The younger a child initiates alcohol and other drug use, the higher the risk for serious health consequences and adult substance abuse.1-4 Fatalities, accidental and intentional, that are associated with drug and alcohol use in the adolescent population represent one of the leading preventable caus...
We propose that human addicts are vulnerable to relapse because of the NE-5-HT uncoupling, which seems directly related to rodent's behavioral sensitization. Behavioral sensitization can last up to 1 year (Paulson et al, 1991), but also may decrease after withdrawal (Villegier et al, 2003),...
4. PW meets the criteria of a vulnerable adult as she is over the age of 18 and she has chronic mental health conditions which require she receive assistance with her IADL’s and ADL’s. At the time of this report PW was an inpatient at a licensed psychiatric hospital in Vermont. 5. ...
Canada legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, and one of the primary objectives of the Cannabis Act was to protect youth by reducing their access to cannabis and providing public education. Canada has the highest prevalence of cannabis use worldwide, particularly among youth and young adults under...
Giving a Voice to the Vulnerable At Ford, Dean & Rotundo, PA., we are committed to protecting the rights and well-being of elders. Far too often, vulnerable seniors in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other care facilities become targets of abuse, neglect, and mistreatment. Som...
Purpose: This paper aims to consider the contentious issue of covert research in studying the social contexts of vulnerable groups. It explores its potenti... J Parker,S Ashencaen Crabtree - 《Journal of Adult Protection》 被引量: 4发表: 1999年 Abu Ghraib Scandal and the Ethical Dilemma This...
associated aging is compatible with the ‘right hemi-aging’ hypothesis, which suggests that the right lateral PFC is most vulnerable to age-related decline.57Therefore, the finding that heroin abuse and telomerase activity interacted on the right DLPFC provides us with an additional hint that ...
E Capezuti,BL Brush,WT Lawson - 《Journal of Gerontological Nursing》 被引量: 40发表: 1997年 Detecting elder abuse and neglect: assessment and intervention. Elder mistreatment includes intentional or neglectful acts by a caregiver or trusted person that harm a vulnerable older person. It can occu...
The goal is to educate and counsel people, especially the most vulnerable group (the youth population) in society, on how to resist the contemplation and temptation of experimenting with drugs. As a designed policy-reinforcing plan, the hallmark of social marketing campaign is geared towards ...
The implications are that adolescence is a particularly vulnerable period for the onset of drug use disorders and should be a target for etiologic and prevention research. Rates of drug use disorders among Native Americans were not reported in national surveys before 2001,21 obscuring the higher ...