AbstractIn the current research, we examined the association of key risk and protective factors for gambling involvement from the domains of family environment, conduct problems/delinquency, substance use, and depressive psychopathology in a nationally repre.....
AbstractConsequent upon orders of Juvenile Justice Committee of Delhi High Court, Health Department of Delhi Government has taken some novel initiates to build up capacity of public health facilities for management of children & adolescents suffering from Dr.....
AbstractAims: Given the efficacy of new medications for Hepatitis C virus (HCV), we aimed to determine whether drinking relates to HCV treatment access among the high-risk group of individuals with HIV/HCV co-infection.
Methods: We sampled 210 patients in .....
AbstractIn the Gambia like all nations, drug abuse is seen as a social and health problem that has many serious implications for the physical, social, psychological and intellectual development of the victims more especially, the children. Therefore, it cont.....
AbstractIntroduction: Alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment is mandated within the level 1 pediatric trauma center. However, data on the prevalence of alcohol and drug use among admitted pediatric trauma patients is limited. Our stu.....
AbstractThis review looks at research from 1991 to the present in regard to college student-athlete gambling addiction and disorder issues with an emphasis on prevalence rates, motivations, and comorbid disorders as well as NCAA national studies and derivati.....
AbstractThis paper develops a measure of player vulnerability in games of chance where the player has control over betting strategy. The measure was specifically developed in a completely general form for the game of Roulette as played on electronic betting .....
AbstractAlthough the relevant research investment in understanding the mechanism of action of cocaine and its role in altering brain circuits and behaviour, an efficacious therapy for cocaine addiction has not been found yet. Thus, cocaine use, dependence, a.....
AbstractChild sex trafficking (CST) victims are at risk for HIV infection due to a convergence of both social and biological factors. However, sparse recommendations and guidelines exist
for providers on the provision of HIV non-occupational post-exposure .....
AbstractThere are 2 fundamentally different and opposing parts of our psyches, one of which is healthy, the other is unhealthy. In order to become mentally and spiritually well, we have to become aware of our ‘double nature’, which I refer to as learning.....
AbstractBackground: The use of substances, especially by medical interns may have an impact on behavior, safety and efficiency of the future doctors. However, despite a growing number of substance users, little attention has been given by the research commun.....