Health

Marijuana users substitute alcohol at 21

A recent study looked at marijuana and alcohol use in people between the ages of 18 and 24. It's probably not surprising that the results show a drastic increase in alcohol consumption in people just over 21; after all, that's ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Parent, child well-being affected by schooling mode during COVID-19

Children not receiving in-person school instruction and their parents have worse mental, emotional, and physical health outcomes, according to research published in the March 19 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Attention deficit disorders

Individual training of parents is best for small children with ADHD

A major research project from a collaborative of university researchers finds that individual behavioural treatment and support for parents of preschool children with ADHD is significantly better than what is currently routinely ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Breaking the cycle of mental illness with early intervention

Severe mental illness such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia have a tremendous impact not only on the affected individual, but on their families. Children of parents with severe mental illness ...

Addiction

Study reveals extent of addictions in Alberta

Addictions directly affect up to one in five Albertan adults. They involve alcohol, gambling, legal and illicit drugs and a variety of other substances and types of behaviour.

Addiction

For homeless on heroin, treatment can be elusive with no ID

Nearly two decades of using heroin and a year of living on the streets of Philadelphia had led Steven Kemp to a simple conclusion: It was time to get sober. But when he staggered into a detox facility on a recent Friday night, ...

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