Sowohl für gesunde Personen, als auch für Patienten mit koronarer Herzerkrankung oder Diabetes ist in grossen Beobachtungsstudien klar nachgewiesen worden, dass die Gruppe, die Alkohol in moderaten Mengen konsumiert, ein deutlich geringeres ...
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 ...
Aufgrund der Anamnese, der Klinik und der erhobenen Befunde konnte bei einem 58-jährigen Patienten mit Oberbauchschmerzen mittels Bestimmung von Blutbild, Chemogramm, Sonographie des Abdomens, Bestimmung der Hepatitis-Serologien, des a-Fetoproteins sowie ...
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 ...
Clinical Youth PsychologyAbstract: Clinical youth psychology deals with deviant developmental pathways for the period from adolescence to early adulthood. Problematic development is caused by smoking and alcohol abuse. Special demands and stress arise ...
Early Consumers of Alcohol and Tobacco - A Group at Risk?Abstract: Epidemiological studies have reported elevated rates of legal drug consumption among adolescents in Germany. The aim of this study was to ascertain patterns and parameters of smoking and ...
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 ...
Isolated ruptures of the urinary bladder following minor traumas are a rare abdominal lesion. Diagnosis and treatment are a challenge to emergency physicians and surgeons. This case shows a 46-year-old patient admitted for a minor brain injury after ...
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 ...
Alcohol and the Bariatric Patient: When One Drink Becomes Two DrinksAbstract. Moderate consumption of alcohol is a risk factor for weight gain and obesity. Alcohol affects all components of the energy balance. ...
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 ...
<span class="fett">Aims:</span> The relationship between socio-economic status (SES), alcohol and tobacco use, and perceived quality of life (QoL) and mental health problems in European adolescents was evaluated. </p><p> <span class="fett">Methods:</span> ...
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.
</P><P>
Methods:
Literature analysis, statistical
modeling.
</P><P>
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 ...
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 ...