This study contributes to the scarce research on U.S. college students studying abroad by documenting general and sexual negative alcohol-related risks and factors associated with such risk. The manner of drinking (quantity vs. frequency), predeparture expectations surrounding alcohol use while abroad, culture-related social anxiety, and perceived disparity between home and host cultures differ...

The Quality of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark; Nordic School of Holistic Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark; Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine, Sandvika, Norway; Interuniversity College, Graz, Austria; Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika, Norway; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of...

E Delaporte ([email protected])1, E Jeannot2,3, P Sudre1, C A Wyler Lazarevic2, J L Richard4, P Chastonay3 1. Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Section, Cantonal Health Service, General Directorate for Health, Department of Regional Affairs, Economy and Health, Geneva, Switzerland 2. Youth Health Service, Department of Education, Geneva, Switzerland 3. Institute of Social and ...

A serious health and human rights crisis is unfolding in Indonesia. Media reports in the Jakarta press have highlighted the high death rates in shelters for people with mental illness that are run by the Jakarta Social Affairs Agency. This crisis represents an opportunity to bring about systematic and substantial changes in the Indonesian mental health system. In order to realise this opportuni...

In the time of the Chinese emperor, Shen Nung, about 2700 B.C., Cannabis was mentioned as a subject of controversy; this state of affairs has continued ever since (Grinspoon, 1969). It will be remembered that with alcohol, another controversial self-administered substance known to have toxic effects, the imposition of a large tax on gin in the 18th century (a social measure, not a medical one) ...

Recently, we have observed rapid growth of individual daily technologies such as microblogs, and the technology’s influence on people’s social life. To investigate such self-determined technology usage, we choose an empowerment perspective as our theoretical lens, because the empowerment concept highlights human beings’ proactive nature. We investigate a specific microblog usage, i.e. publicly ...

Søren Ventegodt*, Joav Merrick, and Niels Jørgen Andersen The Quality of Life Research Center, Teglgårdstræde 4-8, DK-1452 Copenhagen K, Denmark; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of the Medical Director, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem and Zusman Child Development Center, Division of Community Health, Ben Gurion University, ...

As part of the ongoing national consultations regarding the draft additional protocol on biomedical research, the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics wishes to state its opinion to the Swedish Ministry of Social Affairs, and thereby to the Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI). The Council is greatly appreciative of the continued efforts of the CDBI, and welcomes that an additional prot...