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Journal of Personality Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 451-478, Jun 2007.
ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to test potential models of smoking-related changes in mood and how these are moderated by personality (behavioral activation and inhibition systems). Three models yielding distinct predictions regarding mood cha...
When parents use drugs: key findings from qualitative research on parenting and children in Iran
Child & Family Social Work Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 113-122, May 2007.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the finding of a grounded theory study on drug dependency and parenting in Iran. This study is qualitative in nature; data were obtained through semi-structured interviews. The grounded theory method was used to guide the an...
Introduction to Addictive Behaviours
Addiction Volume 102, Issue 5, Page 831-831, May 2007.
Background: Individual and sociocultural factors may pose significant barriers for drug abusers seeking treatment, particularly for African-American crack cocaine abusers. However, there is evidence that pretreatment interventions may reduce treatment initiation barriers. This study examined the effects of a pretreatment intervention designed to enhance treatment motivation, decrease crack use, and prepare crack abusers for treatment entry. Methods: Using street outreach, 443 African-American crack users were recruited in North Carolina and randomly assigned to either the pretreatment intervention or control group. Results: At 3-month follow-up, both groups significantly reduced their crack use but the intervention group participants were more likely to have initiated treatment. Conclusion: The intervention helped motivate change but structural barriers to treatment remained keeping actual admissions low. Policy makers may be interested in these pretreatment sites as an alternative to treatment for short term outcomes.
Drugs and Poverty – a literature review
Literature review compiled by the Scottish Drugs Forum on the relationship between drug use and poverty. Keywords: poverty, social class, deprivation, deprived communities.
Too frightened to care? Accounts by district nurses working with clients who misuse substances
Health & Social Care in the Community Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 238-245, May 2007.
Abstract Drug misusers have complex health and social care needs, and experience considerable difficulties in accessing the assessment, care and treatment that they require. Despite the development of specialist services in many parts of the UK, substance...
