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S. BAGGIO ; J. STUDER ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |FRANÇAIS : Position du problème : La pression des pairs constitue une variable importante pour expliquer et prédire les comportements déviants tels que la consommation de substances, les pratiques sexuelles à risque et la délinquance. Toutefois[...]Article : Périodique
R. E. BELANGER ; C. AKRÉ ; E. KUNTSCHE ; G. GMEL ; J. C. SURIS |INTRODUCTION: Young cannabis users are at increased risk of later cigarette initiation and progression to nicotine addiction. The present study addresses the frequency at which mulling (adding tobacco to cannabis smoked as joints) is performed a[...]Article : Périodique
C. GILLIGAN ; E. KUNTSCHE ; G. GMEL |Early consumption of full servings of alcohol and early experience of drunkenness have been linked with alcohol-related harmful effects in adolescence, as well as adult health and social problems. On the basis of secondary analysis of county-lev[...]Article : Périodique
G. GMEL ; H. KUENDIG ; J. REHM ; N. SCHREYER ; J. B. DAEPPEN |BACKGROUND: There is sufficient and consistent evidence that alcohol use is a causal risk factor for injury. For cannabis use, however, there is conflicting evidence; a detrimental dose-response effect of cannabis use on psychomotor and other re[...]Rapport
K. BLOOMFIELD ; S. AHLSTRÖM ; A. ALLAMANI ; M. CHOQUET ; F. CIPRIANI ; G. GMEL ; B. JANIN JACQUAT ; R. KNIBBE ; L. KUBICKA ; T. LECOMTE ; P. MILLER ; M. PLANT ; F. SPAK | Berlin : Institute for Medical Informatics Biostastistics and Epidemiology | 1999Far less research on women's drinking behaviour has taken place within Europe, despite the fact that there are a number of important reasons to focus on European women's drinking. There is no single drinking culture in Europe. In fact, Europe is[...]Article : Périodique
U. GRITTNER ; S. KUNTSCHE ; G. GMEL ; K. BLOOMFIELD |BACKGROUND: International comparisons of social inequalities in alcohol use have not been extensively investigated. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of country-level characteristics and individual socio-economic status ([...]Article : Périodique
Risky single-occasion drinking (RSOD) is more common in late adolescence and early adulthood (approximately between the ages of 16 and 30) than in any other period in life. This is also the age when young people in Switzerland and many other Eur[...]Article : Périodique
K. GRAHAM ; S. BERNARDS ; R. KNIBBE ; S. KAIROUZ ; S. KUNTSCHE ; S. C. WILSNACK ; T. K. GREENFIELD ; P. DIETZE ; I. OBOT ; G. GMEL |AIMS This paper examines (i) gender and country differences in negative consequences related to drinking; (ii) relative rates of different consequences; and (iii) country-level predictors of consequences. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Multi[...]Rapport
M. WICKI ; G. GMEL ; H. KUENDIG ; E. SCHNEIDER ; N. BERTHOLET ; M. FAOUZI | Lausanne : Addiction Suisse | 2018Si rien n'a changé pour les bars et restaurants, il est depuis 2015 interdit de vendre de la bière et des alcools forts à l'emporter après 21 h dans le canton de Vaud ; en ville de Lausanne, la limite est même fixée à 20 h. L'étude réalisée sur [...]Périodique
Ce rapport présente plusieurs axes relatifs aux jeux de hasard et d'argent et au jeu problématique. Comment comprendre l'évolution de ce type de problématique dans une société? C'est au travers d'une analyse sur les représentations sociales en S[...]Article : Périodique
OBJECTIVES: The present study is designed to estimate the health impact of alcohol consumption in terms of the number of deaths and person-years of life lost (PYLL) in Switzerland. To that end, three hypothetical situations have been compared to[...]Article : Périodique
Y. HENCHOZ ; A. A. N'GORAN ; S. BAGGIO ; S. DELINE ; J. STUDER ; G. GMEL |Purpose: This study aimed to determine if the associations between age at cannabis first use and mental health and depression persist after controlling for the misuse of cannabis, other illicit drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. Methods: Baseline d[...]Bulletin : Périodique
Dépendances, n°4 - Avril 1998 - Balade au pays du tabac
G. GMEL ; M. MEYER ; T. ABELIN ; G. KUNZI ; C. GAFNER ; C. JEANRENAUD ; RIELLE J.-C. ; A. MENETREY ; V. EL FEHRI | 1998Article : Périodique
G. GMEL ; J. REHM ; E. KUNTSCHE |Objective: To give an overview of prevalence, trends, and outcomes of binge drinking defined as drinking a high amount of alcohol on one occasion with a focus on European research. Method: Qualitative review based on a computer-assisted search[...]Article : Périodique
J. B. DAEPPEN ; J. GAUME ; P. BADY ; B. YERSIN ; J. M. CALMES ; J. C. GIVEL ; G. GMEL |Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of brief alcohol intervention (BAI) in reducing alcohol use among hazardous drinkers treated in the emergency department (ED) after an injury; in addition it tests whether assessment of alcohol use without BAI[...]Article : Périodique
Brief alcohol interventions (BAI) have shown the potential to decrease problematic alcohol use among adolescents and young adults. Most of the BAI studies have been efficacy trials designed to achieve high internal validity but have raised quest[...]Rapport
R. MULLER ; E. BACHER ; H. FAHRENKRUG ; G. GMEL ; M. GRAF ; MESSERLI J. ; M. MEYER ; H. SCHMID ; SIDLER J. | Lausanne : Institut Suisse de Prévention de l'Alcoolisme et autres toxicomanies (SFA / ISPA) | 2004Ce rapport présente les chiffres et les modèles actuels de consommation en Suisse, fait état de l'évolution des positions sur l'usage de cannabis, résume les résultats des études récentes sur les effets de la consommation de cannabis sur la sant[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; Y. HENCHOZ ; J. STUDER ; S. DELINE ; A. N’GORAN ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |Background and aims: Few studies have examined whether subjective experiences during first cannabis use are related to other illicit drug (OID) use. This study investigated this topic. Methods: Baseline data from a representative sample of youn[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: According to the gateway hypothesis, tobacco use is a gateway of cannabis use. However, there is increasing evidence that cannabis use also predicts the progression of tobacco use (reverse gateway hypothesis). Unfortunately, the impo[...]Article : Périodique
G. GMEL ; J. GAUME ; C. WILLI ; P. A. MICHAUD ; J. CORNUZ ; J. B. DAEPPEN |3,537 men enrolling in 2007 for mandatory army recruitment procedures were assessed for the co-occurrence of risky licit substance use among risky cannabis users. Risky cannabis use was defined as at least twice weekly; risky alcohol use as 6+ d[...]Article : Périodique
PURPOSE: To determine changes in the prevalence of reasons for drinking and their associations with alcohol use among adolescents in Switzerland from 1994 to 2002. METHOD: Based on national representative samples of 3792 alcohol-using students i[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Revue de la littérature destinée à caractériser au mieux les influences des individus européens qui abusent ponctuellement de l'alcool ("binge drinking"). Elle a notamment utilisé les données de l'enquête Espad. Une variété de caract[...]Rapport
6.7% de personnes ont fait usage au moins un fois d'e-cigarettes (dans leur vie). Part sensiblement plus élevée chez les hommes (8.3%), en Suisse italienne (13.2%), chez les 15-19 ans (15.8%) et 20-24 ans (16.1%) et chez les personnes en formati[...]Article : Périodique
A. ROUGEMONT-BUCKING ; H. JUNGABERLE ; M. SCHEIDEGGER ; M. C. G. MERLO ; V. S. GRAZIOLI ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL ; J. STUDER |Differences in mental health (MH) of users of distinct psychoactive substances have been shown. Both substance use (SU) and MH in users are influenced by stressful life events. This study compared MH parameters in distinct groups of substance us[...]Article : Périodique
J. BOND ; C. J. CHERPITEL ; Y. YE ; G. BORGES ; S. P. CHOU ; S. CHUN ; H. SOVINOVA ; G. GMEL |This study compares dose-response injury risk estimates for two control periods defined as the same 6-hour period the week prior and the set of all non-sleeping 6-hour periods over the past year. Dose-response injury risk estimates for the multi[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; J. STUDER ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |Background: Simultaneous polydrug use (SPU) may represent a greater incremental risk factor for human health than concurrent polydrug use (CPU). However, few studies have examined these patterns of use in relation to health issues, particularly [...]Document texte divers
GROUPE DE TRAVAIL MONITORING CANNABIS ; B. ANNAHEIM ; S. ARNAUD ; F. DUBOIS-ARBER ; G. GMEL ; G. L. ISENRING ; M. KILLIAS ; M. MULLER ; NEUENSCHWANDER M. ; J. REHM ; F. ZOBEL | Berne : OFSP ; Office Fédéral de la Santé Publique | 2005La consommation de cannabis est largement répandue en Suisse, particulièrement chez les adolescents et les jeunes adultes. Les prévalences de consommation ont nettement augmenté au cours des années 90 mais on ne dispose pas pour les derniers tro[...]Rapport
S. LOCICIRO ; L. NOTARI ; G. GMEL ; S. PIN | Lausanne : Unisanté - Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique | Raisons de santé, ISSN 1660-7104 | 2019Sur mandat de l'Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP), la fondation Addiction Suisse et l'Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive du CHUV (IUMSP) ont mis en commun les données existantes sur la consommation de substances lé[...]Article : Périodique
A. ALLAMANI ; F. VOLLER ; A. DECARLI ; V. CASOTTO ; K. PANTZER ; P. ANDERSON ; A. GUAL ; S. MATRAI ; Z. ELEKES ; I. EISENBACH-STANGL ; G. SCHMIED ; R. A. KNIBBE ; S. NORDLUND ; O. SKJAELAAEN ; B. OLSSON ; J. CISNEROS ORNBERG ; E. OSTERBERG ; T. KARLSSON ; M. PLANT ; P. MILLER ; N. COGHILL ; G. SWIATKIEWICZ ; L. WIECZOREK ; B. ANNAHEIM ; G. GMEL |Beginning with France in the 1950s, alcohol consumption has decreased in Southern European countries with few or no preventive alcohol policy measures being implemented, while alcohol consumption has been increasing in Northern European countrie[...]Article : Périodique
D. FUSTER ; J. STUDER ; G. GMEL ; N. BERTHOLET |Background: Information about correlates of cannabis vaping in Europe is scarce. Methods: In a cohort of 1613 Swiss young males currently using cannabis, we used logistic regression, adjusting for age, linguistic region and education to assess [...]Article : Périodique
J. REHM ; S. MARMET ; P. ANDERSON ; A. GUAL ; L. KRAUS ; D. J. NUTT ; R. ROOM ; A. V. SAMOKHVALOV ; E. SCAFATO ; M. TRAPENCIERIS ; R. W. WIERS ; G. GMEL |Aims: The aim of the study was to explore whether the concept of heavy substance use over time can be used as definition of substance use disorder. Methods: Narrative review. Results: Heavy use over time clearly underlies the neurobiological[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Les données recueillies dans le cadre des deux grandes enquêtes sur la santé réalisées en Suisse fournissent des informations sur l'évolution des modes de consommation des analgésiques, des somnifères et des tranquillisants. Les comp[...]Article : Périodique
E. KUNTSCHE ; G. GMEL ; M. WICKI ; J. REHM ; E. GRICHTING |ENGLISH : OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between adolescent risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) and gender, age, and the relative age position of students within their class. METHOD: A cross-sectional national representative sample[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: High volumes of alcohol consumption and risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) among university students have been shown to be associated with considerable harm to both those who consume alcohol and their fellow students. The vast maj[...]Article : Périodique
G. GMEL ; HEEB J.-L. ; REZNY L. ; J. REHM ; M. MOHLER-KUO |Objective: To examine the association between drinking patterns and alcohol-related traffic casualties. Study design: Data linkage of cross-sectional survey data on alcohol consumption with official traffic casualty records. Methods: Alcohol con[...]Article : Périodique
G. GMEL ; S. BAGGIO ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; J. STUDER |QUESTION UNDER STUDY: To test longitudinally differences in conventional cigarette use (cigarettes smoked, cessation, quit attempts) between vapers and nonvapers. METHODS: Fifteen months follow-up of a sample of 5 128 20-year-old Swiss men. The[...]Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Sur 211 personnes interrogées, fréquentant les soirées rave, 108 prétendent avoir pris de l'ecstasy au moins une fois dans leur vie. Alors que les non consommateurs d'ecstasy ont éventuellement pris du cannabis (33 %), les usagers d'[...]Article : Périodique
N. BERTHOLET ; E. SCHMUTZ ; J. STUDER ; A. ADAM ; G. GMEL ; J. A. CUNNINGHAM ; J. McNEELY ; J. B. DAEPPEN |Objective: To estimate the effects of providing access to an alcohol intervention based on a smartphone. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Four higher education institutions in Switzerland. Participants: 1770 students (> =18 yea[...]Article : Périodique
J. B. DAEPPEN ; N. BERTHOLET ; J. GAUME ; C. FORTINI ; M. FAOUZI ; G. GMEL |Background: Brief motivational intervention (BMI) is one of the few effective strategies targeting alcohol consumption, but has not been tested in young men in the community. We evaluated the efficacy of BMI in reducing alcohol use and related p[...]Périodique
G. GMEL | 1995FRANÇAIS : Les résultats présentés ici sont extraits de la première enquête suisse sur la consommation de drogues illégales. Il existe des différences de comportement parmi les consommateurs des trois régions linguistiques, entre les différents[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators, estimate th[...]Rapport
S. ARNAUD ; S. INGLIN ; J. M. CHABLOZ ; J. P. GERVASONI ; L. NOTARI ; G. GMEL ; F. DUBOIS-ARBER | Lausanne : Unisanté - Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique | Raisons de santé, ISSN 1660-7104 | 2009Sur la base de l'enquête de population réalisée dans le cadre de ce mandat, nous avons pu observer que la majorité de l'échantillon a conscience de la dépendance que peut provoquer la pratique des jeux de hasard et d'argent, ainsi que de son imp[...]Article : Périodique
K. BLOOMFIELD ; G. GMEL ; S. WILSNACK ; P. MÄKELÄ ; U. GRITTNER ; H. KUENDIG ; S. KUNTSCHE ; R. ROOM ; R. A. KNIBBE ; M. DERICKX ; S. KRAMER ; G. RAHAV ; R. WILSNACK |Introduction to special issue 'Gender, culture and alcohol problems: a multi-national study'. Drinking patterns and their gender differences in Europe. A comparison of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) in general population su[...]Rapport
K. BLOOMFIELD ; A. ALLAMANI ; F. BECK ; K. H. BERGMARK ; L. CSEMY ; I. EISENBACH-STANGL ; Z. ELEKES ; G. GMEL ; F. KERR-CORREA ; R. KNIBBE ; P. MÄKELÄ ; M. MONTEIRO ; M. E. MEDINA-MORA ; S. NORDLUND ; I. OBOT ; M. PLANT ; G. RAHAV ; M. ROMERO MENDOZA | Berlin : Institut for Medical Informatics, Biometrics & Epidemiology | 2005Research objectives : The specific research objectives of the present concerted action "Gender, Culture and Alcohol Problems" have been (1) to compare within countries men's and women's drinking patterns and drinking contexts; to compare across [...]Article : Périodique
K. D. SHIELD ; M. RYLETT ; G. GMEL ; T. A. K. KEHOE-CHAN ; J. REHM |Aims: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of life-time abstainers, former drinkers and current drinkers, adult per-capita consumption of alcohol and pattern of drinking scores, by country and Global Burden of Disease region for 2005, and[...]Article : Périodique
P. DERMOTA ; J. WANG ; M. DEY ; G. GMEL ; J. STUDER ; M. MOHLER-KUO |Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to describe health literacy and its association with substance use among young men. Methods: The present study was part of the Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors that included 11,930 Swis[...]Article : Périodique
Objective: To determine the influence of six determining variables on the shape of the risk curve between alcohol and all-cause mortality. Methods: Data: Based on a systematic search with clear inclusion criteria, all articles on alcohol and all[...]Périodique
E. KUNTSCHE ; R. KNIBBE ; G. GMEL ; R. ENGELS | 2006AIMS: To investigate among adolescents whether (i) drinking motives are related to beverage preference; (ii) beverage preference is related to alcohol use (drinking levels and risky drinking occasions); (iii) the association between beverage pre[...]Article : Périodique
C. DRUMMOND ; A. GUAL ; C. GOOS ; C. GODFREY ; P. DELUCA ; C. VON DER GOLTZ ; G. GMEL ; E. SCAFATO ; A. WOLSTENHOLME ; K. MANN ; S. COULTON ; E. KANER |AIMS: A literature review of existing research on the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and availability of alcohol interventions in Europe was conducted. The review also explored what is known about the gap between need and provision o[...]Article : Périodique
N. BERTHOLET ; J. A. CUNNINGHAM ; M. FAOUZI ; J. GAUME ; G. GMEL ; B. BURNAND ; J. B. DAEPPEN |Aim: To test the efficacy of an internet-based brief intervention (IBI) in decreasing alcohol use among young Swiss men aged 21 years on average. Design: Two parallel-group randomized controlled trial with a 1 : 1 allocation ratio containing fo[...]Article : Périodique
J. GAUME ; G. GMEL ; M. FAOUZI ; N. BERTHOLET ; J. B. DAEPPEN |BACKGROUND: Heavy drinking is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in young men. Brief motivational intervention (BMI) has shown promising results for young people, but has never been tested in young men in the community who volu[...]Périodique
G. GMEL | 1998FRANÇAIS : 953 personnes ont été interrogées en 1987 puis en 1995, sur leur consommation de cannabis au cours de leur vie. Le moment de la première consommation est relevé. On observe 95% de réponses cohérentes, et on considère les réponses com[...]Article : Périodique
Background and Aims: Low-risk alcohol drinking guidelines require a scientific basis that extends beyond individual or group judgements of risk. Life-time mortality risks, judged against established thresholds for acceptable risk, may provide su[...]Article : Périodique
M. PLANT ; P. MILLER ; S. KUNTSCHE ; G. GMEL ; S. AHLSTRÖM ; A. ALLAMANI ; F. BECK ; K. BERGMARK ; K. BLOOMFIELD ; L. CSEMY ; Z. ELEKES ; R. KNIBBE ; L. KRAUS ; OLAFSDOTTIR H. ; I. ROSSOW ; A. VIDAL |This paper examines the drinking behaviour of young adults aged 24-32 who were married or were cohabiting. Data on this subject were available from surveys in 10 European countries. These were carried out under the auspices of the major investig[...]Périodique
G. GMEL ; K. GRAHAM ; H. KUENDIG ; S. KUNTSCHE | 2006FRANÇAIS : La méthode GF (graduated frequency) utilise un questionnaire d'auto-évaluation comportant une série de questions pour estimer la fréquence de consommation en fonction des quantités de boissons consommées. Elle permet de mesurer la v[...]Rapport
F. ZOBEL ; G. GMEL ; F. BECK ; J. MATHIAS ; S. MOLINARO ; T. PFEIFFER-GERSCHEL ; M. WEIGL | Lausanne : Addiction Suisse | 2016Cette étude d'Addiction Suisse, mandatée par l'OFSP, montre que le marché et la consommation de cannabis en Suisse sont souvent plus proches des pays voisins latins que germaniques. Cette première analyse régionale met aussi en évidence que les [...]Rapport
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G. GMEL ; J. STUDER ; S. DELINE ; S. BAGGIO ; A. N'GORAN ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN |OBJECTIVE: In general population survey instruments that measure volume of drinking, additional questions and shorter reference periods yield higher volumes. Comparison studies have focused on volume but not on associations between volume and co[...]Congrès
There are several indications that multiple use of illicit drugs has become a more common behavioural pattern among drug users in Switzerland. Often illicit drugs are combined with legal substances like alcohol, tobacco and medical drugs. This s[...]Article : Périodique
This study explored the links between having older siblings who get drunk, satisfaction with the parent–adolescent relationship, parental monitoring, and adolescents' risky drinking. Regression models were conducted based on a national represent[...]Périodique
H. FAHRENKRUG ; G. GMEL | 1996FRANÇAIS : Quelles drogues ont les effets les plus prononcés ou le plus fort potentiel addictif ? La SFA a réuni 15 experts autour de ces questions. L'héroïne vient évidemment en tête, tabac et cocaïne se situant au même niveau de capacité à in[...]Article : Périodique
J. STUDER ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; P. DERMOTA ; J. GAUME ; N. BERTHOLET ; C. EIDENBENZ ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the differences between those who gave informed consent to a study on substance use and those who did not, and to analyze whether differences changed with varying nonconsent rates. Method: Cross-[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; J. STUDER ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is increasing among the general population, particularly among teenagers and young adults. Although prescription drugs are considered safer than illicit street drugs, NMUPD can lead to detrimental co[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS: To assess changes between 1996 and 2006 in alcohol use and dependence in the general population of Geneva, Switzerland. METHODS: Postal surveys of alcohol consumption patterns in representative samples of the general population were compar[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; J. STUDER ; S. DELINE ; A. N'GORAN ; M. DUPUIS ; Y. HENCHOZ ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |This study investigates the potential stages of drug use. Data from the longitudinal Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors were used (N = 5,116). Drug use (alcohol, tobacco, and 16 illicit drugs) over the previous 12 months was assessed at [...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; A. N'GORAN ; S. DELINE ; J. STUDER ; M. DUPUIS ; Y. HENCHOZ ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |Background and Aims: To test prospective associations between cannabis disorder symptoms/frequency of cannabis use and health issues and to investigate stability versus transience in cannabis use trajectories. Design: Two waves of data collect[...]Article : Périodique
N. BERTHOLET ; J. GAUME ; M. FAOUZI ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |BACKGROUND: The amount a person drinks can be influenced by their perception of drinking by others. AIM: We studied whether perception of the amount of drinking by others (same age and sex) is associated with one's own current drinking, and the [...]Document texte divers
I. ABDERHALDEN ; A. R. BARTH ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; ERARD L. ; U. FRICK ; G. GMEL ; M. GRAF ; S. MEIER ; J. REHM ; M. RIHS-MIDDEL | Groupe de travail : Politiques publiques suisses en matière d'alcool | 2004Le groupe de travail, s'appuyant sur l'ouvrage intitulé "Alcohol: no ordinary commodity. Research and public policy" (Babor et al., 2003) qui traite des politiques publiques en matière d"alcool, a dressé une liste des bonnes pratiques recommandé[...]Article : Périodique
S. HAUG ; C. LOPEZ NUNEZ ; J. BECKER ; G. GMEL ; M. SCHAUB |BACKGROUND: The use of cannabis and other illegal drugs is particularly prevalent in male young adults and is associated with severe health problems. This longitudinal study explored variables associated with the onset of cannabis use and the on[...]Article : Périodique
J. REHM ; P. ANDERSON ; J. BARRY ; P. DIMITROV ; Z. ELEKES ; F. FEIJAO ; U. FRICK ; A. GUAL ; G. Jr. GMEL ; L. KRAUS ; S. MARMET ; J. RANINEN ; M. X. REHM ; E. SCAFATO ; K. D. SHIELD ; M. TRAPENCIERIS ; G. GMEL |Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and alcohol dependence (AD) in particular, are prevalent and associated with a large burden of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of AD in the European Union (EU), Iceland, No[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; J. STUDER ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY / PRINCIPLES: The main aim of this study was to investigate profiles of drug users, with a particular focus on illicit drugs other than cannabis, and to explore the effect of early-onset intensive use (drunkenness, daily sm[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; K. IGLESIAS ; N. FOURNIER ; J. STUDER ; A. N'GORAN ; S. DELINE ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; G. GMEL |Background. So far few studies have focused on the last steps of drug-use trajectories. Heroin has been described as a final stage, but the non-medical use of prescription opioids (NMUPOs) is often associated with heroin use. There is, however, [...]Article : Périodique
G. GMEL ; V. VENZIN ; K. MARMET ; G. DANKO ; F. LABHART |Objectives: To show the effectiveness of a brief group alcohol intervention. Aims of the intervention were to reduce the frequency of heavy drinking occasions, maximum number of drinks on an occasion and overall weekly consumption. Methods: A c[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; M. DUPUIS ; J. STUDER ; S. SPILKA ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; O. SIMON ; A. BERCHTOLD ; G. GMEL |Background and aims: Evidence-based and reliable measures of addictive disorders are needed in general population-based assessments. One study suggested that heavy use over time (UOT) should be used instead of self-reported addiction scales (AS)[...]Article : Périodique
B. ANNAHEIM ; T. J. SCOTTO ; G. GMEL |Cannabis use among adolescents and young adults has become a major public health challenge. Several European countries are currently developing short screening instruments to identify 'problematic' forms of cannabis use in general population sur[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS To review the concept of binge drinking as a measure of risky single occasion drinking (RSOD), to illustrate its differential impact on selected health outcomes and to identify research gaps. METHODS Narrative literature review with focus[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; S. DELINE ; J. STUDER ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |PURPOSE: Little is known regarding cannabis administration routes for nonmedical use - that is, its delivery methods (e.g., joints, water pipe, food). Therefore, we examined the prevalence rates of different cannabis delivery methods and assesse[...]Article : Périodique
E. CHARITONIDI ; J. STUDER ; J. GAUME ; G. GMEL ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; N. BERTHOLET |BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status (SES) is often inversely related to health outcomes and is likely to play a role in the use of psychoactive substances among young individuals, although little consensus exists on the association between SES and [...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; M. DUPUIS ; Y. HENCHOZ ; J. STUDER ; A. A. N’GORAN ; G. GMEL |FRANÇAIS : Position du problème : Le capital social est décrit comme étant un facteur de protection pour la consommation de substances chez les jeunes. Cependant, il peut aussi être associé à des comportements néfastes pour la santé. La présent[...]Rapport
En Suisse, plus de 30 % des 15 à 25 ans fument. La consommation de tabac apparaît en recul parmi les 15 à 17 ans, mais elle a augmenté chez les jeunes adultes ces dernières années. Malgré la baisse enregistrée chez les ados, il reste encore beau[...]Article : Périodique
B. T. KERRIDGE ; T. D. SAHA ; G. GMEL ; J. REHM |Background: With preparations currently being made for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition (DSM-5), one prominent issue to resolve is whether alcohol use disorders are better represented as discrete categorical [...]Article : Périodique
L. KRAUS ; A. PABST ; D. PIONTEK ; G. GMEL ; K. D. SHIELD ; H. FRICK ; J. REHM |AIMS: Trends in morbidity and mortality, fully or partially attributable to alcohol, for adults aged 18-64 were assessed for Germany. METHODS: The underestimation of population exposure was corrected by triangulating survey data with per capita[...]Article : Périodique
R. P. OGEIL ; C. X. GAO ; J. REHM ; G. GMEL ; B. LLOYD |Background and Aims: Alcohol consumption is an avoidable risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Studies have examined relative risks and outcomes of alcohol-related harms in Australia at discrete times, limiting the ability to examine changes [...]Article : Périodique
Background and Aims: Monitoring trends of alcohol-attributable mortality is an integral part of the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. However, mortality estimates based on different age ranges come to different conclusions. T[...]Article : Périodique
J. REHM ; G. E. GMEL ; G. GMEL ; O. S. M. HASAN ; S. IMTIAZ ; S. POPOVA ; C. PROBST ; M. ROERECKE ; R. ROOM ; A. V. SAMOKHVALOV ; K. D. SHIELD ; P. A. SHUPER |Background and aims: Alcohol use is a major contributor to injuries, mortality and the burden of disease. This review updates knowledge on risk relations between dimensions of alcohol use and health outcomes to be used in global and national Com[...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; J. STUDER ; S. DELINE ; M. MOHLER-KUO ; J. B. DAEPPEN ; G. GMEL |Introduction: In the present study, we examined the positive and negative subjective feelings associated with initial tobacco and cannabis use as well as the role of these experiences in regular use. Additionally, we investigated the effect of t[...]Article : Périodique
J. REHM ; R. ROOM ; K. GRAHAM ; M. MONTEIRO ; G. GMEL ; C. T. SEMPOS |AIMS: As part of a larger study to estimate the global burden of disease attributable to alcohol: to quantify the relationships between average volume of alcohol consumption, patterns of drinking and disease and injury outcomes, and to combine e[...]Article : Périodique
M. A. PLANT ; M. L. PLANT ; P. MILLER ; G. GMEL ; S. KUNTSCHE |A considerable amount of survey information was available from general population surveys carried out in six countries between 2000 and 2005. These studies were conducted under the auspices of Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study [...]Article : Périodique
S. BAGGIO ; S. SPILKA ; J. STUDER ; K. IGLESIAS ; G. GMEL |Aims: This study investigated patterns and trajectories of substance use, with a special focus on illicit drugs other than cannabis. It examined both patterns and trajectories of use among a general population-based sample. Methods: We used dat[...]Périodique
E. MAFFLI ; G. GMEL ; D. EFIONAYI-MADER | 1997FRANÇAIS : Le présent article propose une vue d'ensemble des données épidémiologiques disponibles jusqu'ici concernant l'usage d'analgésiques, de somnifères, de tranquillisants et de stimulants dans la population suisse. Cette synthèse englobe [...]Article : Périodique
R. A. KORCHA ; C. J. CHERPITEL ; J. WITBRODT ; G. BORGES ; S. HEJAZI-BAZARGAN ; J. C. BOND ; Y. YE ; G. GMEL |Introduction and Aims: The positive relationship between alcohol use, gender and violence-related injury is well established. However, less is known about injuries when alcohol is used in combination with other drugs. Design and Methods: Self-[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS: To investigate whether recorded alcohol per capita consumption of adults could be linked with alcohol drinking and smoking among adolescents. METHODS: Adult alcohol per capita has been plotted graphically together with the prevalence of cu[...]Périodique
E. KUNTSCHE ; R. KNIBBE ; G. GMEL ; R. ENGELS | 2006The aim was to review the empirical research carried out over the last 15 years on the characteristics of young people (10- to 25-year olds) who have specific motives for drinking. In a computer-assisted search of relevant literature, 82 studies[...]Article : Périodique
E. KUNTSCHE ; R. KNIBBE ; G. GMEL ; R. ENGELS |This article reviews evidence of adolescent and young adult drinking motives and their relation to possible consequences over the last 15 years. To this end, a computer-assisted search of relevant articles was conducted. Results revealed that mo[...]