Managing Moods Group is a group for people aged 16-19 who would like to learn more about emotions and strategies to help manage them. Whānau Group This group is for people who are concerned about a young person’s alcohol or other drug use and would like information, advice or support. ...
Toumbourou JW, Beyers JM, Catalano RF, Hawkins JD, Arthur MW, Evans-Whipp T, Bond L, Patton GC (2005) Youth alcohol and other drug use in the United States and Australia: a cross-national comparison of three state-wide samples. Drug Alcohol Rev 24(6):515–523. : 10.1080/...
Background: During the 90 s and especially in the beginning of the 00 s research in youth, drug and alcohol consumption increased markedly in Denmark. Much of this research was applied and placed in a dilemma between reproducing existing social problem characterizations of youthful behaviors or pro...
The objective of this article is to report on prevalence of drug and cigarette use among a segment of Haitian youth in the United States. The article is an argument in favor of contextualizing knowledge about drug use among young people across socioethnic lines. Because initiation of licit and...
In 2010, the NSW Youth Drug and Alcohol Court ('YDAC') Program celebrated its 10th year of continual operation, but despite a promising early evaluation of the Program, it remains an indefinite pilot. In 2000, the year the YDAC program commenced as a pilot, Freiberg remarked that, '[o]...
Aims This report examines adolescent alcohol and drug treatment outcome research from a process-oriented, developmental perspective. A dynamic developmental model is proposed in which adolescent treatment outcome research incorporate considerations relevant to changes occurring typically during this stage of lif...
Aims: High alcohol consumption and use of illicit drugs among young people is of great concern and there is a need to identify arenas where this group can be reached by preventive measures. The aim of the present study was to study prevalence of risky alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, ...
"One aspect whereolder generationsdo have a more clichéd view is their much greater tendency to blame increased drug and alcohol use among young people for worse mental health outcomes. However, we know that alcohol consumption has declined substantially among younger generations, and while drug use...
A simple and sensitive electrochemical method for the determination of the insecticide pymetrozine was proposed using a simple electrochemically pretreated glassy carbon electrode (EPGCE). Compared with the bare GCE, the electrochemical response signal of pymetrozine at the EPGCE showed a significant incre...
A new program diverting teens from the criminal justice system has seen 27 referrals for a variety of criminal offenses, largely related to theft, assault and drug and alcohol violations. Shoplifting and physical disagreements with peers are exactly the kinds of crimes Devanshi Patel expects to see...