Sentences with phrase «substance use problems do»

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That said, do be aware that problem behaviors may arise from egocentric thinking - including substance use, risk taking, eating disorders, self - esteem issues, and vandalism - and be prepared to intervene if necessary, and always be the parent your child needs you to be.

The Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative is based on a national model that uses several strategies to fight a problem that just doesn't seem to go away.

Those resolving cannabis problems do so at younger ages, with less assistance than those resolving other substance - use problems.»

These participants were not currently using alcohol or illicit substances and did not have diagnoses of dementia or other neurological problems.

However, the episode does serve as a reminder that there are unanswered questions about ADHD's impact on impulsive decision making and substance use — and the importance of seeking diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible, before problems develop.

CSP did have statistically significant indirect effects on reduced substance use (1 - year follow - up), conduct problems (2 - year follow - up), and school suspensions (1 - year and 2 - year follow - up) through improved parent - reported child emotion regulation skills at posttest.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

While the data do not provide detailed information about the family or household circumstances prebirth or postbirth, previous research demonstrates that households with heavy parental alcohol use are at risk of instability, as well as concomitant risks such as abuse, poor family functioning, mental health problems and illicit substance use.13 17 29 This is likely to be an environment in which school attendance is not prioritised.

One limitation of this study is that the researchers did not use formal diagnostic criteria for psychiatric or substance use problems, rather they relied upon self - reported symptoms and treatment history.

The findings on the alternative model we tested suggested that in spite of being positively associated with conduct problems in adolescence, internalizing problems and substance use did not add to the prediction of adult APP over and above the effects of adolescent conduct problems.

drug or alcohol problem • DWI or drug arrest • oxycontin addiction • loss of employment • failed a drug test • need a substance use evaluation • family member with a drug problem • counseling for people utilizing medication - assisted treatment (MAT)(please note we do not prescribe medications) • 12 - step recovery and alternatives to 12 step recovery • anger and addiction

The Incope (Bodenmann, 2000) is a questionnaire (5 - point scale) with 23 items (α = 0.80) developed on the basis of the COPE (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989) measuring the following subscales such as active problem - solving («I attempt to tackle and solve the problem»), positive self - verbalization («I persuade myself that I will make it»), rumination («I ruminate for a long time and keep on thinking about the occurrence»), passivity / evasion («I wait until things change on their own, even if I might be able to do something»), negative emotional expression («I express my feelings without considering what this means for others»), substance use («I consume something that calms me down (cigarettes, alcohol, sweets, tranquiliser»)(α = 0.52 to α = 0.80).

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence meSubstance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence mesubstance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence mesubstance use and dependence measures.40

Changes in youth - reported parenting behavior partially mediated the effect of the intervention on conduct problems and fully mediated its impact on positive self - concept, but did not mediate effects on lifetime substance use initiation.