There ’s a lot of hate in the world. UCLA’s scholars are asking why and what can be done
Key takeaways:The three-year pilot program brings together fellows from 20 disciplines across the UCLA campus.The first year focuses on research into myriad topics related to hate — how it manifests in the brain, online and in communities, and who is most affected.Findings will support new interventions in education, health care, public policy and other fields.UCLA is launching theInitiative to Study Hate, an ambitious social impact project that brings together a broad consortium of scholars to understand and ultimately mitigate hate in its multiple forms. Supported by a $3 million gift from an anonymous donor, ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 12, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Why We Can ’t Stop Reading Colleen Hoover’s Trauma-Filled Novels
Colleen Hoover fans—a passionate group of readers who call themselves the CoHort—are preparing to be emotionally walloped.
On Oct. 18, Hoover will publish It Starts With Us, the long-awaited sequel to 2016’s It Ends With Us. While her two dozen novels are mostly romances, Hoover specializes in the type of book that practically demands a reader have their therapist on standby. Consider recent reactions on TikTok, where the #ColleenHoover hashtag has been viewed more than 2.4 billion times: “I never cry while reading books but this ending just made me burst out in tears,” one person wrote. &ldqu...
Source: TIME: Health - October 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized Books culturepod Source Type: news
The prevalence of substance abuse and associated factors among male prisoners in Karachi jails, Pakistan - Jamal M, Waheed S, Shakoor A.
This study aims to determine the prevalence, risk profile, and associated sociodemographic factors of substance abuse among male prisoners in Karachi jails. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
SAMHSA: Meeting of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will hold a public meeting of the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) November 15-17, 2022. SAMHSA TTAC provides a venue wherein Tribal leadership and SAMHSA staff can exchange information about public health issues, identify urgent mental health and substance abuse needs, and discuss collaborative approaches to addressing these behavioral health issues and needs. Meeting information will be posted on theSAMHSA Council's website.Pre-registration is required. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 11, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Spatial analysis of the alcohol, intimate partner violence, and HIV syndemic among women in South Africa - Sileo KM, Sparks CS, Luttinen R.
This study uses data from the 2016 South African D... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Linking minority stress to substance abuse in LGB adults: the mediating effect of sexual harassment - Wilchek-Aviad Y, Oren L.
OBJECTIVE: Employing a psychological mediation framework, the study investigated the interaction between minority stress and psychoactive substance abuse mediated by sexual harassment among LGB individuals. METHOD: One hundred and forty-seven LGB i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
Parental alcohol and drug abuse and offspring mortality by age 10: a population-based register study - Berg V, Kuja-Halkola R, Khemiri L, Larsson H, Lichtenstein P, Latvala A.
BACKGROUND: Parental substance abuse (SA) of alcohol and drugs is associated with offspring mortality, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), in infancy, but research on cause-specific mortality and mortality in later childhood is scarce. M... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $1.6 Billion in Funds for Communities Addressing Addiction and Overdose Crises
Announces over $1.6 billion in funding to support addiction and overdose crises through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)'s State Opioid Response (SOR) and Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) grant programs and HRSA's rural communities opioid response programs. Offers an overview of the grant programs and the scope of the investments. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - September 23, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Addiction and recovery
September is National Recovery Month, a national observation in partnership between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Faces& Voices of Recovery. This is a good time to learn more about addiction and recovery. Drug addiction Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior, and leads to an inability to control the use of legal or illegal drugs. Substances such as alcohol, marijuana… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 23, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Innovative Financing to Protect Public Health During a Pandemic
By Anisa Ismail and Tan Yen LianBANGKOK / PENANG, Sep 20 2022 (IPS) Economic recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic has been uneven amidst a cautious loosening of restrictions. But even at the height of the pandemic, it was business as usual for the tobacco industry.
Tobacco companies remain profitable, making US$ 912.3 billion in 2022 and capitalizing on the situation by promoting and selling their lethal products while convincing governments that their industry should not be penalised during the pandemic, claiming tobacco is a good investment.
This is an industry that perpetuates an annual loss of US$ 1.4 trillion in glob...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anisa Ismail and Tan Yen Lian Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Global Headlines Health Inequity Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Cara Delevingne's Friends Desperate for Her to Get Therapy and Rehab
Cara Delevingne's friends say she's in a bad way -- struggling with issues that go beyond substance abuse -- and their desperation to get her help is becoming increasingly obvious. #caradelevingne (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Monitoring the Future: national survey results on drug use, 1975 –2021: Volume I, Secondary school students - Miech RA, Johnston LD, O’Malley PM, Bachman JG, Schulenberg JE, Patrick ME.
Perhaps no social problem has proven more clearly appropriate for and in need of the application of systematic research and reporting than that of substance abuse. Substance-abusing behaviors are often hidden from public view, can change rapidly and freque... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Wendy Williams back in rehab for substance abuse issues
The former daytime talk show host is undergoing treatment for alcohol addiction. “It’s gotten worse,” our source shares of her relapse. #wendywilliams #daytimetalkshowhost (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hiding In Plain Sight: Supporting Young Adult Addiction Care
More than 40 million people were living with a substance use disorder in 2020, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. While the disease takes lives, 3 out of 4 people who experience addiction eventually recover, as reported in a 2020 study. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 14, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cathy Cassata, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
Associations between psychosocial risk factors, and changes in substance dependence and psychosocial functioning, during engagement with digital cognitive behavioral therapy for methamphetamine use: use of 'Breaking Free from Substance Abuse' by incarcerated people during the COVID-19 pandemic - Elison-Davies S, Newsome J, Jones A, Davies G, Ward J.
BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine use can be associated with involvement with correctional services and incarceration. Traditionally, treatments for methamphetamine use have been delivered in-person - however, lockdowns initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic sig... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
