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FREE Opioid Training Course from Harvard

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Harvard University has launched a free online training course via edX.org. Suitable for those looking for an introduction to understanding opioids and the current "crisis" facing many nations through high rates of drug related deaths. The...

Preventive guidelines for children, teenagers, parents and teachers (Mexico)

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23 May 2017

In the context of strategies to respond to this problem, the National Commission against Addictions in Mexico, developed a complete package of psychoeducational strategies, specifically intended to prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol and...

Association of Parental Supply of Alcohol with Adolescent Drinking, Alcohol-Related Harms, and Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms

Scientific article

25 January 2018

Summary Background Some parents supply alcohol to their children, reportedly to reduce harm, yet longitudinal research on risks associated with such supply is compromised by short periods of observation and potential confounding. We aimed...

The Role of Adenosine Receptors in Psychostimulant Addiction

Scientific article

10 January 2018

Adenosine receptors (AR) are a family of G-protein coupled receptors, comprised of four members, named A1, A2A, A2B, and A3 receptors, found widely distributed in almost all human body tissues and organs. To date, they are known to...

Can Health Care Efforts to Reduce Child Behavior Problems Also Reduce Social Risk? Unintended Collateral Benefits in Parent Training

Scientific article

Introduction: Lack of family resources, social risk, has been found to negatively impact development of child behavior problems. Thus, improving families’ access to resources, and thereby reducing social risk, would certainly benefit...

Alcohol Problems in the Criminal Justice System: An Opportunity for Intervention

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Alcohol is linked with crime, especially violent crime. Many people are incarcerated because of alcohol-related crime. Alcohol is not permitted in prisons except in a very few cases, and illicit use of alcohol in prison is not a major...

Family History of Alcoholism and the Human Brain Response to Oral Sucrose

Scientific article

12 December 2017

Abstract A heightened hedonic response to sweet tastes has been associated with increased alcohol preference and alcohol consumption in both humans and animals. The principal goal of this study was to examine blood oxygenation level...

Feasibility of Implementing a Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Karen Refugee Caretakers in the U.S.

Scientific article

Elizabeth A Wieling , Jaime Ballard, Christopher Mehus, Damir Utrzan Introduction: Increasing numbers of children are fleeing to the United States after exposure to war and conflict. Children exposed to war have high rates of negative...

Supportive Parenting Moderates the Effect of Racial Discrimination on Delinquency among Ethiopian-Israeli Youth

Scientific article

Steven M. Kogan , Sophie Walsh, Megan Hicks The Ethiopian families who are the focus of the present study emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel in the 1980s-1990s. Escaping civil war, famine, and religious persecution, these families have...

Meeting the Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining Families in a Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK

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Jeremy Segrott , Jo Holliday, Jonathan Scourfield, David Foxcroft, Simon Murphy Introduction: Trials of family-based prevention interventions often face challenges in recruitment and retention, leading to methodological issues. However...