What is Altered High? We are a team of health professionals that helps young people with concerns about their own, or someone else’s alcohol or drug use. We provide interventions to reduce the harm from alcohol or drug use and help young people stop usi
Drug & Alcohol ReviewToumbourou 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...
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...
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]...
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...
- 《Drug & Alcohol Dependence》 被引量: 27发表: 2010年 Access to drug and alcohol treatment among a cohort of street-involved youth A number of options for treatment are available to young drug users, but little is known about the youth who actually attempt to access such services. Here....
These challenges are further complicated for youth who use alcohol or other drugs as they often face discrimination from service providers because of their substance use further marginalizing them from the very supports they need. The Shout Clinic has a long history of providing services to youth ...
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, ...
Screening for youth alcohol and drug use in primary care: Predictors and implications for practiceScreening for youth alcohol and drug use in primary care: Predictors and implications for practiceS.A., SterlingC.M., WeisnerA.N., HesselJ
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...