Khazaee-Pool, Maryam Naghibi, Seyed Abolhassan Pashaei, Tahereh Chaleshgar-Kordasiabi, Mosharafeh Daneshnia, Mahbobeh Ponnet, Koen
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
BackgroundResearch has demonstrated that therapeutic interventions based on the self-efficacy theory produce positive outcomes for people who exhibit addictive behaviors, such as alcohol and drug use. Several questionnaires based on self-efficacy theory have been developed to evaluate the extent to which intervention programs can modify behavior. T...
De Kock, Charlotte
Cultural competence (CC) was introduced to reduce substance use treatment (SUT) disparities among migrants and ethnic minorities. However, outcome reviews report limited evidence for its effectiveness in reducing SUT disparities. This paper applies Bacchi’s “What’s the problem represented to be?” approach and an ecosocial perspective in a narrative...
Vanschoenbeek, Giel Michaël Hautekiet, Thor Calle, Simon Cornelis, Charlotte François, Heleen Hautekiet, Arne Sundahl, Nora De Paepe, Peter Devriese, Dieter De Graeve, Koen
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Acta clinica Belgica
Alcohol abuse remains a major health concern. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of alcohol-related emergency department (ED) admissions in an elderly population. Between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014, we retrospectively analyzed patient charts of patients admitted with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of at least 0.5 g/L to ...
Coulton, S Alam, MF Boniface, S Deluca, P Donoghue, K Gilvarry, E Kaner, E Lynch, E Maconochie, I McArdle, P
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Objective To estimate and compare the optimal cut-off score of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and AUDIT-C in identifying at-risk alcohol consumption, heavy episodic alcohol use, ICD-10 alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence in adolescents attending ED in England. Design Opportunistic cross-sectional survey. Setting 10 emergency dep...
Khazaee-Pool, Maryam Arefi, Zohreh Roshani, Daem Pashaei, Tahereh Ponnet, Koen
Stringer, S Minică, C C Verweij, K J H Mbarek, H Bernard, M Derringer, J van Eijk, K R Isen, J D Loukola, A Maciejewski, D F
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Translational psychiatry
Cannabis is the most widely produced and consumed illicit psychoactive substance worldwide. Occasional cannabis use can progress to frequent use, abuse and dependence with all known adverse physical, psychological and social consequences. Individual differences in cannabis initiation are heritable (40-48%). The International Cannabis Consortium was...
Deluca, Paolo Coulton, Simon Alam, M Fasihul Cohen, David Donoghue, Kim Gilvarry, Eilish Kaner, Eileen Maconochie, Ian McArdle, Paul McGovern, Ruth
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundAlcohol is a major global threat to public health. Although the main burden of chronic alcohol-related disease is in adults, its foundations often lie in adolescence. Alcohol consumption and related harm increase steeply from the age of 12 until 20 years. Several trials focusing upon young people have reported significant positive effects...
Stevens, Laura Goudriaan, Anna Verdejo-Garcia, Antonio Dom, Geert Roeyers, Herbert Vanderplasschen, Wouter
Background: Impulsivity is a hallmark characteristic of substance use disorders (SUDs). Recently, studies have begun to explore whether increased impulsivity in substance-dependent individuals (SDI) is associated with a greater propensity to relapse following treatment. Despite growing recognition of its multidimensional nature however, most studie...
Stevens, Laura Verdejo-Garcia, Antonio Roeyers, Herbert Goudriaan, Anna Vanderplasschen, Wouter
To, Wing Ting Vanheule, Stijn Vanderplasschen, Wouter Audenaert, Kurt Vandevelde, Stijn
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Research in developmental disabilities
There is an increasing interest in screening instruments to detect intellectual disability (ID) in a quick and accurate way in mental health services as well as in the criminal justice system in order to provide appropriate support for people with undetected needs caused by ID. An instrument that has been proven to be useful in both settings is the...
