A supportive environment with nurturing caregivers is essential for the healthy development of children. For children who have been exposed to extreme stress, such as humanitarian contexts, the need for strong, healthy, nurturing caregiver relationships may assume even greater importance. The Strong Families programme, a UNODC family skills intervention, is presented as an example of an intervention that aims to bridge this gap of interventions that meet the need for humanitarian and contexts of extreme stress.

Résumé

Les attitudes et les comportements des gens à l’égard du cannabis ont changé depuis sa légalisation en 2018. Le Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l’usage de substances (CCDUS) a financé des recherches pour examiner ces changements. 

À l’approche de l’examen législatif triennal de la Loi sur le cannabis, on s’intéresse de plus en plus à la compréhension de l’impact de la légalisation sur les habitudes de consommation, les comportements d’achat et les perceptions à l’égard de la consommation de cannabis. Comment les personnes vivant au Canada consomment et acquièrent du cannabis...

BACKGROUND

Alcohol abuse and addiction are a widespread problem that leads to a serious collision and pose a serious threat to individuals as well as to society as a whole. In addition to the health aspect of alcohol consumption, social and economic aspects should not be overlooked, as there is also evidence of a critical situation in these dimensions. Reducing alcohol consumption therefore remains not only a public health priority, but also a social and economic priority. It is always necessary to provide information about the current state of knowledge focused on alcohol consumption from...

INTRODUCTION

The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) concept is based on the results of an American population-based cohort study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1998. ACE is classified into three groups: abuse, neglect, and household challenges. The main goal of our work is the identification and description of factors affecting the psychosocial development of an individual in a family with a parent with a long-term addiction in relation to the development of a criminal career.

METHODS

The main research method was represented by the life stories of the...

BACKGROUND:

In December 2019, the Chinese government reported patients with viral pneumonia caused by a new beta coronavirus in Wuhan. In a very short time, the virus spread around the world, causing a global pandemic referred to as COVID-19. The situation escalated and states resorted to implementing strict social distancing and isolating measures.

AIM:

The main aim of the article was to determine whether there could be a relationship between a potential interest in information retrieval and a subsequent possible change in preferences and behaviour in relation to selected performance...