greater than 70 %) is among most severe samples of males with alcohol use disorder and from substance abuse clinics, prisons, or other forensic settings.