Brief interventions for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: barriers and potential solutions by Abhijit Nadkarni, Urvita Bhatia, Andre Bedendo, Tassiane Cristine Santos de Paula, Joanna Gonçalves de Andrade Tostes, Lidia Segura-Garcia, Marcela Tiburcio, Sven Andréasson

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Supported Playgroup Participation During Infancy and Developmental Health at School Entry: The Healthy Baby Community Support Program in Manitoba, Canada by Shannon Struck, Tracie Afifi, Nathan Nickel, Jennifer Theule, Marni Brownell

“…Results HBCSP participants had significantly higher odds of having an at-risk profile (e.g., use of alcohol/drugs in pregnancy, low income, single mother) compared with non-participants. …”
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Developing adaptive interventions for adolescent substance use treatment settings: protocol of an observational, mixed-methods project by Sean Grant, Denis Agniel, Daniel Almirall, Q. Burkhart, Sarah B. Hunter, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Eric R. Pedersen, Rajeev Ramchand, Beth Ann Griffin

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A class-contrastive human-interpretable machine learning approach to predict mortality in severe mental illness by Soumya Banerjee, Pietro Lio, Peter B. Jones, Rudolf N. Cardinal

“…In patients with schizophrenia, our work suggests that use or prescription of medications like antidepressants was associated with lower risk of death. Abuse of alcohol/drugs and a diagnosis of delirium were associated with higher risk of death. …”
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ORGANIZATIONAL REASONS THAT CAUSE PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT SYNDROME IN SOCIAL WORKERS by Vida Gudžinskienė, Andrejus Pozdniakovas

“…Participants (social workers) were chosen according to the following criteria – social workers who: 1) have a degree in the area of social work; 2) are engaged in social work with persons addicted to psychoactive substances (alcohol, drugs); 3) have less than 2 years of work experience with persons addicted to psychoactive substances (addicted to alcohol, drugs); and 4) are employed in a community rehabilitation centre for addictive diseases. …”
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Trend in 167 cases of minors witnessing violence: The role played by COVID-19 pandemic by Martina Focardi, Simone Grassi, Silvia Raddi, Maria Elena Rosati, Francesca Cazzato, Paola D’Onofrio, Vittoria Doretti, Ilenia Bianchi, Ilenia Bianchi, Giuseppe Vetrugno, Antonio Oliva, Vilma Pinchi

“…Medical records stored between January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2022 were analyzed, extracting sex, age and nationality of the victim; sex of the perpetrator and relationship with the victim; known previous episodes of abuse in the medical history of the victim; setting of the abuse (domestic vs. non-domestic); type of abuse (physical, psychological, sexual); whether the perpetrator was under the influence of alcohol/drugs; whether the victim was hospitalized; prognosis of the victim; number, relation with the victim and involvement in the abuse (as co-victim) of the minor(s) who witnessed the abuse.ResultsA total of 167 eligible cases were registered. 69% of victims had previous episodes of abuse. …”
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Car drivers' road safety performance: A benchmark across 32 countries by Carlos Pires, Katrien Torfs, Alain Areal, Charles Goldenbeld, Ward Vanlaar, Marie-Axelle Granié, Yvonne Achermann Stürmer, Davide Shingo Usami, Susanne Kaiser, Dagmara Jankowska-Karpa, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Hardy Holte, Toru Kakinuma, José Trigoso, Wouter Van den Berghe, Uta Meesmann

“…The objective is to present the main results of the ESRA survey regarding the four most important risky driving behaviours in traffic: driving under the influence (alcohol/drugs), speeding, mobile phone use while driving, and fatigued driving. …”
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Semen Quality in Healthy Young Men Living in a Contaminated Area by Francesco Donato, Matteo Rota, Elisabetta Ceretti, Gaia Claudia Viviana Viola, Monica Marullo, Danilo Zani, Angela Amoresano, Carolina Fontanarosa, Michele Spinelli, Stefano Lorenzetti, Luigi Montano

“…Subjects with a normal body mass index who did not make daily use of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, or medication were selected. All participants provided a fasting blood and a semen sample. …”
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Assessing Drug Consumption Rooms and Longer Term (5 Year) Impacts on Community and Clients by Tran V, Reid SE, Roxburgh A, Day CA

“…Vincent Tran,1 Sharon E Reid,2,3 Amanda Roxburgh,1,4– 6 Carolyn A Day1,2 1Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia; 2Edith Collins Centre (Translational Research in Alcohol, Drugs and Toxicology), Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 3Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia; 4Health Risks Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 5National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia; 6Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaCorrespondence: Carolyn A Day Tel +61 2 95191446Email carolyn.day@sydney.edu.auBackground: Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) and supervised injecting facilities (SIFs) provide a safe environment in which people who inject drugs (PWIDs) can inject under hygienic and supervised conditions. …”
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Substance (mis)use among refugees as a matter of social ecology: insights into a multi-site rapid assessment in Germany by Laura Hertner, Panagiotis Stylianopoulos, Andreas Heinz, Ulrike Kluge, Ingo Schäfer, Simone Penka

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Relationship between clinician-level attributes and implementation outcomes from the Pathways to Comorbidity Care training program by Eva Louie, Vicki Giannopoulos, Andrew Baillie, Gabriela Uribe, Katie Wood, Maree Teesson, Paul S. Haber, Kirsten C. Morley

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Alcohol and drug use among clients receiving internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and depression in a routine care clinic – Demographics, use patterns, and pre... by Christopher Sundström, Michael Edmonds, Joelle N. Soucy, Nickolai Titov, Blake F. Dear, Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos

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How to prevent alcohol and illicit drug use among students in affluent areas: a qualitative study on motivation and attitudes towards prevention by Pia Kvillemo, Linda Hiltunen, Youstina Demetry, Anna-Karin Carlander, Tim Hansson, Johanna Gripenberg, Tobias H. Elgán, Kim Einhorn, Charlotte Skoglund

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Bilimsel Toplantı Duyuruları by Adli Tıp Uzmanları Derneği ATUD

“…İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp AD 34390, Çapa, İstanbul Tel:0-212-6351179 2 15th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety 13 May 22-26, 2000, Conference secretariat, c/o The Swedish National Road Admin. …”
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Bilimsel Toplantı Duyuruları by Adli Tıp Uzmanları Derneği ATUD

“…İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp AD 34390, Çapa, İstanbul Tel:0-212-6351179 2 15th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety 13 May 22-26, 2000, Conference secretariat, c/o The Swedish National Road Admin. …”
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Depressive symptoms and HIV risk behaviours among adolescents enrolled in the HPTN071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa. by Kwame Shanaube, Thomas Gachie, Graeme Hoddinott, Albertus Schaap, Sian Floyd, Tila Mainga, Virginia Bond, Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Helen Ayles, HPTN071 (PopART) Study Team

“…Among 850 (40.1%) adolescents who self-reported to ever having had sex; those who used alcohol/drugs during their last sexual encounter were more likely to experience depressive symptoms (AOR = 2.18 (95% CI: 1.37, 3.47); p-value = 0.001), whereas those who reported using a condom were less likely to experience depressive symptoms (AOR = 0.74 (95% CI: 0.55, 1.00); p-value = 0.053).…”
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Prevalence and correlates of hazardous alcohol drinking and drug use among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Mozambique by Cynthia Semá Baltazar, Rachid Muleia, Auria Ribeiro Banze, Makini Boothe

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Substance use is associated with condomless anal intercourse among men who have sex with men in India: a partner-level analysis by Sandeep Prabhu, Shruti H. Mehta, Allison M. McFall, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, Canjeevaram K. Vasudevan, Gregory M. Lucas, David D. Celentano, Sunil S. Solomon

“…In multivariable analyses, partner-level characteristics associated with higher likelihood of CAI included unknown partner HIV status (aPR vs. known HIV negative partner: 1.34; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.27–1.43) and use of alcohol/ drugs prior to intercourse either sometimes (aPR 1.42; 95% CI: 1.33–1.51) or always (aPR 1.31; 95% CI: 1.23–1.41). …”
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Mortality involving New Psychoactive Substances across Europe, 2016-2017 by Hugo López-Pelayo, Julian Vicente, Ana Gallegos, Andrew McAuley, Yalçın Büyük, Martin White, Isabelle Giraudon

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Advancing interdisciplinary research in head and neck cancer through a multicenter longitudinal prospective cohort study: the NETherlands QUality of life and BIomedical Cohort (NET... by I.M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, F. Jansen, R. H. Brakenhoff, J. A. Langendijk, R. Takes, C. H. J. Terhaard, R. J. Baatenburg de Jong, J. H. Smit, C. R. Leemans

“…Methods Using an extensive assessment protocol (electronic clinical record form, patient reported outcome measures and fieldwork (interviews and physical tests)), clinical data and data on quality of life, demographic and personal factors, psychosocial (depression, anxiety, fatigue, pain, sleep, mental adjustment to cancer, posttraumatic stress), physical (speech, swallowing, oral function, malnutrition, physical fitness, neurocognitive function, sexual function), lifestyle (physical activity, nutrition, smoking, alcohol, drugs), and social factors (social function, social support, work, health care use, and costs) are collected and stored in the data warehouse. …”
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