Despite the recent attention to the prevalence of parental substance use disorders among the families in child welfare services, there are few national data on the number of children in foster care due to parental substance use disorders. Studies that have examined the prevalence of substance abuse among the child welfare population have found widely varying rates. Estimates range from 40% to 8...

OBJECTIVE We present the prevalence and incidence rates of alcohol, nicotine, and illicit substance use, abuse, and dependence in a sample of German adolescents and young adults. Patterns of onset, cohort trends, and use of various substance classes are also analyzed. METHOD A prospective longitudinal epidemiological study with a representative sample of adolescents and young adults (n = 3,02...

The medical personnel are vulnerable to substance abuse and dependence due to ready access to substance of abuse. Addiction is considered as an occupational hazard for those involved in the practice of anaesthesia for the same reason. Substance abuse is defined as a psychosocial biogenetic disease, which results from dynamic interplay between a susceptible host and favourable environment. Accor...

introduction & objective: substance abuse is believed to be one of the greatest social, economical ,and cultural problems all over the world and it is commonly observed among all social classes especially among mental disorder patients. substance abuse can influence on the receptive-mental states such as mood and on the external visible activities such as behaviors. the aim of this study is to ...

AIMS To examine predictors of self-harm, especially substance use and psychological distress, in an Australian adult general population sample. DESIGN Sequential-cohort design with follow-up every four years. SETTING Australian general population. PARTICIPANTS A random sample of adults aged 20-24 and 40-44 years (at baseline) living in and around the Australian Capital Territory. MEASUR...

background: it is clear that tobacco smoking and substance abuse have negative consequences on adolescent and youth’s health. tobacco smoking especially hookah smoking has increased worldwide especially among university students. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of risk‑taking behaviors such as cigarette smoking, hookah smoking, alcohol use, and drug abuse and its predictors in stud...

There is a substantial body of literature on the role of familial factors in substance abuse; however, most current knowledge has been derived from studies that focus exclusively on alcoholism. In general, there is a relative paucity of literature on familial factors and other drug abuse. In addition, there is a dearth of evidence about the role of genetic factors in substance abuse among femal...

Program evaluation often requires the linkage of records from independently maintained data systems (e.g., substance abuse treatment and criminal justice). Data entry errors (e.g., misspelled names, transposed digits) complicate the linkage task. In this investigation, three record-linkage algorithms (match-merge, common patient identifier, and probabilistic) are used to link recipients of publ...

background substance use in patients with psychiatric disorder is an every-day seen. detection of this comorbidity can significantly affect the treatment of these disorders, as well as substance use. objectives this study has been conducted to determine the prevalence and pattern of substance use in hospitalized psychiatric patients. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 210 hospi...