Demand for Developmentally Informed Prevention Strategies
There are well documented risk factors associated with developing substance use disorder across all age groups. A recent study from IUPUI...
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Phil Harris
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Youth Offending: Excitement versus Skills
Offending in young people is deeply entwined with impulsive behavior and particular group norms. This is supported by a recent study...
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Phil Harris
Dec 2, 20183 min read
Young People In Trouble: Cannabis or Character?
More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States. In other parts of the world, cannabis use has become almost as...
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Phil Harris
Dec 2, 20183 min read
Five Problem Drinking Sub-Types
Alcohol abuse is more complicated than simply drinking too much. There may be five separate types of problem drinkers, according to Penn...
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Phil Harris
Oct 19, 20182 min read
Education Not Income Predicts Child Health
Parents educated beyond high school invest more in family health care, reducing the likelihood of adverse medical conditions despite...
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Phil Harris
Aug 10, 20182 min read
Predicting Long Term Outcomes for Boys with ADHD
A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a...
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Phil Harris
Jul 19, 20184 min read
Early Onset Puberty Also Predicts Substance Involvement in Males
In lectures on adolescent development I always draw peoples attention to the additional risk of drug and alcohol involvement faced by...
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Phil Harris
Jun 10, 20182 min read
Poly-User Have Lower Recovery Rates
In lecturers and treatment design I often discuss the more positive outcomes and shorter treatment duration for primary drinkers as...
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Phil Harris
May 20, 20188 min read
Cannabis-Gateway Revisited Special
A great deal of my work with young people draws n research that demonstrates that drug and alcohol use evolves through the interplay of...
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Phil Harris
Jan 11, 20181 min read
Cannabis Decriminalized: What Does The Research Tell Us?
Cannabis was recently legalized in Oregon for recreational use. Interestingly, follow-up research showed that increased availability did...
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Phil Harris
Jan 11, 20181 min read
PROSPER: The Most Effective Prevention Program Ever?
A new drug and alcohol prevention program, PROSPER, has published its 6.5 years follow-up data. Based on the well designed and randomized...
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Phil Harris
Nov 27, 20173 min read
Young People Abandon Risk Taking Behavior
Studies from the US is showing a huge decline in risk taking behavior in young people. Reductions in smoking tobacco, the principle...
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Phil Harris
Jul 12, 20171 min read
Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Risk of Addiction Revealed
A new study has found what might be the link between the increased risk of developing alcohol problems after exposure to alcohol in the...
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Phil Harris
Jun 15, 20171 min read
More Cannabis but the Same People
I was very intrigued by the presentations of clients seeking help with legal highs or new psycho-active substances. For a period of...
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Phil Harris
Jun 11, 20172 min read
Gateway Theory Revisited
There is a great deal of confusion between "Stepping Stone Theory" and "Gateway Theory" in terms of understanding the evolution of drug...
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Phil Harris
Jun 7, 20171 min read
Matching Interventions to Young People's Personality Shows Improved Results.
More evidence emerges to support the use of trajectory models with young people. Research by Professor Patrica Conrod targeted young...
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Phil Harris
May 17, 20171 min read
Small Difference, Big Impact
A recent study found that the more days a child missed of pre-school created greater disparities in their educational attainment across...
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Phil Harris
Apr 6, 20171 min read
Poverty: A Brain Changer?
The effects of poverty on human psychology is an under-researched area. However, new insights from brain scanning and cognitive testing...
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Phil Harris
Dec 13, 20162 min read
Child and Adolescent Trajectories: More Evidence Emerges
A great deal of my recent work in addiction and mental health has been focused on understanding and addressing divergent patterns of drug...
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