Abstract: L’association “Rien ne va plus”, très active dans la prévention des jeux de hasard et d’argent, se trouve de plus en plus confrontée à des sollicitations sur" le thème du jeu vidéo. Forte de cette expérience, sa coordinatrice nous livre ici une ébauche de réflexion sur les enjeux de la prévention dans le domaine des jeux vidéo.

Abstract: Rausch, Drogenkonsum und Sucht sind Phänomene, die unmittelbar mit der Konstruktion von männlichen Identitäten verbunden sind. Drogenkonsumverhalten ist damit einzureihen in Gesundheitsrisiken allgemein, die Männer eingehen, um Männlichkeiten zu demonstrieren und permanent neu zu konstruieren. Der Zusammenhang von Gender und Drogenkonsum/-abhängigkeit ist seit 25 Jahren vorwiegend im Bereich „Frau und Sucht” erforscht und für die Praxis umgesetzt worden. Die „Entdeckung der Männlichkeit” in der Suchtforschung und -hilfe ist jüngeren Datums. Vor dem Hintergrund von zunehmender Perzeption von Gendertheorien und Gesundheitsverhalten und der stärker werdenden Notwendigkeit geschlechtsspezifisch sowohl in Prävention, Beratung, und Behandlung zu arbeiten, müssen entsprechende, Transfers in die Praxis geleistet werden. Dieser Beitrag gibt erste Hinweise für den Implementationsprozess männerspezifischer Hilfen für gefährdete bzw. abhängige Männer. Intoxication, drug use and addiction are phenomenon, which are closely associated with the construction of male identities. Drug use therefore can be understood within general health risk behaviour of men, which is meant to demonstrate or permanently (re-)construct masculinity. The interrelation of gender and drug use/addiction has mainly been studied and implemented into practice along the relationship of “women and addiction” since 25 years. The “discovery of masculinity” in drug research and drug services is of a much younger date. On the background of an increasing perception of gender theories and health behaviour and a growing necessity to work gender specifically in prevention, counselling, and treatment of drug using patients transfers into the practice have to be developed. This contribution gives first indications for this implementation process of men specific services for men at risk or dependent.

Abstract: The aims of this study is to demonstrate how perceptions of the concept of “alcohol abuse” have changed over time and to delineate variations among sub-groups of the Norwegian population. An initial survey was conducted in 1964 in 10 Norwegian cities. Follow-up surveys were conducted in 1989 and 2006 based on national, representative samples. From these samples presumably comparable sub-samples have been selected. The respondents characterised 18 different drinking situations as “abuse”, “not abuse” or “doubt”. The 18 drinking situations were constructed based on combinations of three degrees of drinking frequencies, three degrees of intoxication and two degrees of sociability. The different combinations were presented to the respondents on cards, and in a random order. Norwegians’ perceptions of alcohol consumption have undergone major changes, particularly with respect to perceptions of what constitutes “alcohol abuse”. In general, views have become more liberal and permissive. A shift in perceptions since 1964 was already manifest or: evident in 1989, but this has developed further in the same direction since then. The more people drink, the more liberal are their views on what is “alcohol abuse”? This applies both on individual and aggregated levels. Perceptions of drinking practices, especially of “alcohol abuse”, have shifted with the change in average alcohol consumption. The higher general consumption the more drinking is allow before it is perceived as abuse. This is probably a reciprocal process with no specific causal direction, but obviously influenced by external factors, such as economic and cultural globalisation, tourism and generally more liberal views on many other facets of society and social life.

Abstract: The aim of this article is to identify which aspects of drug treatment are most closely associated with recovering drug users’ ability to obtain paid employment. Based on a cohort study of 1033 individuals, this article reports on a logistic regression analysis of the factors associated with the achievement of paid employment 33 months after the initiation of treatment for drug dependency. While the results show a close relationship between the cessation of illegal drug use and individuals’ ability to obtain paid employment, they also show that abstaining from drug use is unlikely to be successful on its own. The factor that showed the strongest independent association with the achievement of paid employment was the receipt of employment-related assistance. The study’s findings are, therefore, strongly supportive of the provision of employment support programmes as the most important mechanism for helping recovering drug users to obtain employment.