Offending in young people is deeply entwined with impulsive behavior and particular group norms. This is supported by a recent study that found young burgla...

More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States. In other parts of the world, cannabis use has become almost as regular as tobacco use amo...

Alcohol abuse is more complicated than simply drinking too much. There may be five separate types of problem drinkers, according to Penn State researchers, a...

Parents educated beyond high school invest more in family health care, reducing the likelihood of adverse medical conditions despite differences in family in...

A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a group of boys diagn...

In lectures on adolescent development I always draw peoples attention to the additional risk of drug and alcohol involvement faced by young women who hit pub...

In lecturers and treatment design I often discuss the more positive outcomes and shorter treatment duration for primary drinkers as opposed to drug users. T...

A great deal of my work with young people draws n research that demonstrates that drug and alcohol use evolves through the interplay of multiple risk factors...

Cannabis was recently legalized in Oregon for recreational use. Interestingly, follow-up research showed that increased availability did not see an increase...

A new drug and alcohol prevention program, PROSPER, has published its 6.5 years follow-up data. Based on the well designed and randomized methodology, it is...

Studies from the US is showing a huge decline in risk taking behavior in young people. Reductions in smoking tobacco, the principle gateway substance, may n...

A new study has found what might be the link between the increased risk of developing alcohol problems after exposure to alcohol in the womb. Whilst it is n...

I was very intrigued by the presentations of clients seeking help with legal highs or new psycho-active substances. For a period of time, these substances w...

There is a great deal of confusion between "Stepping Stone Theory" and "Gateway Theory" in terms of understanding the evolution of drug and alcohol use acros...

More evidence emerges to support the use of trajectory models with young people. Research by Professor Patrica Conrod targeted young people at risk of early ...

A recent study found that the more days a child missed of pre-school created greater disparities in their educational attainment across school life.On avera...

The effects of poverty on human psychology is an under-researched area. However, new insights from brain scanning and cognitive testing is revealing an inte...

A great deal of my recent work in addiction and mental health has been focused on understanding and addressing divergent patterns of drug and alcohol involve...