Alcohol-Related Cognitive Impairment - A Continuum from Subthreshold Drop in Efficiency up to Severe Dementia?Abstract: Alcohol abuse may contribute to cognitive impairment by several different ways. Cognitive impairment may reach from subtle deficits to ...
Objective: Relatively little is known about the effects of low-dose alcohol effects on attentional performance in adolescents. In the present study, we examined these effects compared to those in adults. Method: 44 healthy subjects (21 adolescents and 23 ...
Alcohol consumption in adolescence - social and individual influential factorsSummary:Objective: To examine the influence of several social and individual factors on adolescent alcohol consumption. Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was carried ...
Factors influencing juvenile alcohol consumption: the role of gene-environment interactionsSummary:Introduction: Excessive alcohol consumption in youth increases the risk of subsequent alcohol use disorders. Despite the recognition of genetic and ...
Determination of the concurrent validity of the CRAFT-d – a screening instrument for problematic alcohol consumptionAim: The aim of this study was to determine the concurrent validity of the CRAFFT-d alcohol abuse screening test for adolescents. Method: ...
Treatment of alcohol-related disorders in children and adolescents: Age-specific treatment recommendations from the new interdisciplinary S3-guidelineAbstract. Objective: Alcohol-related disorders typically have an ...
Prediction of binge drinking in young adults: a cohort study over nine yearsAbstract.Objective: Which person characteristics and environmental factors predict binge drinking at age 21? Method: A ...
The relationship between ADHD and alcohol-related traffic violationsThe objective of this study was to survey the probability of ADHD-symptoms in a group of substance abuse traffic offenders and the connection between alcohol consumption and ADHD ...
In respect of demographic change, the number of older patients with substance abuse and addiction is on the raise. In this review we present important clinical and therapeutic aspects of substance abuse and addiction in the elderly and focus on alcohol, ...
Violent behaviour associated with alcohol consumption is frequently reported by different media. Clinical data analysing the correlation between alcohol intoxication, age, gender and violence are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence ...
Update on Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol) and Forensic InterpretationAbstract. The measures of «via sicura» intended to reduce the number of accidents and deaths on the road gradually come into effect. One such measure concerns the evidential value of the ...
Recommendations for the Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy of Addiction Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract. Although the chronic consumption of alcohol and sedatives, and increasingly opioids, represents a major ...
CME: Harmful Alcohol Consumption in the ElderlyAbstract. Harmful alcohol consumption is an increasing clinical problem in many patients. Often excessive alcohol consumption is not addressed in clinical practice ...
CME/Answers: Harmful Alcohol Consumption in the ElderlyAbstract. Harmful alcohol consumption is an increasing clinical problem in many patients. Often excessive alcohol consumption is not addressed in clinical ...
Acupuncture of the ear as therapeutic approach in the treatment of alcohol and substance abuse – a systematic review<B>Aims:</B> Acupuncture as a treatment of substance-related disorders has reached increasing acceptance. A systematic review of the ...
Successful placement of patients into long-term
rehabilitation following alcohol detoxification<span class="fett">Aims:</span> </p><ol> <li>How should the outcome measure »successful placement of patients into long-term rehabilitation« be defined?</li> <...
Using disulfiram (Antabuse ®) in substance-abuse treatment<span class="fett">Aim:</span> To review studies from 1996 through 2005 on the effectiveness of disulfiram in the treatment of alcohol and other kinds of substance abuse. </p><p> <span class="...
<span class="fett">Aims:</span> To measure alcohol-attributable burden of disease in Switzerland in 2002 and to discuss implications of this burden for policy. </p><p> <span class="fett">Method:</span> Prevalence of alcohol consumption and relative risk ...
Alcohol and cancerStarting point: Chronic alcohol consumption leads to an increased incidence of cancer of the upper respiratory and digestive tracts, the liver, the colon and rectum, and the breast. </p><p> Risk factors: Factors other than chronic ...
Internet-based self-help for problem drinkers: Initial resultsAims: To evaluate an internetbased self-help programme for alcohol problems (ISA) with respect to usage, participant satisfaction, and its effects on drinking behaviour. </p><p>Method: In a ...