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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"substance users"”.
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Fetal Attachment Among Pregnant Substance Users
… for intervention at the earliest point in time. Substance use can adversely impact the developing bond between mother and child. The formation of an insecure attachment relationship may place the child at a greater risk for child abuse or neglect. If the mother-child bond can be assessed during …
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Self-Regulation by Adolescent Substance Users in the Context of Observed Family Interaction
… study was to examine such a perspective among substance-using adolescents and their families.Participants were 457 substance-using adolescents who had been referred for treatment at eight geographically disparate U.S. and Puerto Rico community treatment agencies. Families participated in a …
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Mediators of the Relationship between Depression and Medication Adherence among HIV Positive Substance Users
… adherence among HIV positive individuals in substance abuse treatment (n = 73). We examined adherence to HAART as well as adherence to other daily medications using a combination of self-report assessments (% of doses missed over past four days, frequency of doses missed across common reasons …
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An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction
The study aims to explore how substance users from poor and working-class backgrounds in the Western Cape, South Africa, understand the development of their patterns of substance use. Using a mono-method qualitative research design under an intersectional theoretical framework, 11 face-to-face …
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HIV Prevention: Effects of Masculinity and Condom Barriers on Condom Use among Black Male Substance Users
… new HIV infections remain high among Black male substance users. Effective HIV prevention interventions are warranted, but many ignore relevant social-contextual factors that could influence sexual behaviors. This study measured the extent to which dimensions of masculinity (instrumental and …
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The Relation between Substance Use and Medication Adherence among HIV Positive Substance Users in Residential Treatment
… among HIV positive, low-income African-American substance users. Substance use has been shown to be associated with poor medication adherence, though we do not know the mechanism that underlies this relationship. Lack of positive environmental rewards and the propensity to discount delayed …
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Social Markers of Maturation and the Transition to Young Adulthood: The Life Courses of Adolescent Substance Users After Treatment
… was the leading predictive indicator of both substance use and illegal activity outcomes. Implications for re-specifying the ADP theory suggest a focus on social environment impact and resilience, and expansion of the theory to include gender differences. Implications for clinicians treating …
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Community perceptions of South African Police Service responses to substance use and the impacts on health and well-being of community leaders and substance users in a peri-urban community in Cape Town.
… theft, and possession alongside widespread substance use and a history of violent police interventions in communities, reflect ineffective policing. Reports frequently highlight corrupt policing and police involvement in crime syndicates within communities, particularly in low-income areas. …
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An audit of patients undergoing gastroscopy at Mitchells Plain District Hospital, with a focus on substance use
… gastrointestinal disease among methamphetamine users, as well as the manner in which they present, remains poorly understood. With an increase in the use of methamphetamine globally, a better understanding of the gastrointestinal effects of this drug is crucial. Objective: To determine the …
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Users' explanations of their psychoactive substance use, with a particular focus on MDMA (Ecstasy)
This study explores ten psychoactive substance users' explanations of their MDMA usage with the aim of investigating how users explain their own substance abuse, and secondly to ascertain if and/or how their accounts diverge or converge with currently used models. Thirdly, it is intended to explore …
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Examining the Effect of the LET'S ACT Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression on Substance Abuse Treatment Dropout
Despite the prevalence of depression among substance users and the negative impact of depressive symptoms on substance abuse treatment outcomes, few interventions targeting depression have been developed to meet the needs of depressed substance users, particularly in low-income urban areas. The …
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ATTRIBUTION
… First, an Attribution of Responsibility for Substance Use scale (ARSU) was developed with a sample of 140 university substance users and 69 substance abusers. Second, this study determined if the actor-observer hypothesis of traditional attribution theory (Jones and Davis, 1965) held using …
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Negative affect and illicit substance use: The moderating role of self-control
Theories of substance use have historically focused on the role of negative affect and self-control, yet few studies have examined distinct aspects of self-control as moderators of link between negative affect and substance use in the participant’s natural environment. The primary goal of this …
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Criminality Groups and Substance Abuse
… study was designed to determine whether substance abusers could be differentially characterized by past involvement in crimes and, further, whether there is a relationship between the type of substance abused and the degree of violence of the crimes committed. By comparing the …
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The Aftermath of Intergenerational Trauma: Substance Use Risk and Resiliency
The present study explored resilience factors to substance use within Canada’s First Nations adults. This was explored through a lens of historical trauma experienced as a group through the Residential School establishments. Secondary data from phase II (2008/10) of the Regional Health Survey were …
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Characteristics of seriously mentally ill clients who benefit from outpatient dual diagnosis (substance abuse/mental health) group treatment
… comorbidity between serious mental illness and substance use (dual diagnosis), little research has been conducted concerning the treatment of seriously mentally ill substance users. This study examined subjects (N=154) who participated in dual diagnosis treatment groups in a suburban out-patient …
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The effectiveness of functional family therapy in substance-involved family preservation clients
… of the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model on substance-involved families. This secondary analysis discovered that the preservation services in Las Vegas are effective but that substance involved families have significantly lower outcome scores. The data revealed that substance-involved …
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The Audacity of Happiness: The Good Life for People in Recovery from Opiate Addiction
… psychologists, medical doctors and former substance users work together towards the help-seekers' recovery from opiate addiction. This is the ideal place to explore how people who struggle due to a chaotic relationship with opiates receive care in the form of therapy, medication, resource …
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Crossing the threshold: What motivates individuals who are actively abusing substances to enter treatment?
… there is an abundance of research in the area of substance abuse, much of it samples people who are already enrolled in treatment. The treatment seeking population may differ from people who are actively using substances. One aim of this study is to describe a sample of individuals who have not …
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