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Auteur R. J. WILLIAMS |
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Casino self‐exclusion is a procedure by which individuals can have themselves banned from entering a casino. One of the purposes of this paper is to present information about the availability and features of these programmes. A second purpose is[...]![]()
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R. J. WILLIAMS ; S. Y. CHANG | 2000ENGLISH : There are relatively few studies on adolescent substance abuse treatment. The ones that exist tend to be methodologically weak. Methodologically stronger studies have usually found most adolescents receiving treatment to have signifi[...]![]()
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R. T. WOOD ; R. J. WILLIAMS | 2009Beginning in the early to mid-1990s, as Internet access expanded into workplaces and private residences, gamblers in Western societies were introduced to a new realm of gambling opportunities, based on the Internet. Each of the traditional forms[...]![]()
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Frequent substance use has a strong association with poor mental health. The relationship between infrequent substance use and mental health is less clear. The present study investigated this relationship in a large group (n = 2118) of 12-19-yea[...]![]()
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R. J. WILLIAMS ; GOODALE L. A. ; SHAY-FIDDLER M. A. ; GLOSTER S. P. ; S. Y. CHANG | 2004ENGLISH : The prevalence of methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine misuse and abuse was examined in 450 adolescents referred for substance abuse treatment. Twenty three percent reported nonmedical use of these substances and six percent were di[...]![]()
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Parental awareness of adolescent substance use was investigated in a high school sample of 985 adolescents and their parents. Only 39% of parents were aware their adolescent used tobacco, only 34% were aware of alcohol use, and only 11% were awa[...]![]()
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R. J. WILLIAMS ; MC DERMITT D. R. ; L. D. BERTRAND ; R. M. DAVIS | 2003ENGLISH : Parental awareness of adolescent substance use was investigated in a high school sample of 985 adolescents and their parents. Only 39% of parents were aware their adolescent used tobacco, only 34% were aware of alcohol use, and only [...]![]()
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R. J. WILLIAMS ; B. L. WEST ; R. I. SIMPSON | 2012The past 15 years has seen a considerable amount of interest and effort being put into developing strategies to prevent problem gambling. Unfortunately, the development, implementation, and evaluation of most of these initiatives has been a haph[...]![]()
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The legitimacy of government-sponsored gambling and its continued expansion depends in part on the impact that gambling has on society and the extent to which gambling revenue is derived from vulnerable individuals. The purpose of the present ar[...]![]()
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R. J. WILLIAMS ; N. R. NOWATZKI | 2005The validity of self-report of substance use was examined in 367 adolescents referred for a substance use assessment between 1996 and 2000. Referrals came from a wide variety of sources, including pediatricians, the courts, and social services, [...]