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Risk of heavy drinking among sexual minority adolescents: Indirect pathways through sexual orientation‐related victimization and affiliation with substance‐using peers

Published by chris24 on March 28, 2016
Risk of heavy drinking among sexual minority adolescents: Indirect pathways through sexual orientation‐related victimization and affiliation with substance‐using peers

ConclusionsSexual minority adolescents in the US appear to exhibit increased heavy episodic drinking via an indirect socialization pathway including affiliations with substance‐using peers and a concurrent indirect pathway involving sexual minority‐related victimization. The pathways appear to operate similarly for boys and girls. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (S
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Off-Target Drug Effects Resulting in Altered Gene Expression Events with Epigenetic and “Quasi-Epigenetic” Origins

Publication date: Available online 26 March 2016 Source:Pharmacological Research Author(s): Stephen J. Anderson, Kristina M. Feye, Garrett R. Schmidt-McCormack, Emir Malovic, Gregory S.A. Mlynarczyk, Patricia Izbicki, Larissa F. Arnold, Matthew A. Jefferson, Bierlein M. de la Rosa, Rita F. Wehrman, KC Luna, Hilary Z. Hu, Naveen C. Kondru, Michael D. Kleinhenz, Joe S. Smith, Sirees
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The mesolimbic system and eating addiction: what sugar does and does not do

Publication date: June 2016 Source:Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Volume 9 Author(s): Johannes W De Jong, Louk JMJ Vanderschuren, Roger AH Adan Obesity and obesity-related disorders are a major threat to public health. It has been suggested that food addiction is a valid clinical concept and that food addiction is a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic. Research involving rest
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An Empirical Study of Personality Disorders Among Treatment-Seeking Problem Gamblers

Abstract
The primary aims of this study were to examine the prevalence of personality disorders in problem gamblers, to explore the relationship between personality disorders and problem gambling severity, and to explore the degree to which the psychological symptoms highlighted in the biosocial developmental model of borderline personality disorder (impulsivity, distress tolerance, subst
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Well: Seeking Painkillers in the Emergency Room

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