Substance-Related Disorders
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino high school students. METHODS: Latino 9(th) graders (N = 1332) completed self-report measures of perceived discrimination and substance use behavior. RESULTS: Perceived ... Read more...

Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: case-control study of SIDS in south west England.

11 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To investigate the factors associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from birth to age 2 years, whether recent advice has been followed, whether any new risk factors have emerged, and the specific circumstances in which SIDS ... Read more...

Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults.

7 Oct 2009 Only half of older adults with a mental disorder use mental health services, and little is known about the causes of perceived need for mental health care (MHC). We used logistic regression to examine relationships among depression, anxiety, chronic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Substance-Related Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Living on the edge. Abstracts of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2009. November 1-4, 2009. Darwin, Australia. 30 Oct 2009
• Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents. 30 Oct 2009
• Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: case-control study of SIDS in south west England. 11 Oct 2009
• Public accountability in addiction treatment. 8 Oct 2009
• Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults. 7 Oct 2009
• Applying health care reform principles to mental health and substance abuse services. 5 Oct 2009
• Schedule of controlled substances; placement of fospropofol into schedule IV. Final rule. 4 Oct 2009
• The safety of propofol. 4 Oct 2009
• Civilian aviation fatalities involving pilot ethanol and a previous record of substance abuse. 29 Sep 2009
• Proposed FDA rules on painkillers in U.S. Rile cancer community. 29 Sep 2009
• Zolpidem dependence in a geriatric patient: a case report. 29 Sep 2009
• Complexities in clarifying the diagnostic criteria for anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence. 29 Sep 2009
• Commentary. 29 Sep 2009
• Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students. 21 Sep 2009
• Scientific publishing. Paper retracted following genome data breach. 16 Sep 2009
• Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: long-term outcomes and public health significance. 15 Sep 2009
• [Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB): more than a date rape drug, a potentially addictive drug] 14 Sep 2009
• Substance abuse and violent crime in patients with schizophrenia. 14 Sep 2009
• Screening for illicit drug use. 13 Sep 2009
• A developmental twin study of church attendance and alcohol and nicotine consumption: a model for analyzing the changing impact of genes and environment. 13 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Substance-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related to substance abuse, the side effects of a medication, toxin exposure, and ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS.

Descriptor UI: D019966

Alternative terms: Substance-Related Disorders; Drug Dependence; Dependence, Drug; Drug Addiction; Addiction, Drug; Drug Habituation; Habituation, Drug; Drug Usage; Usage, Drug; Substance Use Disorders; Disorder, Substance Use; Substance Use Disorder; Glue Sniffing; Sniffing, Glue; Organic Mental Disorders, Substance-Induced; Organic Mental Disorders, Substance Induced; Substance Abuse; Abuse, Substance; Abuses, Substance; Substance Abuses; Substance Dependence; Dependence, Substance; Substance Addiction; Addiction, Substance; Drug Abuse; Abuse, Drug; Drug Use Disorders; Disorder, Drug Use; Drug Use Disorder;

Related Mesh Headings: Drug and Narcotic Control; Psychoses, Alcoholic; Street Drugs; Designer Drugs; Codependency (Psychology); Alcohol-Related Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739; F03.900;

History Note: 98(63)

Technical Notes: consider also PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED or PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; /diag: consider SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION