Stressors and coping strategies: The case of teacher education students at University of Ghana by Kwaku Darko Amponsah, Grace Sintim Adasi, Salifu Maigari Mohammed, Ernest Ampadu, Abraham Kwadwo Okrah

“…Again, this study revealed that resident students are more prayerful and easily get help and advice from lecturers or teaching assistants but deeply averse with substance abuse such as using tobacco/alcohol/drug to feel better compared with their non-resident counterparts. …”
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Predisposing, enabling and need factors of heroin addicts’ using prescribed methadone or buprenorphine for a year or longer: An exploratory study of drug treatment for heroin addic... by Nilsson Marcus Blom, Lundgren Lena M., Chassler Deborah

“…DESIGN - Chi-square analysis, one-way Anova and logistic regression methods were used to explore the association between self-reported demographic characteristics, alcohol/drug use severity, substance use disorder treatment history, criminal justice history, level of mental health symptomatology, mental health treatment history, and whether or not adult opioid users had taken methadone or buprenorphine continuously on doctor’s orders for one year or longer. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of CRAFFT Substance Abuse Screening Test among adolescents by Kandemir H, Aydemir Ö, Ekinci S, Selek S, Kandemir SB, Bayazit H

“…Interviews took approximately 30 minutes, including the DSM-IV diagnostic interview for alcohol/drug dependence.Results: The mean age of subjects was 16.653 years (minimum: 15 years, maximum: 18 years). …”
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Factors associated with rapidly repeated acute poisoning by substances of abuse: a prospective observational cohort study by Odd Martin Vallersnes, Dag Jacobsen, Øivind Ekeberg, Mette Brekke

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In vitro metabolic profile and drug‐drug interaction assessment of secnidazole, a high‐dose 5‐nitroimidazole antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis by Helen S. Pentikis, Nikki Adetoro, Gregory Kaufman

“…Available data on the likelihood of in vitro drug‐drug and alcohol‐drug interactions are limited. Secnidazole was incubated with cultured human hepatocytes over a range of concentrations (0‐10 000 μmol/L) to assess metabolic profiling. …”
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Use of alcohol among treatment seeking illicit drug users in India by Hem Sethi, Sonali Jhanjee

“…Clinicians should warn every patient about alcohol-drug interactions, especially those at high risk for concomitant exposure. …”
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Religion, spirituality and cardiovascular disease: research, clinical implications, and opportunities in Brazil Religião, espiritualidade e doença cardiovascular: pesquisa, implica... by Fernando A. Lucchese, Harold G. Koenig

“…Next, we review research examining the relationships between R/S and CV risk factors (smoking, alcohol/drug use, physical inactivity, poor diet, cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, blood pressure, and psychosocial stress). …”
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Impact of drivers' attributes on children injury severities in traffic crashes by Sahima Nazneen, Ahmed Farid, Khaled Ksaibati

“…As per the modeling results, the children's ages, safety restraint types, vehicle types, drivers' ages, alcohol/drug involvement, drivers' seat belt use habits, drivers' actions, manners of collision and environmental conditions contributed to child injury risk. …”
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Towards a harmonised approach to reducing quad‐related fatal injuries in Australia and New Zealand: a cross‐sectional comparative analysis by Rebbecca Lilley, Tony Lower, Gabrielle Davie

“…Of these, 95 closed cases were examined in detail and factors in common included fatalities occurring mainly in males, on farms, involving a rollover and resulting in crush injuries to the head and thorax. Helmet use and alcohol/drug involvement were infrequent. Differences were observed with regard to age, season of fatal incident and the presence of a slope. …”
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A case-control study estimating accident risk for alcohol, medicines and illegal drugs. by Kim Paula Colette Kuypers, Sara-Ann Legrand, Johannes Gerardus Ramaekers, Alain Gaston Verstraete

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The study demonstrated a concentration-dependent crash risk for THC positive drivers. Alcohol and alcohol-drug combinations are by far the most prevalent substances in drivers and subsequently pose the largest risk in traffic, both in terms of risk and scope.…”
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The impact of the educational level of the family on the lifestyle of children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Nazim Myrtaj, Mimoza Moza Shkodra, Eglantina Bilalli, Arben Maliqi, Blerim Sylejmani

“…The lifestyle survey included 8 questions on physical activity, daily cigarette consumption, alcohol, drug use, eating habits and sleep before and during COVID -19 pandemic. …”
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Mental health during the COVID-19 quarantine in five countries by Erika Yohanna BEDOYA CARDONA, Ioana POPA, Anna MORANDI, Cristina MONTOMOLI

“…The variables positively and significantly associated with the impact of the event during quarantine included the perceived stress, the coping strategies of alcohol/drug use, planning and active coping, focus on emotions and vent, the emotional regulation strategy expressive suppression, and living in Italy. …”
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Different Clinical Presentations in Eating Disorder Patients with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Based on the Co-Occurrence of Borderline Personality Disorder by Laurence Claes, Brianna Turner, Eva Dierckx, Koen Luyckx, Margaux Verschueren, Katrien Schoevaerts

“…Results suggest that ED patients with NSSI+BPD differ from those with NSSI-only with regard to frequency of suicidal ideation, alcohol, drug or medication abuse, internalizing/externalizing psychopathology, interpersonal problems, and coping strategies, with the NSSI+BPD group demonstrating more impairment in each of these domains. …”
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Are the consequences of substance use disorder more severe than schizophrenia?: Effects on the mothers and the patients by Meltem Saraçoğlu, Demet Atlam, Betül Akyel Göven, Zeki Yüncü

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Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes by Myrtveit Solbjørg Makalani, Askeland Kristin Gärtner, Knudsen Ann Kristin, Knapstad Marit, Olsen Rune, Nedregård Truls, Skogen Jens Christoffer

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Preconception Care Recommendations, Training, and Competency of Primary Healthcare Nurses in South Africa: A Quantitative Descriptive Study by Winifred Chinyere Ukoha RN, MSc, PhD, Ntombifikile Gloria Mtshali RN, MSc, PhD

“…Over 20% of the respondents indicated that they did not receive any training on how to provide alcohol, drug, or tobacco cessation services and how to conduct preconception risk assessments. …”
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The handling of evidence in national and local policy making: a case study of alcohol industry actor strategies regarding data on on-premise trading hours and violence in Norway by Ingeborg Rossow, Jim McCambridge

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The concept and attitudes of primary health care workers towards mental illness in Rural Igbo land of Nigeria by Osa Eloka C. Ekwueme, Margaret N Aghaji, D F E.Nwagbo

“…Evil spirit possession and native charm/juju were incorrectly mentioned by half of the respondents as causes of mental illness while alcohol/drug abuse, emotional problems and marijuana smoking were correctly implicated by more than 70% of respondents. …”
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National substance use patterns on Twitter. by Hsien-Wen Meng, Suraj Kath, Dapeng Li, Quynh C Nguyen

“…Zip code level summaries of substance use tweets were created and merged with the 2013 Zip Code Business Patterns and 2010 US Census Data.Quality control analyses with a random subset of tweets yielded excellent agreement rates between computer generated and manually generated labels: 97%, 88%, 86%, 75% for underage engagement in substance use, alcohol, drug, and smoking tweets, respectively. Overall, 34.1% of all substance-related tweets were classified as happy. …”
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Alcohol and drug use as factors for high-school learners’ absenteeism in the Western Cape by Godswill N. Osuafor

“…Aim: The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the association amongst alcohol, drug use and high-school learners’ absenteeism. …”
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