Individuals with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning are at increased risk to develop a substance use disorder—however, effective treatment programs adapted to this target group are scarce. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Take it Personal!+ in individuals with …

International students form a large subgroup of university college students in The Netherlands. Because little is known about substance use in this group, we investigated substance use and the perceptions thereof in a sample of 515 international students in a Dutch university city using an online survey. …

Purpose To explore the impact of having relatives with addiction problems on students’ health, substance use, social life, and cognitive functioning, and to establish possible contributions of the participants’ gender, type of relationship, and type of addiction of the relative(s). Methods A qualitative, …

Background Psychiatric comorbidity is high in adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with up to 90% having at least one additional condition, and two-thirds having two or more other diagnoses. With an increasing aging population in industrialized counties, knowing which psychiatric disorders …

Middelengebruik komt veel voor in Nederland en is het meest gangbaar onder studenten (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, z.d.). Er is kwantitatief onderzoek gedaan naar de prevalentie van alcohol, cannabis, cocaïne, ecstasy, amfetamine en paddo’s. Ook is de risicoperceptie van deze middelen …

Inspiratiesessie voor medewerkers en studenten van de Academie voor Gezondheidsstudies

Addiction problems impact not only the persons with these problems but also family members. This study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress, strain on health, study experiences, coping strategies, and access to support of students with relatives with addiction problems. Thirty …

Forensische diagnostiek.

Verslavingszorg en forensische verslavingszorg: Twee verschillende werelden?