Many children discontinuing use of ADHD medication
...ut the general effects, side effects and potential abuse of prescribed stimulant medications is essential," adding "careful administration of dosages, based on input from the child, is exceedingly important."...Numbers, sequences pose problems for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome children
...iculties faced by these children. Prenatal alcohol abuse often leaves them with losses in physical, behavioural, emotional and social functioning. The findings of the study, published in the December issue of Child Neuropsychology, may help refine assessments of FASD children and provide a 'neurobehaviou...CHPA statement regarding 'Monitoring the Future' findings on cough medicine abuse
...s for shedding light on this trend surrounding the abuse of medicine. Combined with data gathered by the P...ption and nonprescription to get high. Substance abuse experts tell us and we agree that education is the most effective way to keep kids from abusing all ...CHPA president and leading physician available to comment on NIDA 'Monitoring the Future'
...mpaign to raise awareness of and help prevent this abuse of an otherwise safe and legal product. CHPA is the 125-year-old trade association that represents U.S. manufacturers and distributors of over-the-counter medicines and nutritional supplement products....Child abuse and neglect associated with increased risk of depression among young adults
...hiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Child abuse has been linked to depression in clinical populati...nal studies have examined the relationship between abuse or neglect in childhood and depression in adulthood. Cathy Spatz Widom, Ph.D., then of the New Jer...Ethnic disparities in alcohol services: financial and logistical barriers are key
...e whole, only a fraction of Americans with alcohol abuse or dependence between nine and 16 percent have o...lems among adults who met the criteria for alcohol abuse and/or dependence and were part of the three largest ethnic groups in the United States: whites, bla...Binge drinking, gender and clinical depression
... numbing depressed feelings, with risks of alcohol abuse and dependence. Therefore, clinicians treating women for depression really need to be concerned about women's use of alcohol, because of the risks that women may try to medicate their moods with alcohol."...Physicians need to be advocates for prisoners' health
...offense, only 20 percent participated in substance abuse programs while in prison. Federal prisons echo thi...ion offenders the opportunity to receive substance abuse treatment instead of incarceration. "We feel strongly that alternatives to mass incarceration for ...Treatment for homeless youth pays off in long run, study finds
... the program significantly reduced their substance abuse and depression and increased their social stability, including the number of days living off the streets, compared to those who received standard treatment. "Homeless youth are often seen as difficult to engage and difficult to treat," said Natash...Does endurance exercise promote life-threatening changes in athletes' hearts?
...s under way. We also do not know whether substance abuse may have contributed to the observed changes, although all study subjects denied such use and there was no other evidence for it in any of them." Although they are still awaiting results of the genetic tests, Prof Heidbchel and his colleagues questi...Health care costs for abused women are significant
SEATTLE -- Women with a history of abuse by intimate partners have significantly higher hea...her costs and utilization continued long after the abuse ended, the research team from Group Health, the University of Washington (UW), and the Harborview In...HIV medical providers unite to advocate for patient care
...he AAHIVM Board of Directors. "Many have substance abuse or mental health problems that would keep them fro...s or personnel to provide psychiatric or substance abuse treatment. We end up sending fragile patients into a complex and collapsing public mental health sys...UCLA expert to discuss medical consequences of meth abuse at AAAS
...bcaster.com/event.asp?id=37973 BACKGROUND: Drug abuse is one of the worlds most challenging public healt... the United States alone. And Methamphetamine (MA) abuse is the fastest growing drug abuse problem in the world. Still, effective treatments for MA dependenc...Cost control measures limit patient and physician choice in psychotropic medications
...health plans regarding mental health and substance abuse services. Most plans covered at least 2 antidepressants and at least 2 antipsychotic drugs at a medium copayment (averaging $21) that gave the physician some leeway in choosing the initial medication. However, in many plans patients who did not respo...National addiction treatment leaders to meet at first NIATx Summit
...Enhancement Systems Studies, NIATx helps substance abuse and mental health treatment organizations improve consumer access to and retention in treatment. Through a series of targeted programs, NIATx works to counter the staggering statistics for addiction in America: An estimated 23 million Americ...1-parent households double risk of childhood sexual abuse
...a," said Holmes. "We now must add childhood sexual abuse to part of this risk picture." The study adjusted for socioeconomic status, and still found that children of one-parent households were at an increased risk for childhood sexual abuse. Though all one-parent homes appeared to have imparted risk-for-ab...Spirituality increases as alcoholics recover
... with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence or alcohol abuse who entered an outpatient treatment program. At the beginning of the study, and again six months later, the researchers assessed 10 different measures of the participants' spirituality and religiousness using standard research questionnaires. Thes...Most first-time offenders for driving while intoxicated need help for more than just alcohol
...now if a history of psychiatric disorders and drug abuse or dependence among first-time DWI offenders could...on for two subgroups of diagnostic variables drug abuse or dependence, and mood or anxiety disorder as well as for alcohol use, negative consequences, and ...Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at risk for alcohol problems
...eir drinking that they were diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence," said Molina. "This means that the...ds with childhood ADHD were diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence, none of the 15-to-17-year olds without childhood ADHD were." "It appears that one ...Groundbreaking principles on sexual orientation and human rights released
...he UN Human Rights Committee, "Ending violence and abuse against people because of their sexual orientation...veloped in response to well-documented patterns of abuse targeted toward persons because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity....