Sentences with phrase «use disorders among»

Comorbidity of substance use disorders among community - based and high - risk adolescents.

Long - term effects of the Focus on Families project on substance use disorders among children of parents in methadone treatment.

It's important that child - and family - serving systems and professionals work to prevent the development of substance use disorders among the families they serve.

The elevated prevalence of alcohol use disorders among people with psychotic disorders is well documented.1 Among this population alcohol misuse has been linked to a range of adverse consequences including unemployment, lower education level and lower socioeconomic status.2 Studies examining the impact of alcohol misuse on various psychiatric symptoms among people with psychotic disorders report inconsistent findings.3, 4

Johanne Korsdal Sørensen has previously studied the scale of substance use disorders among medical doctors in a survey among 4,000 members of the Danish Medical Association.

The researchers found that the number of substance - use disorders among 12 - to 17 - year olds had declined by 49 percent over the 12 - year span, along with a simultaneous 34 percent decline in delinquent behaviors, such as fighting, assault, stealing, selling drugs or carrying a handgun.

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However, the ubiquity of the toy, which is supposedly used as a tool to promote concentration among children with autism spectrum disorders, has been undeniable.

Among the fund's first investments are Apervita, a cloud - based analytics platform; SHYFT Analytics, a cloud - based pharmaceutical research platform, and Mindstrong Health, which uses machine learning to help patients assess their mental health disorders through their smartphones.

The impact of media use on sleep patterns and sleep disorders among school - aged children in China.

The program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses described above produced treatment - control differences in 15 - year - olds» arrests and reductions in arrests and convictions among 19 - year - old females.32, 33 In a subsequent trial with a large sample of urban African - Americans the program produced treatment impacts on 12 - year - olds» use of substances and internalizing disorders.34

Unintended pregnancy rates among women with substance use disorders are approximately 80 %, considerably higher than in the general population.

Several studies among adolescents have linked binge drinking to various forms of disordered eating such as fasting, using diet pills, and purging behaviors.»

This finding led the researchers to assume that in the future it may be possible for Oxytocin to be used as a psychobiological treatment option in couple therapy as it may increase positive communication behaviors among partners, particularly among couples where the husband suffers from PTSD, and thereby it may improve the quality of the couple's marriage — which is often impaired by the disorder.

The researchers used a linked national register data to examine more than 1.3 million people in Sweden, and tracked diagnoses of non-affective psychotic disorders among the population.

The study, «Prescription opioid use among adults with mental health disorders in the United States,» is among the first to show the extent to which the population of Americans with mental illness use opioids.

Having a parent with an alcohol use disorder increases the risk for dating violence among teenagers, according to a study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions.

Benjamin Lê Cook, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard Medical School / Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues used nationally representative surveys of U.S. residents to compare trends in smoking rates between adults with and without mental illness and across multiple disorders (2004 - 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [MEPS]-RRB- and compared rates of smoking cessation among adults with mental illness who did and did not receive mental health treatment (2009 - 2011 National Survey of Drug Use and Health [NSDUH]-RRB-.

«One explanation for the high rate of risky opioid use among disability - entitled enrollees is the group of risk factors linked with opioid misuse including mood disorders, cognitive disability and back pain - related disorders,» Kuo said.

«Among normal adults, sleep difficulties and insomnia have predicted onset of alcohol use one year later, and increased risk of any illicit drug use disorder and nicotine dependence 3.5 years later,» said Wong.

The researchers and clinicians working on DSM - V had several ambitious goals, including using new findings from neuroscience and genetics to shape diagnoses, minimizing vast diagnostic dead zones of abnormal behavior that fall in the cracks of current criteria, and introducing the idea of «dimensions» to reflect varying degrees of symptom severity and the overlap among disorders.

Using genome - wide genomic data, the researchers found that, among European American females, 29 % of the risk for developing PTSD is influenced by genetic factors, which is comparable to that of other psychiatric disorders.

The treatment of pain among older adults and persons with cognitive disorders requires regular assessment of pain and the benefits and risks of used analgesics.

«Depression among young teens linked to cannabis use at 18: Seattle - focused study suggests earlier intervention with depressed youths could reduce rate of cannabis - use disorder.»

The high prevalence and intensity of opioid use among SSDI recipients parallels the preponderance of musculoskeletal disorders, such as back pain — some type of musculoskeletal condition was present in 94 percent of chronic opioid users.

The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug is a popular study aid among US college students, around a third of whom have used prescription stimulants for non-medical reasons.

Researchers at Jefferson's Maternal Addiction Treatment Education & Research (MATER) program found significant improvement in the quality of parenting among mothers who participated in a trauma - informed, mindfulness - based parenting intervention while also in medication - assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.

Sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic used to treat urinary tract infections, and carbamazepine, a drug used to treat seizures, nerve pain, and bipolar disorder, were among the most common pharmaceuticals detected.

In all, says Bohnert, «Assessment and treatment of co-existing psychiatric conditions, in addition to substance use, may be important in lowering the risk of suicide among individuals who have substance use disorders.»

This study examined the prevalence and types of secondhand harm among Canadian undergraduates, and whether certain personality risks for alcohol use disorder — impulsivity, sensation seeking, hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity — can predict secondhand - harm exposure.

«By understanding how we naturally use eye movements to compensate for declining areas of the brain, we could tap into this strategy as an intervention to boost memory performance among healthy older adults and adults with memory disorders,» says Dr. Ryan.

Ritalin, the brand name for methylphenidate, a central nervous system stimulant used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a growing problem among college students who use it without a prescription as a so - called «study enhancer.»

She was among the first to ask whether women are affected differently than men by substance use and other psychiatric disorders, and to ask whether gender could play a role in the effectiveness of treatment.

The recent Nature paper «High - throughput discovery of novel developmental phenotypes» describes the systematic high - throughput phenotyping screens used in the knock out mice and gives insight into a variety of gene function while a strong correlation was found between genes causing lethality in mice and genes causing diseases in humans, including cardiovascular defects, spina bifida, and metabolic disorders, among many others.

207/3: 15 Assessment of Mendelian disorders among three Bronx, New York populations using ACMG criteria.

«But at least among people with substance use disorders, it appears to have detrimental effects on cognitive function.»

Increases in rates of alcohol use, high - risk drinking and alcohol use disorder were greatest among women, the study authors found.

Compared to single people, the risk of an alcohol use disorder was 60 percent lower among married men and 71 percent lower among married women, although the study couldn't prove that marriage caused that lower risk.

The new data might help inform efforts to curb substance abuse among young adults, «so that we can better target prevention programming to young adults from all walks of life with vital information on substance use disorder prevention and treatment,» Harding said in a SAMHSA news release.

That's important to keep in mind, she says, as researchers have observed an increased prevalence of alcohol - use disorders and heavy drinking in recent years, primarily among women.

Among other qualifications, the women had to have been in remission from any depressive or anxiety disorder, and needed to be participating in some form of regular sexual activity before antidepressant use, as well as during the study.

It's a common experience among endurance athletes and has been verified in clinical trials that have successfully used exercise to treat anxiety disorders and clinical depression.»

The seed of the milk thistle plant is commonly used to treat chronic inflammatory liver disorders and it is among the top - selling medicinal herbs.

In this short clip, Fox CT's Sarah Cody and I discuss how I used yoga and meditation (among other tools) to reclaim my health after a 12 year battle with depression, anxiety and a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.

Among the more common include: breed predisposition (inherited), immune mediated disorders (caused by the animal's own immune system), use of certain drugs, and some systemic diseases.

This will run from 2010 - 13 and will use data captured by VetCOMPASS Animal Surveillance to establish levels of specific disorders among the vet - visiting animal population.

Vitamins, minerals and antioxidants are among the most commonly used supplements to help pets with a variety of medical disorders.

Louv believes that kids nowadays suffer from «nature - deficit disorder» — a term of his own invention that describes «the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses.»

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examines whether substituting Seeking Safety (SS) for part of treatment as usual (TAU) improves substance use outcomes among male military veterans with a substance use disorder and co-occurring PTSD symptomatology.

Childhood adversity and certain mental health disorders are associated with increased risk of incident drug use among adults

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services to improve family recovery, safety and stability by advancing practices and collaboration among agencies, organizations and courts working with families affected by substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders and child abuse or neglect.