• Genetic and environmental influences modulating risk of substance use disorders change
developmentally and across the lifespan.• Genes involved in vulnerability to addictions …

Aims: The aim of the study was to explore whether the concept of heavy substance use over
time can be used as definition of substance use disorder. Methods: Narrative review …

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies consistently show low rates of alcohol treatment
utilization among individuals with an alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, there is not as …

Aims: To assess the concurrent and the construct validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders
Identification Test (AUDIT) in an urban Brazilian sample. Methods: A random sample of 166 …

Aims Self‐help interventions for adult problem drinkers in the general population have
proved effective. The question is whether this also holds for self‐help interventions delivered …

BACKGROUND:: Mounting evidence suggests that lesbians and bisexual women may be at
especially elevated risk for the harmful health effects of alcohol and tobacco use …

We compared reports of increased substance use in Manhattan 1 and 6 months after the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Data from 2 random-digit-dial surveys conducted 1 …

Despite the serious health and economic consequences of drug and alcohol abuse and
dependence, few studies have prospectively examined the etiology of this problem in non …

Objective: This study compared two different implementation strategies for Cutting Back, a
primary care alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) program for hazardous and …

Objective: The paper provides the first syllabus on the prevalence of mental disorders in old‐
age focusing on surveys conducted in the 15 countries, which comprised the 'old'European …