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Windows of opportunity: Service users’ experiences of the continuum of care for the treatment of a substance use disorder

W Moyana; Marichen Van der Westhuizen*; AH Alpaslan

    Objectives: The continuum of care for the treatment of a substance use disorder provides a framework within which a variety of options are available to prevent and treat a substance use disorder. Within the South African context, there is a lack of information regarding how service users perceive and experience the different options within the continuum of care.


Neurophysiology of the dependence on chemical and psychogenic psychoactive factor

Baitubaev*; Baitubaeva

    The work shows the role of the autonomic nervous system in functioning of long-term memory, the identity of functioning of the mechanisms of long-term memory in the evolutionary adaptation of a man and dependence on psychoactive substances. It is shown that the dependences of the body on psychoactive substances are the states of progredient adaptation.


Isolation purification and characterization of protein from Litchi chinensis honey and generation of peptides

Debalina Bose; Manchikanti Padmavati; Rintu Banerjee*

    Objective: Food addiction is an eating disorder affecting the behavioral and neurological condition associated with BMI (Body mass index), BED (binge eating disorder) and obesity in human being. High-calorie foods, especially sugar, have an addictive potential. The conventional treatment processes involving cognitive behavioral therapy, mental health treatments and intake of drugs have acute side effects...


Depressive symptoms and self-efficacy as mediators between life stress and compulsive buying: A cross-cultural comparison

YW Koh; CSK Tang; YQ Gan; JY Kwon

    Objective: The objective of the present study is to postulate a model in which the pathways of life stress-Compulsive Buying (CB) can be explored. The model subjected to empirical testing considered life stress as antecedent variables, self-efficacy and depressive symptoms as mediators of these effects on CB across United States (US), China and South Korea college student samples.


Health and the healing process of recovery

Pascal Scoles

    Health has always been reflected in a person’s ability to take increasing control over his or her life process. In the community empowerment and transformation model of recovery, the person in recovery and the human service worker need to understand the relationship between individual and community challenges and implement best practices for partnering in the quest to achieve health and wellness...


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