Substance abuse can often precede a more dangerous
substance dependence problem.
His special expertise in medical and psychological management of mood and anxiety disorders, obsessive - compulsive disorders, marital problems as well as
substance dependence problems has manifested in 60 research studies published in a wide range of local and international journals.
Not exact matches
A product that, with any luck, can help fix some of this nation's biggest
problems — not just
substance dependence, as it did for Jenkins, but also things like a prohibitively expensive healthcare system and the disproportionate arrest rate of people of color.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, a key sign of
substance dependence is when a person continues to use a
substance even when he or she knows it's causing physical or mental health
problems.
Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive
substance in the United States: 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or
dependence along with several million more who engage in risky, binge drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol
problems.
The most common adult psychiatric
problems among childhood ADHD cases were alcohol
dependence / abuse (26.3 %), antisocial personality disorder (16.8 %), other
substance dependence / abuse (16.4 %), current or past history of hypomanic episode (15.1 %), generalized anxiety disorder (14.2 %), and current major depressive episode (12.9 %).
While the disease model was designed to assist
substance - abusing adults, adolescent
substance problems differ from those of adults with chronic alcohol
dependence (Bailey & Rachal, 1993; Kilty, 1990).
By age 18 years, many conduct -
problem boys had encountered factors that could ensnare them in an antisocial future:
substance dependence, unsafe sex, dangerous driving habits, delinquent friends, delinquent perceptions, and unemployment.
Clinical
problem areas range from detoxification,
problem drinking,
problem gambling,
substance dependence (including borderline personality disorder), binge eating, shame and stigma associated with addictions, pornography addiction, and smoking cessation.
The Drug Abuse Screening Test, Short Form (DAST - 10) was used to screen for probable drug abuse or
dependence on a wide variety of
substances other than alcohol.26 Respondents who used drugs other than alcohol in the past 12 months were asked whether they had experienced any of 10 drug - related
problems in the past 12 months.
Prevalence and Timing of Diagnosable Mental Health, Alcohol, and
Substance Use Problems Among Older Adolescents in the Child Welfare System Keller, Salazar, & Courtney (2010) Children and Youth Services Review, 32 (4) View Abstract Reports the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, alcohol abuse / dependence, and substance abuse / dependence diagnoses assessed with a structured clinical interview protocol in a population - based, multi-State, age cohort of older adolescents about to exit child welfare
Substance Use
Problems Among Older Adolescents in the Child Welfare System Keller, Salazar, & Courtney (2010) Children and Youth Services Review, 32 (4) View Abstract Reports the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, alcohol abuse /
dependence, and
substance abuse / dependence diagnoses assessed with a structured clinical interview protocol in a population - based, multi-State, age cohort of older adolescents about to exit child welfare
substance abuse /
dependence diagnoses assessed with a structured clinical interview protocol in a population - based, multi-State, age cohort of older adolescents about to exit child welfare systems.
The ASSIST provides information about the
substances people have ever used in their lifetime; those used in the past three months;
problems related to
substance use; risk of current or future harm;
dependence; and injecting drug use.
«My specialty is primarily working with individuals dealing with alcohol and
substance abuse /
dependence and related
problems, including mandated
substance abuse evaluations.
Heavier drinking in adolescence increases the risk of later
problems of
dependence on alcohol or other
substances.
The five brief interventions tested in the CYT study were all associated with major reductions in
substance use, symptoms of
dependence or abuse, behavioral
problems, family
problems, school
problems, and illegal activity.
-- A program of home visitation by nurses has been shown to affect the rates of maternal welfare
dependence, criminality,
problems due to use of
substances, and child abuse and neglect.
My specialty areas include: adjustment difficulties to daily life stressors and to new transitions; anxiety — including panic attacks, obsessions and compulsions, trauma, and phobias; depression and bipolar disorder;
substance abuse /
dependence; relationship issues; work
problems; self - defeating behaviors; and stress management.»
On the basis of this information, parents were classified as having alcohol and / or
substance use
problems if they reported any abuse or
dependence item for each 12 - month follow - up period.
Research shows that the earlier a teen starts using
substances, the more likely the teen is to develop
dependence or serious
substance - use related
problems down the road.
There is quite a debate as to what constitutes
substance abuse, so here are the definitions of substance dependence and substance abuse paraphrased from the (DSMIV) Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders: Substance dependence is defined as when a person continues to use the substance despite significant substance related problems and a minimum of (3) of the following signs are present at any time during the s
substance abuse, so here are the definitions of
substance dependence and substance abuse paraphrased from the (DSMIV) Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders: Substance dependence is defined as when a person continues to use the substance despite significant substance related problems and a minimum of (3) of the following signs are present at any time during the s
substance dependence and
substance abuse paraphrased from the (DSMIV) Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders: Substance dependence is defined as when a person continues to use the substance despite significant substance related problems and a minimum of (3) of the following signs are present at any time during the s
substance abuse paraphrased from the (DSMIV) Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders:
Substance dependence is defined as when a person continues to use the substance despite significant substance related problems and a minimum of (3) of the following signs are present at any time during the s
Substance dependence is defined as when a person continues to use the
substance despite significant substance related problems and a minimum of (3) of the following signs are present at any time during the s
substance despite significant
substance related problems and a minimum of (3) of the following signs are present at any time during the s
substance related
problems and a minimum of (3) of the following signs are present at any time during the same year.
It is a period of biological, cognitive and social change of such magnitude and rapidity that it is no surprise to find that it is associated with the onset or exacerbation of a number of health - related
problems including depression (1), eating disorders (2),
substance abuse and
dependence (3 — 5), risky sexual behaviour (6), antisocial and delinquent activity (7) and school dropout (8).
It is not uncommon for a person struggling with
substance abuse to be successful at hiding their
problem from family and friends until their
dependence on the
substance turns into a full - blown addiction.
My specialties include issues with
substances — use, abuse and
dependence — and family
problems.
Patients were recruited from a university - based adolescent treatment program for youths with serious
substance and conduct
problems and were required to meet criteria for at least one non-nicotine DSM - IV - TR
substance abuse or
dependence diagnosis [62].
Lower levels of self - esteem at age 15 were associated with greater risks of mental health
problems,
substance dependence, and lower levels of life and relationship satisfaction at ages 18, 21, and 25.
Individuals in the community suffering from mood / anxiety disorders and
substance dependence / harmful alcohol, and especially those with both, experience a higher risk for gambling
problems.
Mental health
problems in adolescents may impair their ability to learn and create a risk for lower education attainment and school dropout, 47 which in turn are known to increase benefit
dependence.51 In the study by Fergusson and Horwood50 in which they studied conduct
problems at age 8 years and unemployment 10 years later, analyses suggested that the association was mediated by a series of processes during adolescence including patterns of peer affiliation,
substance use, truancy and
problems with school authority.
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 me
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 me
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 me
substance use and
dependence measures.40
Disorders considered herein include anxiety disorders (agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobia, specific phobia), mood disorders (bipolar I and II disorders, dysthymia, major depressive disorder), disorders that share a feature of
problems with impulse control (bulimia, intermittent explosive disorder, and adult persistence of 3 childhood - adolescent disorders — attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional - defiant disorder — among respondents in the 18 - to 44 - year age range), and
substance disorders (alcohol and drug abuse and
dependence).