International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 
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This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.Muslim Women and Psychedelics: a Look at the Past, Present, and Future
AbstractThe Qur ’an prohibits the use of intoxicants such as alcohol. However, the use of psychedelics falls somewhere in between social acceptance and outright prohibition among Muslim communities. Due to the cultural and religious stigma associated with the use of psychedelics among Muslims, it is difficult to encourage Muslim participation in psychedelic research and therapy, despite the increasing need to include diverse ethnic and religious groups in such endeavours. To pave the way in this regard, the present study explores the historical as well as the current perspective on the use of plant medicine in Muslim com...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - July 14, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Validation of the HRI-24 on Adolescents and Development of a Short Version of the Instrument
AbstractThe Hikikomori phenomenon often starts during adolescence and, once it develops, it tends to persist. Thus, having an instrument specifically validated for detecting it at early ages could play a pivotal role to reduce the chronicity risk. This work aims to validate the 24-item Hikikomori Risk Inventory (HRI-24) on adolescents and to develop a short version of it. In Study 1, an exploratory structural equation model was used to evaluate the functioning of the HRI-24 and to select the items for inclusion in the short version. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analyses were run on the short version, and measurement inv...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - July 6, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Critique of “Changed Substance Use After Psychedelic Experiences Among Individuals in Canada”
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Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - July 5, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Understanding the Risks and Individual Difference Factors Associated with Engagement in Monetised (Play-to-Earn) Gaming
AbstractPlay-to-earn (P2E) is a new form of monetised gaming based on blockchain and crypto-currency technology. Such games offer opportunities to combine gaming with speculative investment through the purchase of tradable in-game currencies and assets (non-fungible tokens). In this paper, we investigate the profile of people most likely to be attracted to this emerging form of gaming. A sample of 560 participants aged between 18-65 (M = 28.3,SD = 8.3) were recruited via Prolific to complete an online survey that included measures of gaming (Petry ’s Internet Gaming Disorder Scale) and gaming risk (Problem Gambling Sever...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 30, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The Impact of Longitudinal Substance Use Patterns on the Risk of Opioid Agonist Therapy Discontinuation: A Repeated Measures Latent Class Analysis
AbstractPolysubstance use is prevalent among individuals on opioid agonist treatment (OAT), yet past studies have focused primarily on distinct substances and their association with OAT retention. Data was collected from two prospective cohorts between 2005 and 2020 in Vancouver, Canada. Among 13,596 visits contributed by 1445 participants receiving OAT, we employed repeated measures latent class analysis using seven indicators and identified four longitudinal substance use classes. Using marginal structural Cox modeling, we found that compared to the primarily crack use class, the two opioid and stimulant use classes carr...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 28, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
E-Cigarette Use Among High School Students —a Cross-Sectional Study of Associated Risk Factors for the Use of Flavour-Only and Nicotine Vapes
AbstractThe aim of this study is to examine e-cigarette use among high school students and the associated risk factors for the use of flavour-only or nicotine vapes. Grade 12 students (N = 855) of 2020 from nine Australian schools completed a cross-sectional self-report survey. Correlates examined included age, gender, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, parental and family characteristics, truancy, mental health (depression and anxiety), alcohol use and cigarette smoking. Ov erall, 74% reported that they had never used an e-cigarette or vaped, 12.5% had for flavour-only, and 13.5% had for nicotine vapes. Multinomial...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 26, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Facts and Personal Recovery Stories to Reduce Substance Use Disorder Stigma and Increase Support for Recovery Housing: a US Randomized Study
AbstractSubstance use disorder (SUD) is a considerable threat to global public health and is considered a “public health crisis” in the USA. Despite the benefits of increased availability of effective SUD treatment, like recovery housing (RH), social stigma towards individuals with SUD and SUD services is a major obstacle in the establishment of such services. We designed an experiment (N = 2721) with five experimental conditions including a control condition, an educational message about the effectiveness of RH, and a personal story from an individual in recovery delivered via identified written story, anonymous w...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 26, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Impact of a Comprehensive Tobacco Control Package on Trends in Hospital Admissions for Depression in Beijing, China: Interrupted Time Series Study
The objective is to evaluate the impact of the tobacco control policy package on hospital admissions for depression in a global city. An interrupted time series study was conducted to collect hospital admission information of 17.7 million residents covered by the Beijing Medical Claim Data for Employees from January 2013 to June 2017. Segmented Poisson regression models were used to estimate the average percentage change in admission rates and reductions in hospital admissions for depression. A total of 5,028,228 hospital admissions for depression were identified with a crude rate of 633.1 per 10,000 participants during th...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 22, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Emotional Processing and Maltreatment During Childhood as Factors of Vulnerability to Alcohol Abuse in Young Adults
AbstractDifferent studies suggest a strong association between childhood abuse and alcohol use disorders (AUDs). The modulation of the startle response has been used to assess emotional processing in AUDs. The main objective of the study was to investigate the startle reflex responses to different stimuli in young adults with varying types of childhood abuse in comparison with a control group according to their current alcohol consumption and the presence of a parent with alcohol dependence or not. A clinical sample of 606 adolescents, divided into five groups: no abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, emotional abuse...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 21, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
International Telepsychological Services for Latino Immigrants in the USA
AbstractMenta
l illness is on the rise among the Latino community in the USA, with depression being the most prevalent. Multiple barriers contribute to the low utilization of mental health services for Latinos in the USA. However, there is an untapped network of mental health care providers outside of the USA that can provide cultural and linguistic care via telepsychological services. This paper therefore provides a commentary on the potential power of international telepsychological services to reduce the gap of mental health care access and treatment for Latino immigrants in the USA and Latinos in Latin America. (Sou...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 21, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Parental Relationships Surpass Friendships as Predictors of Long-Term Mental Functioning: A Multilevel Analysis
AbstractThere were associations between interpersonal relationships (parental relationships and friendships) and mental functioning (depressive symptoms, resilience, and psychological capital) in adolescents. However, the strengths and changes of these associations across adolescence remain unclear. Findings of the present study contributed to a more thorough understanding of how and whe n parent-child relationships and friendship were associated with mental functioning over time. The data was from a cross-sectional (N = 5952) and longitudinal study (N = 2008) conducted in Jilin province, China. The analysis adop...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 19, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Whether and How Parental and Friends ’ Internet Gaming Behaviors May Affect Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms: the Cognitive and Behavioral Mechanisms
AbstractPresent study examined associations between perceived parental and friends ’ internet gaming behaviors and adolescent internet gaming disorder (IGD) and the mediating roles of adolescents’ gaming-related cognitions (cognitive preoccupation with internet gaming [CPIG]) and behaviors (IG time) in the associations. A total of 2,413 adolescents were surveyed in Hong Kong f rom February to December 2021. The proposed mediation model was examined by structural equation modelling (SEM). The SEM model fitted data well and the results showed that perceived father’s and mother’s frequencies of IG were positively asso...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 19, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Predictors of Female Smokers ’ Empowerment to Quit Smoking Cigarettes
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to provide useful information that could help female smokers quit smoking by exploring factors that could predict their empowerment to quit smoking. The participants were 337 Korean female smokers aged 20 years or older, whose average age was 35.70 years (SD = 9.19). The model predicting female smokers’ empowerment to quit smoking was verified using stepwise regression analysis and a decision-tree data-mining method. The results revealed that nicotine dependence, stimulation smoking, smoking for relaxation and tension reduction, craving smoking, habitual smoking, and the recognit...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 19, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Conventional and Electronic Cigarettes Consumption Among Young Chinese Adults: a Perspective on Masculinity and Gender System
AbstractBased on interviews with 21 young Chinese tobacco users, this study explores the gendered symbolic meanings of conventional cigarette smoking and electronic cigarette vaping in the background of a traditionally patriarchal society. The theoretical frameworks of hegemonic masculinity and symbolic interactionism reveal that smoking and cigarette-sharing as performances of masculinity are embedded in men’s dominant positions in the gender system. In Ch ina, conventional cigarettes are not only a symbol of masculinity but also a carrier of patriarchy and its reproduction. Women smoking is seen as challenging hegemo...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 19, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Childhood Emotional Neglect and Risks of Substance Misuse: Meaning and Purpose of Life as a Mediator
AbstractA growing body of evidence show that emotional neglect may increase a young adult ’s susceptibility for substance misuse. Nevertheless, to our knowledge, no studies have examined how meaning and purpose of life may explain the association between childhood emotional neglect and risks of substance misuse in adulthood. The current study seeks to examine whether purpose and meanin g of life may serve as a protective factor against the effects of emotional neglect and risks of substance misuse in university students’ sample. A total of 385 Turkish university students recruited by snowball sampling agreed to complet...
Source: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction - June 16, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
