OBJECTIVE This study investigated whether young people's substance use and aggressive behaviors are related to their listening to music containing messages of substance use and violence. METHOD Using self-administered questionnaires, data were collected from a sample of community-college students, ages 15-25 years (N=1056; 57% female). A structural equation model (maximum likelihood method) w...

The present study highlights substance use patterns of 300 child labourers from 6 slums in Sural city and identifies the microsocial and macrosocial stressors which initiate and perpetuate their substance use. It was observed that 135 (45%) of the child labourers had used some substance with a mean of 1.5 substances used per child. Tobacco smoking was the most common form of substance abuse fol...

Laurie Chassin focuses on the elevated prevalence of substance use disorders among young offenders in the juvenile justice system and on efforts by the justice system to provide treatment for these disorders. She emphasizes the importance of diagnosing and treating these disorders, which are linked both with continued offending and with a broad range of negative effects, such as smoking, risky ...

Background and Objective: The third wave of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) embraces new approaches and methods potentially capable of addressing complex cases of substance abuse. It seems that the third wave of (CBT) emphasizing mindfulness and psychological resilience are effective in the rehabilitation of addicts undergoing methadone treat...

Background: The data on the prevalence of substance abuse in Iranian pregnant women is scarce in the current literature. This study investigated the prevalence of and the factors associated with substance abuse among pregnant women, and compared self-reported use with urine test results. Methods: This cross-sectional study included data for 2000 pregnant women admitted to a tertiary care hospit...

Background: We aimed to investigate risky sexual behaviors (RSBs) and condom use barriers in Iranian men with substance use disorders (SUDs).Methods: Of the total 1800 outpatient drug free (ODF) and methadone maintenance treatment program (MMTP) active centers in Tehran, Iran, six were selected to participate in the current study. Data were collected (n = 300 men) using three questionnaires inc...