Executive cognitive functioning and risk for substance abuse

Article Abstract:

Empirical evidence correlating deficient executive cognitive functioning to increased substance use disorder (SUD) risk was analyzed. A hypothetical etiological framework was utilized to carry out the analysis. Results indicated a number of risk factors for SUD. These include a difficult temperament and deviations in neurophysiological functioning. Findings also showed that boys at high risk for SUD have a temperament characterized by irritability, social withdrawal, negative emotionality, and hyperactivity.

Cognition disorders, Cognitive disorders

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Motivation for change: implications for substance abuse treatment

Article Abstract:

An overview of how motivational readiness to change, as characterized within a transtheoretical framework, influences the process of recovery from substance abuse and dependence was presented. Distinctions between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, imposed and intentional change, and readiness for change versus readiness for treatment were examined. Results indicated that motivational considerations support a critical function in resolving substance abuse problems.

Motivation (Psychology)

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Postpartum return to smoking: staging a "suspended" behavior

Article Abstract:

Issues regarding the return to smoking of postpartum women who had quit the habit are discussed. The differences in personal goals, self-efficacy and smoking behavior in a sample of 256 pregnant women who had both stopped smoking and returned to the habit at various stages postpartum are discussed.

Health aspects, Tobacco habit, Puerperium

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