The objective was to describe retinol plasma concentration and its association with socio-demographic characteristics and dietary habits in French older persons. The study population consisted of 1664 subjects aged 65 + from Bordeaux (France), included in ...
Abstract. Oxidative stress is part of the mechanisms involved in ethanol toxicity. We investigated effects of vitamins C (VC), E (VE) and the combination of VC+VE on chronic ethanol-induced toxicity in rat erythrocytes. The following groups were treated ...
Es wird eine Frau mit Kokain- und Alkoholabusus beschrieben, welche im Rahmen einer Kortikosteroidverschreibung eine erste maniforme Episode entwickelt. Die Differentialdiagnose wird aufgrund der zur Verfügung stehenden Literatur über sekundäre Manien ...
Aims: To describe the supporting evidence and policy implications of the 10 target areas of the WHO strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. Methods: Based on published systematic reviews of the literature and publications of the World Health ...
Aims: Alcohol is a substantial risk factor for mortality and the burden of disease globally. In accordance with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, we estimated recorded, unrecorded, tourist, and ...
Fragestellung: Wie wirkt sich das Grundschulprogramm Klasse2000 auf den Einstieg in den Zigaretten- und/oder heimlichen Alkoholkonsum aus? Methodik: Aufgeteilt auf die beiden Bedingungen „Teilnahme an Klasse2000“ vs. „Keine Teilnahme an Klasse2000“ wurden ...
Characteristics of Inpatient Bundeswehr Alcoholics Compared to Civil PatientsAims: Inpatient treatment of addictive disorders should be adapted to the needs of target groups. This study investigates specific characteristics of acute inpatient Bundeswehr ...
Hintergrund und Ziel: Aktuelle Studien zeigen einen Bedarf an spezifischen Programmen der Alkoholprävention für Studierende. Ziel dieser Übersichtsarbeit ist es, zu einer fundierten Beurteilung der Wirkungen internetbasierter Kurzinterventionen der ...
Alcohol Prevention Programs for College Students: How to Shape Alcohol Prevention Programs for College Students? Findings from an Empirical StudyBackground and aims: Students show consumption patterns specifically relating to alcohol, which are ...
Efficacy of a Single-Session Online-Intervention on Problematic Substance UseAims: To evaluate a one-session online-intervention based on Motivational Interviewing (MI) among young alcohol and cannabis users who are ambivalent about behavior change. ...
Fragestellung: Ausprägung des Alkoholkonsums und des Zusammenhangs der Intensität des Alkoholkonsums mit der Einsicht in die Notwendigkeit einer Trinkmengenreduktion bzw. der Therapiebereitschaft unter opioid-substituierten Patienten. Methodik: ...
Ziel: Die vorliegende Übersichtsarbeit geht der Frage nach, wie viele Suchtmittelabhängige sich in deutschen Haftanstalten befinden und welche Angebote im Bereich der suchtbezogenen Gesundheitsversorgung von Inhaftierten in Deutschland existieren. ...
Aims: To provide a qualitative report of the process of development and implementation of a Dutch community intervention in which retail and social alcohol supply for adolescents was restricted. Insight will be provided into how relevant stakeholders ...
Aims: The present paper aims at examining the implementation fidelity of a community-based substance use prevention program in the district of Karlsruhe (Germany). Methods: Based on an inventory assessing the formal implementation of preventive activities,...
Decrease in Alcohol-attributable Mortality by Treatment of Alcohol DependentsAims: The aim of this article is to estimate for Germany the health burden attributable to heavy alcohol consumption and to alcohol dependence. In addition, we estimated the ...
The Medical Costs of Harmful Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption in Germany – an Analysis with Health Insurance Claim DataAim: The hazardous consumption of alcohol and tobacco products is associated with high costs for the medical sector in Germany. From the ...
Hintergrund: „Lieber schlau als blau“ wurde als Alkohol-Präventions-Programm für Schulen entwickelt. Im Mittelpunkt steht ein Trinkexperiment, in dem Jugendliche unter sicheren Rahmenbedingungen eine vorab vereinbarte Alkoholmenge konsumieren. In drei ...
Long-term Effects of the Prevention Program Klasse2000 on Substance Use: Results of a controlled Study in Students in HesseAims: To investigate the long-term effects of the elementary school-based prevention program Klasse2000 on substance use. Methods: ...
In-person vs. Computer-based Alcohol Interventions among General Hospital Inpatients: Study DesignAbstract.Background: In-person interventions have the potential to reduce alcohol use among general hospital inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use. However,...
Accessibility of Adolescents for an Internet- and Text Message-Based Program Concerning Alcohol AbuseAbstract.Aims: Internet- and text messaging-based interventions open up the possibility to motivate adolescents via individually tailored messages to ...
Online-Interventions for Alcohol and Cannabis – Current EvidenceAbstract. Background: In the past few years, addiction prevention in the Internet has developed rapidly. Thus, various online-interventions for the treatment of alcohol- and cannabis misuse ...
Substance use in the German general population: Results of the 2015 Epidemiological Survey of Substance AbuseAbstract.Aims: We assess the extent of substance use among the adult general population in Germany. Method: Data come from the 2015 ...
Effectiveness of rehabilitation services according German Social Act XII for persons with substance use disordersAbstract. Background: Rehabilitation services according to German Social Act XII (SGB XII) for ...
Alcohol-related attendances at an emergency department – a twelve months follow-up study. A retrospective hospital data analysis of epidemiology and consecutive admission in the year 2009 vs. 2014Abstract....
Effects of a 6-second presentation of pictorial warning labels on implicit and explicit alcohol-specific cognitions of adolescentsAbstract.Aim: To study the immediate effects of alcohol-related warning messages on ...
Covert lapses during an inpatient treatment for alcohol abstinence. Therapists’ judgment vs. EtG assessment.Abstract.Background: In Germany inpatient long-term therapy for alcohol-dependence (about 12 weeks) is ...
Abstract.Aims: This paper examines the role that mental health services (MHS) performed in the management and provision of medical care and treatment of problematic users of alcohol in Western Australia (WA) over ...
German Guideline for Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Alcohol-Related Disorders, Update 2021Abstract.Objective: Alcohol consumption in Germany is associated with considerable health- and economic ...
Mindfulness-Based Prevention of Addiction for Adolescent with MBID - Literature Review and Feasibility StudyAbstract.Objective: This review reports on the current state of mindfulness-based interventions to ...
Abstract: Background: Laboratory research suggests that alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and MDMA influence the processing of time. Anecdotal reports of recreational drug use also often include descriptions of changes ...
Change in the Religious-Spiritual State of Mind during the Qualified Withdrawal from AlcoholAbstract: Background: The significance of religion and spirituality (R/S) for addictive disorders is comparatively well- ...
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – A Summary of the Third EditionAbstract:Background and Aims: This article summarizes the findings and conclusions of the third edition of Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity. The latest ...
Alcohol Policy in Germany: Missed Opportunities to Lower Alcohol’s Health BurdenAbstract:Aim: Upon the release of the third edition of the book “Alcohol: no ordinary commodity”, the authors evaluated the ...
Use of Aftercare Following Inpatient Alcohol Withdrawal Treatment: Assumptions on the Status of Networking in the German Addiction Treatment SystemAbstract:Aims: The present study addresses potential problems with ...
Recommendations How to Deal with AlcoholAbstract:Aims: The previous recommendations of the German Centre for Addiction Issues (DHS) how to deal with alcohol were based on low-risk drinking limits. The aim of this ...
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 ...
Neurobiological implications of child and adolescent alcohol consumptionAim: To describe what is currently known about the neurobiological causes and consequences of excessive
alcohol consumption among children and adolescents. </p><p> Methods: A review ...
Aims: The consumption of alcoholic beverages has been identified as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. We aim to summarize the evidence on acetaldehyde as the main mechanism underlying this relation, because humans are ...
Substance Abuse Prevention in Schools through Life Skills Training Results of a Four Year Intervention StudyAim: A four wave longitudinal, quasi-experimental study was conducted with a sample of 26 treatment and control classes (675 students) to test ...
Importance of Addiction-Prevention Measures in the Contest of Alcohol und Nicotine Consumption by 13-16 Years Old Youth in Sports ClubsThe main content of this study is the comparison between sports club members and non members regarding the danger of ...
The Impairment of Legal Responsibility by Alcohol ConsumptionIntoxication with alcohol is the most frequent cause for diminished criminal responsibility in Germany. Judges found the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to be a simple and reliable indication ...
Radicalisation? An Interpretation Model of Adolescent Alcohol Use from 1986 to 1998 in SwitzerlandAims: Health surveys constitute an essential source of information for prevention strategies. But, due to the amount of information available in such ...
Binge drinking in Europe:
definitions, epidemiology,
and consequencesObjective: To give an overview of
prevalence, trends, and outcomes of
binge drinking defined as drinking a
high amount of alcohol on one occasion
with a focus on European ...
Quantity and
patterns of drinking
and their relation to
morbidity and
mortalityObjective: Estimation of alcohol-related
disease impairment.
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Methods:
Literature analysis, statistical
modeling.
</P><P>
Results: Alcohol consumption
has ...
Aim: The National Alcohol Screening
Day (NASD) is designed to raise
public awareness about the consequences
of at-risk drinking. </P><P>Method:
It is a national, annual event (since
1998) that provides evidence-based
information about alcohol and ...
Health concerns and substance use among adolescents between 1986 and 1998Abstract. To be aware of the requirements for one’s own health can be considered as a basic condition for the prevention of health-compromising behaviours. However, the increasing ...
Zusammenfassung. In der vorliegenden Studie wurden das Alkoholkonzept und die mit Alkoholkonsum verbundenen Einstellungen und Vorstellungen anhand von standardisierten Erhebungsverfahren bei 67 Kindern (37 männlich, 30 weiblich) im Alter von 6 bis 10 ...
Psychometric Evaluation of the German Version of the Substance Use Recovery Evaluator (SURE)Abstract: Consumption patterns and abstinence are popular, albeit insufficient, indicators in the recovery process from an alcohol use ...
Dependence on legal and illegal psychotropic substancesAbstract. Manifold measures and successes in the last years have not prevented the continued spreading of the use of nicotine and alcohol in Germany. The prevalence rates of the use of these legal ...
Legal and illegal drugs in adolescence: Use and misuse, risk and protective factors in a representative sample of 14- to 15-year-oldsAbstract. Use and misuse, age of first substance use, and prevalence of problematic use of legal (alcohol, nicotine) and ...
Tabacco and alcohol consumption 5 years after partial laryngectomy for laryngeal cancerAbstract. Tobacco and alcohol consumption are major risk factors for the development of laryngeal cancer. As a high proportion of patients continue to smoke and drink ...
Abstract. Alcohol consumption among adolescents is higher in athletes, especially in team sports such as football, compared with nonathletes. This study investigated factors influencing alcohol consumption in adolescent football players in Germany. ...
Correlates of alcohol expectancies in adolescenceAbstract.Background: Positive expectations of the effects of alcohol are an important risk factor for problematic drinking behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate multiple risk indicators for ...
A review of experimental findings concerning the effect of alcohol on clinically relevant anxietyAbstract.Background: It has been shown that anxiety disorders and alcoholism are associated more frequently than by chance. However, despite several studies ...
Self-medication and social phobia: psychometric properties of the questionnaire ”Drinking Due to Social Anxiety”Abstract.Background: The questionnaire ”Drinking due to social anxiety” (Wagner, Stangier, Heidenreich & Schneider, 2004) measures the motive ...
Background: The association between substance use and suicide is well-established, but evidence is scant regarding the relationship between the number, type, and level of substances and other risk factors in completed suicide across the lifespan. Aims: To ...
Background: Aboriginal populations worldwide face increasing rates of suicide. Despite this recurring observation, little research has emerged from Aboriginal settings. Aims: This paper describes the psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of 30 ...
Background: Alcohol has been noted to be an important factor in nearly 68% of the suicides in Northern Uganda, yet exactly how alcohol contributes to suicide in this region has not been studied. Aims: To determine how alcohol contributes to suicide in ...
Abstract.Background: The circumstances surrounding death by suicide can give us insight into the factors affecting suicide risk in particular regions. Aims: This study examined gender and circumstances surrounding death by suicide in Northern Ireland ...
Abstract.Background: Alcohol misuse and alcohol consumption are significant risk factors for suicidal behavior. Aims: This study sought to identify factors associated with alcohol consumption in cases of suicide ...
Abstract.Aims: We investigated the association between problematic use of alcohol and/or drugs (PUAD) and the incidence, urgency, and mode of discharge for a subsequent episode of self-harm (SH) or suicidal ideation (SI). Methods: This was a ...
Abstract. Motives ascribed to drinking represent an important area of investigation in alcohol research. The most commonly used measure is the 20-item Drinking Motives Questionnaire – Revised (DMQ-R: Cooper, 1994), which assesses four ...
Abstract. Desire thinking refers to verbal and imaginal elaboration of a desired target. It predicts escalations in craving intensity and subsequent alcohol use. This article aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Dutch ...
The distinction between the effects people expect alcohol to have on themselves and on others is poorly understood. This study employs the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality for investigating these two types of beliefs. Participants responded to short ...
Abstract. Adverse psychological consequences have been associated with both alcohol abstinence and alcohol disorders. The current study considers those who have experienced childhood adversities and examines whether secure attachment orientation ...
Abstract. Somewhat counterintuitively, alcohol consumption following learning of new information has been shown to enhance performance on a delayed subsequent memory test. This phenomenon has become known as the ...
Abstract. Both consuming alcohol and using social networking sites (SNS) are popular pastimes among adolescents. The current cross-sectional study (N = 3,133) aims to explore the relation between being exposed to and displaying alcohol-...
Abstract: Prior research has repeatedly found a positive relationship between sharing alcohol references on social media and drinking behavior. This study adds to the literature by testing for alcohol-related self-effects of social media ...
Alcohol is commonly used to cope with social pain, but its effectiveness remains unknown. Existing theories offer diverging predictions. Pain overlap theory predicts that because alcohol numbs physical pain it should also numb people to the negative ...
Abstract. Prior research (Stepanova, Bartholow, Saults, & Friedman, 2012) indicates that exposure to alcohol-related cues increases expressions of racial biases. This study investigated whether such effects can be replicated with other ...
The primary aim of this article is to give a theoretical and empirical background for clinical interventions in family-oriented treatment for substance use disorders. The article refers to an ongoing research project, which is based on the concepts of ...