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Resolving problems associated with alcohol and drug misuse: understanding relations between addictive behavior change and the use of services
(Résoudre les problèmes associés à l'abus d'alcool et de drogues : comprendre les liens entre les changements de comportement et le recours aux services de soins)
Auteur(s) :
TUCKER, J. A.
Année :
2001
Page(s) :
1501-1518
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
64
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2001, 36, (11), 1501-1518
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
"Natural resolutions" highlight how influences on addictive behavior change may differ from and interact with influences on the use of substance-related services. These distinct literatures are summarized and implicate extra-therapeutic environmental variables in both processes. Whether assisted by interventions or not, stable resolutions are surrounded by environmental contexts characterized by improved circumstances across several years that bracket cessation of substance misuse. Psychosocial problems associated with substance use increase help-seeking, and interventions enhance improvements that typically follow initial resolution. Implications for promoting help-seeking and behavior change and necessary revisions in conventional views about relations between the processes are discussed. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept. Hlth. Behav., Univ. Alabama Birmingham, Sch. Public Hlth, 1665 Univ. Blvd, 227 Ryals, Birmingham, AL 35294. E-mail : jtucker@uab.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.