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Karcher, M. J. (2008). The Study of Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE) : a randomized evaluation of the effectiveness of school-based mentoring. Prevention Science, 9(2; 06/2008), 99–113.
Abstract: The effect of providing youth school-based mentoring (SBM), in addition to other school-based support services, was examined with a sample of 516 predominately Latino students across 19 schools. Participants in a multi-component, school-based intervention program run by a youth development agency were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) supportive services alone or (2) supportive services plus SBM. Compared to community-based mentoring, the duration of the SBM was brief (averaging eight meetings), partly because the agency experienced barriers to retaining mentors. Intent-to-treat (ITT) main effects of SBM were tested using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) and revealed small, positive main effects of mentoring on self-reported connectedness to peers, self-esteem (global and present-oriented), and social support from friends, but not on several other measures, including grades and social skills. Three-way cross-level interactions of sex and school level (elementary, middle, and high school) revealed that elementary school boys and high school girls benefited the most from mentoring. Among elementary school boys, those in the mentoring condition reported higher social skills (empathy and cooperation), hopefulness, and connectedness both to school and to culturally different peers. Among high school girls, those mentored reported greater connectedness to culturally different peers, self-esteem, and support from friends. Findings suggest no or iatrogenic effects of mentoring for older boys and younger girls. Therefore, practitioners coordinating multi-component programs that include SBM would be wise to provide mentors to the youth most likely to benefit from SBM and bolster program practices that help to support and retain mentors.
Keywords: school; social behavior; social integration; target group; child; adolescent; United States
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Herz, A. (1997). Endogenous opioid systems and alcohol addiction. Psychopharmacology, (129; 01/1997), 99–111.
Abstract: alcohol exei.ts numerous pharmacological effects through its interaction with various neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. Among the latter, the endogenous opioids playa key role in the rewarding (addictive) properties of ethanol. Three types of opioid receptors represent the respective targets of the major opioid peptides (p-endorphin, enkephalins and dynorphins, respectively). The rewarding (reinforcing) properties of 11- and 8-receptor ligands are brought about by activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system which ascends from the ventral tegmentum of the midbrain (VTA) to rostral structures: of these, the nucleus accumbens (NAC) is of particular importance in drug addiction. In contrast, dysphoria results from activation of K-receptors. The neurochemical manifestations of these opposing effects are, respectively, increases and decreases in dopamine release in the NAC. Several lines of evidence indicate that alcohol interferes with endogenous opioid mechanisms which are closely linked with dopamine transmission in the mesolimbic pathway. The view that condensation products of dopamine and alcohol-derived aldehyde (tetrahydroisoquinolines) playa role remains controversial. There is. however, much information on the direct (acute and chronic) effects of alcohol on the binding properties of opioid receptors, as well as modulation of opioid peptide synthesis and secretion (e.g. a suggested increase in p-endorphin release). In view of the reinforcing properties of alcohol. it is relevant to consider behavioural studies involving alcohol self-administration in rodents and primates. Low doses of morphine have been found to increase. and higher doses of the opiate to decrease, alcohol consumption. Conversely, opi()id antagonists such as naloxone and naltrexone (which bind to non-selectively opioid receptors) have been shown to decrease alcohol consumption under various experimental conditions. Similar results have been reported when selective 11- or b-receptor antagonists are administered. Results obtained in genetic models of high preference for alcohol also support the view that alcohol intake depends on the activity of the endogenous opioid reward system and that alcohol consumption may serve to compensate for inherent deficits in this system. One hypothetical model proposes that reward results from activation of opioid receptors in the VTA and/or b-receptors in the NAC; both these nuclei are targets of endogenous p-endorphin. It is suggested that alcohol interferes with this reward pathway either directly or indirectly. The available experimental data accord well with those obtained from clinical studies in which opioid antagonists have been used to prevent relapse in alcoholics. Conceptual considerations concerning communalities between various forms of addictions are also discussed in this review.
Keywords: addiction; alcohol; opioids in any form; dopamine; naltrexone; prevention; relapse prevention; research; journal article
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Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe. (2012). Normal berauscht? : geistige Behinderung und Sucht /Substanzmissbrauch (Vol. 44). Münster: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), Koordinationsstelle Sucht.
Keywords: addiction; individual differences; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; disability; disabled; AOD abstinence; community involvement; housing; study; research; Germany
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Galliker, M., Beringer, R., Gauthier, J. - A., Regazzoni, A., Delgrande, M., & Boujon, L. (2001). Ambulante Suchtberatung 1999 : Statistik der ambulanten Behandlung und Betreuung im Alkohol- und Drogenbereich = Prises en charge ambulatoires des problèmes de dépendance en 1999 : statistique du traitement et de l'assistance ambulatoires dans le domaine de l'alcool et de la drogue. Neuchâtel; Lausanne: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS); Schweizerische Fachstelle für Alkohol- und andere Drogenprobleme (SFA); Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS); Institut suisse de prévention de l'alcoolisme et autres toxicomanies (ISPA).
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Allenbach, R., Cavegn, M., Niemann, S., & Achermann, Y. (2007). Rapport SINUS 2007 : niveau de sécurité et accidents dans la circulation routière en 2006. Berne: Bureau de prévention des accidents (BPA).
Keywords: AOD use and driving; alcohol; monitoring; Switzerland; annual report
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Allenbach, R., Cavegn, M., Niemann, S., & Achermann, Y. (2007). Rapporto SINUS 2007 : livello di sicurezza e sinistrosità nella circolazione stradale 2006. Berna: Ufficio prevenzione infortuni (UPI).
Keywords: AOD use and driving; alcohol; monitoring; Switzerland; annual report
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Allenbach, R., Cavegn, M., Niemann, S., & Achermann, Y. (2007). SINUS-Report 2007 : Sicherheitsniveau und Unfallgeschehen im Strassenverkehr 2006. Bern: Beratungsstelle für Unfallverhütung (BFU).
Keywords: AOD use and driving; alcohol; monitoring; Switzerland; annual report
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Allard, D., & Papineau, E. (2006). Evaluation du programme expérimental sur le jeu pathologique : Rapport synthèse. Québec: Institut national de santé publique du Québec.
Abstract: Le présent rapport constitue la synthèse des différents rapports thématiques issus de l’évaluation du Programme expérimental sur le jeu pathologique menée par l’INSPQ; la liste complète de ces études apparaît à l’annexe 1. Il fait en particulier la synthèse des résultats d’évaluation obtenus à partir des collectes de données quantitatives sur l’intervention auprès des clientèles des organismes de traitement et de données qualitatives d’entrevues réalisées auprès des intervenants, des usagers, des coordonnateurs et décideurs locaux et régionaux aux fins de l’évaluation.
Keywords: pathological gambling; program evaluation; treatment program; health care program or facility; social services; report; Canada; Quebec
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Kickbusch, I., van der Linde, F., Zapfl, R., Meili, B., Abelin, T., Chinet, L., et al. (2010). The challenge of addiction : foundations for a future oriented policy on addiction in Switzerland (for D. I. and for T. C. Steering Group of the three Federal Commissions for alcohol Issues, Ed.). Berne: Steering Group Challenge of Addiction.
Abstract: The Report on the Challenge of Addiction is intended as a contribution towards an integrated understanding of addiction policy on the basis of a public health approach. From a health policy perspective, the Report proposes broadening the scope of addiction policy in Switzerland and changing its strategic focus and direction. It recommends ten principles. These are intended to contribute to a coherent policy response to the problematic consumption of all psychoactive substances and to behaviours with addictive potential.
Keywords: government and politics; public health; AOD public policy strategy; addiction; AOD dependence; drug legalization; Switzerland
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Helbling, P. (1995). Toxicomanie/alcool : abus de drogues illégales, d'alcool et de médicaments. In Groupe de travail Sentinella (Ed.), Sentinella 1992/93 : le système de déclaration Sentinella en Suisse : résultats de la période d'enquête de juin 1992 à décembre 1993 : rapport du groupe de travail Sentinella (pp. 98–114). Berne: Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP).
Keywords: addiction; AOD abuse; chemical addiction; illicit drug; alcohol; drug; multiple drug use; treatment and maintenance; statistical data; Switzerland
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