Mental Health

The relationship between mental health disorders and substance use and integrated approaches. .

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Heavy Cannabis Use, Dependence and the Brain

Scientific article

Although cannabis use disorder (CUD) is one of the most common substance use disorders (SUDs), the impact of CUD on the brain remains unclear and understudied. In a recent article, published in Addiction journal, researchers from the...

AADANT Drug and Alcohol Conference 2020

1 April 2020

Alice Springs

Australia

The Association of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies NT will hold their annual Northern Territory drug and alcohol conference April 1-2 in Alice Springs at the DoubleTree Hilton.

There will be two streams at the conference:

Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Regular Use and Mental Health

Book

Cannabis is one of the most widely used psychoactive substances in Canada. The complex relationship between cannabis use and mental disorders has garnered significant attention as a public health issue This is the first in a series of...

Alcohol Use, Alcohol Dependence and Mental Health Conditions

Book

Several key risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been identified, including the harmful use of alcohol. Half the world’s population drinks alcohol, and harmful alcohol use is the third leading cause of ill health and...

The Problematic Relationship Between Youth Anxiety and Later Alcohol Use

Scientific article

Researchers have continuously debated the link between anxiety and alcohol use. However, despite the previous examination of the direction and strength of the association, the form of the relationship remains unclear. A recent systematic...

Commission on Alcohol Harm

News

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is supporting a Commission on Alcohol Harm, consisting of a panel of varied experts. The Commission on Alcohol Harm has been established to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm, recent trends in...

The 46th Annual Winter Symposium

25 January 2020

Colorado Springs

United States

The Advanced International Winter Symposium on

Rapid Increase in the Prevalence of Cannabis Use Among People with Depression in the United States, 2005–17: The Role of Differentially Changing Risk Perceptions

Scientific article

4 December 2019

Abstract Aims To estimate trends in the prevalence of cannabis use and risk perceptions of cannabis use from 2005 to 2017 among United States people with and without depression. Design Linear time trends of the prevalence of any, daily and...