Background Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease. Primary interventions should
aim to reduce first use or to prevent the transition from experimental use to addiction. School …

Currently, a proportion of adolescents use alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs, which inevitably
harms their health and academic progress. Adolescence is a peak period for substance use …

Background Alcohol misuse in young people is cause of concern for health services, policy
makers, prevention workers, criminal justice system, youth workers, teachers, parents. This …

Background Anxiety and depression are associated with a range of adverse outcomes and
represent a large global burden to individuals and health care systems. Prevention …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the strength of the scientific evidence for psychoactive substance
abuse prevention programs for school-aged children and youth. DATA SOURCES: A …

Objectives To examine the effect of cannabis policy liberalisation (decriminalisation and
legalisation) levels of use in adolescents and young adults. Design Systematic review and …

Background Digital technologies are increasingly integrating into people's daily living
environments such as schools, sport clubs, and health care facilities. These settings play a …

Abstract The 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6; Kessler et al., 2002) is a
screener for psychological distress that has robust psychometric properties among adults …

Background Substance use, depression, and anxiety in adolescence are major public health
problems requiring new scalable prevention strategies. We aimed to assess the …

Issues The use of alcohol and drugs amongst young people is a serious concern and the
need for effective prevention is clear. This paper identifies and describes current school …