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Ferri, Marica; Ballotta, Danilo; Carra, Giuseppe; Dias, Sonia – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
Regional drug strategies and action plans are intergovernmental policy documents that address drug-related problems. This article analyses six of these strategies, involving 148 countries in four continents. We focus in particular on how the prevention of drug-related problems is described, and if a comprehensive approach (such as environmental…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Prevention, Cross Cultural Studies, Strategic Planning
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Wenzel, Hanne Gro; Dahl, Alv A. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
Recent evidence indicates that more and more women gamble and develop gambling problems and pathological gambling (PG). Research has further indicated that female and male PGs differ in their clinical characteristics. The aim of this study is to do a critical review of the literature concerning clinical characteristics of female pathological…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Therapy, Addictive Behavior, Risk