Demand for Developmentally Informed Prevention Strategies
There are well documented risk factors associated with developing substance use disorder across all age groups. A recent study from IUPUI...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 6, 2020
- 2 min
Youth Offending: Excitement versus Skills
Offending in young people is deeply entwined with impulsive behavior and particular group norms. This is supported by a recent study...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 2, 2018
- 3 min
Young People In Trouble: Cannabis or Character?
More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States. In other parts of the world, cannabis use has become almost as...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 2, 2018
- 3 min
Five Problem Drinking Sub-Types
Alcohol abuse is more complicated than simply drinking too much. There may be five separate types of problem drinkers, according to Penn...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 19, 2018
- 2 min
Education Not Income Predicts Child Health
Parents educated beyond high school invest more in family health care, reducing the likelihood of adverse medical conditions despite...
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Phil Harris
- Aug 10, 2018
- 2 min
Predicting Long Term Outcomes for Boys with ADHD
A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 19, 2018
- 4 min
Early Onset Puberty Also Predicts Substance Involvement in Males
In lectures on adolescent development I always draw peoples attention to the additional risk of drug and alcohol involvement faced by...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 10, 2018
- 2 min
Poly-User Have Lower Recovery Rates
In lecturers and treatment design I often discuss the more positive outcomes and shorter treatment duration for primary drinkers as...
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Phil Harris
- May 20, 2018
- 8 min
Cannabis-Gateway Revisited Special
A great deal of my work with young people draws n research that demonstrates that drug and alcohol use evolves through the interplay of...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 11, 2018
- 1 min
Cannabis Decriminalized: What Does The Research Tell Us?
Cannabis was recently legalized in Oregon for recreational use. Interestingly, follow-up research showed that increased availability did...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 11, 2018
- 1 min
PROSPER: The Most Effective Prevention Program Ever?
A new drug and alcohol prevention program, PROSPER, has published its 6.5 years follow-up data. Based on the well designed and randomized...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 27, 2017
- 3 min
Young People Abandon Risk Taking Behavior
Studies from the US is showing a huge decline in risk taking behavior in young people. Reductions in smoking tobacco, the principle...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 12, 2017
- 1 min
Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Risk of Addiction Revealed
A new study has found what might be the link between the increased risk of developing alcohol problems after exposure to alcohol in the...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 15, 2017
- 1 min
More Cannabis but the Same People
I was very intrigued by the presentations of clients seeking help with legal highs or new psycho-active substances. For a period of...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 11, 2017
- 2 min
Gateway Theory Revisited
There is a great deal of confusion between "Stepping Stone Theory" and "Gateway Theory" in terms of understanding the evolution of drug...
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