<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.
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Results: Alcohol consumption
has ...
Per capita volume of
alcohol consumption,
patterns of drinking
and coronary heart
disease mortalityObjectives: To relate average volume
of alcohol consumption and
patterns of drinking to coronary
heart disease (CHD) mortality on an
aggregate ...
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 ...