INTRODUCTION: The trajectory and nature of depression in patients with alcohol use disorder as they enter treatment needs to be understood better. This study assessed the nature and course of depressive features among male patients with alcohol use disorder.

METHODS: Adult male patients with alcohol use disorders seeking treatment at an addiction treatment facility were recruited. They were assessed for depressive features using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), a clinicianrated instrument, and the Inventory of Depressive Symptoms – Self Report (IDS-SR), a self-rated instrument...

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Проблемы с психическим здоровьем очень распространены у людей с расстройствами, связанными с употреблением психоактивных веществ, и эти пациенты имеют более клинически и психосоциальные проблемы, чем пациенты с расстройствами, связанными с употреблением психоактивных веществ, без сопутствующих проблем с психическим здоровьем. На этой странице вы можете найти ссылки на данные, научные публикации и ресурсы, доступные в EMCDDA по теме проблем психического здоровья и употребления психоактивных веществ.

Этот дискуссионный документ направлен на освещение фактических данных, связанных с сопутствующими психическими и физическими заболеваниями при расстройствах, связанных с употреблением наркотиков, и на содействие разработке инновационных, основанных на фактических данных политиках и практиках лечения расстройств, связанных с употреблением наркотиков, и сопутствующих расстройств.

В документе пропагандируется комплексный подход к лечению с биопсихосоциальной точки зрения и принцип «нет неправильных дверей», чтобы пациенты получали комплексные терапевтические вмешательства независимо от точки их...

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A close relationship between a parent and a child and parental acceptance can mediate the appropriate self-acceptance of an adolescent, which is an important variable related to personality and a pillar of emotional health. In the paper we present the conclusions of a research study about the quality of the attachment towards parents and self-acceptance of adolescents at Czech secondary schools.

AIMS:

The aim of the study was the exploration of the relation between the attachment style and self-acceptance.

SAMPLE:

The research sample consists of 3,239 adolescents aged 15–19 in...

Contingency management (CM) is a psychological treatment based on operant conditioning. It consists of providing incentives in exchange for achieving a target behaviour such as abstinence or other treatmentrelated variables (e.g. session attendance, adherence to medication). The objective of this article was to introduce the rationale of CM for substance use and, more specifically, for smoking cessation. A growing body of empirical literature supports CM as an effective treatment for quitting smoking both in the general population and among other hard-to-treat smokers (e.g. pregnant women or...

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 23 May 2022: "Navigating the complexity of harm and care: a qualitative study of self-harm and alcohol use" by Dr Amy Chandler and Annie Taylor from the University of Edinburgh.

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 21 June 2022:

"‘I’m just getting the impression I have to sort myself out’: How people with co-occurring heavy alcohol use and depression describe the care they receive in a fragmented health system - a qualitative study" by Dr Kat Jackson & Dr Amy O’Donnell from Newcastle University.