scholarly journals Replicating and extending a model of effects of universal preventive intervention during early adolescence on young adult substance misuse.

2016 ◽  
Vol 84 (10) ◽  
pp. 913-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Spoth ◽  
Linda Trudeau ◽  
Cleve Redmond ◽  
Chungyeol Shin
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Preventive Intervention

scholarly journals Gender moderation and social developmental mediation of the effect of a family-focused substance use preventive intervention on young adult alcohol abuse

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 599-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Alex Mason ◽  
Rick Kosterman ◽  
Kevin P. Haggerty ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
Cleve Redmond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Preventive Intervention ◽  
Gender Moderation

scholarly journals Young adult mental health and functional outcomes among individuals with remitted, persistent and late-onset ADHD

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica C. Agnew-Blais ◽  
Guilherme V. Polanczyk ◽  
Andrea Danese ◽  
Jasmin Wertz ◽  
Terrie E. Moffitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Developmental Patterns ◽  
Socioeconomic Outcomes ◽  
Childhood Conduct

BackgroundAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with mental health problems and functional impairment across many domains. However, how the longitudinal course of ADHD affects later functioning remains unclear.AimsWe aimed to disentangle how ADHD developmental patterns are associated with young adult functioning.MethodThe Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study is a population-based cohort of 2232 twins born in England and Wales in 1994–1995. We assessed ADHD in childhood at ages 5, 7, 10 and 12 years and in young adulthood at age 18 years. We examined three developmental patterns of ADHD from childhood to young adulthood – remitted, persistent and late-onset ADHD – and compared these groups with one another and with non-ADHD controls on functioning at age 18 years. We additionally tested whether group differences were attributable to childhood IQ, childhood conduct disorder or familial factors shared between twins.ResultsCompared with individuals without ADHD, those with remitted ADHD showed poorer physical health and socioeconomic outcomes in young adulthood. Individuals with persistent or late-onset ADHD showed poorer functioning across all domains, including mental health, substance misuse, psychosocial, physical health and socioeconomic outcomes. Overall, these associations were not explained by childhood IQ, childhood conduct disorder or shared familial factors.ConclusionsLong-term associations of childhood ADHD with adverse physical health and socioeconomic outcomes underscore the need for early intervention. Young adult ADHD showed stronger associations with poorer mental health, substance misuse and psychosocial outcomes, emphasising the importance of identifying and treating adults with ADHD.Declaration of interestNone.

scholarly journals POLICY OF PREVENTIVE WORK WITH JUVENILE DRUG USERS IN THE USA

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Bohdana Buleza
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Preventive Intervention ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Preventive Work ◽  
The Usa

This article deals with the problem of preventive work with young drug users. This is one of the most important problems in the world, including the USA. Substance misuse can put individual users and others among them at risk of harm. Early substance misuse and substance use disorders are associated with a variety of negative results, including deteriorating relationships, poor school performance, loss of employment, diminished mental health and increases in sickness and death. It is therefore critical to prevent the full spectrum of substance misuse problems in addition to treating those with substance use disorders. The aim of the study is to reveal the peculiarities of preventive work with young drug users in USA. Theoretical research methods have been used in this study: analysis of scientific sources, systematisation and generalisation of available data; defining of the essence of basic concepts; identification of the current state of the problem. The results of investigation give possibility to state that preventing or reducing early substance use initiation, substance misuse and the harms related to misuse requires the implementation of the effective programs and policies that address substance misuse across the lifespan. The effective prevention programs exist in the USA, and if implemented well, they can markedly reduce substance misuse and related threats to the health of population. There are three main categories of prevention interventions: universal, selected and indicated. Universal interventions are aimed at all members of a given population; selective interventions are aimed at a subgroup determined to be at high risk for substance; indicated interventions are targeted to individuals who are already using substance but have not developed a substance use disorder. It is recommended to provide a mix of universal, selective and indicated preventive intervention. Different programs are used for different categories of population. The program «Family Partnership» is focused on children younger than age 5. «The Good Behavior Game» and «Classroom-Centered Intervention» is an universal elementary school-based prevention program. For adolescents aged 10 to 18 programs «Life Skills Training» and «Towards No Drug Abuse» are used. There are also family-based programs («Strengthening Family», «For Parents and Youth»), program for College Students («Brief Alcohol Screening»), Internet-based program («I hear what you are saying») and many others. drug; juvenile; youth; preventive work; rehabilitation; programs of prevention; USA.

LOSS OF CHILDREN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 682-682
Author(s):  
E. J. Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Double Bind ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Children’S Development ◽  
Transactional Process

With the children's development into puberty and adolescence, their impending loss is a threat to the system the parents have so arduously constructed. The children lose their parents, but parents also begin to lose their children (from early adolescence), and it is this depression that may evolve into a serious clinical melancholia. The parents experience a sense of emptiness about the home and an absence of goals that had motivated them so strongly and consistently throughout the childhood of their children. A solution to this threat of loss is the refusal to let go, albeit indirectly, and the attempt to lock the children further into an already carefully orchestrated double bind. The various major and minor revolutions-in-opposition express the desperate effort to break out of this bondage, with the effect that society gets the type of adolescent it expects and deserves. By further extension of the transactional process, the adolescent and young adult get (though not beget) and perpetuate the type of parent they expect and deserve.

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