Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alko... more Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alkoholbezogener Probleme von Wiener Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen zwischen und . Dafür wurde eine Sekundäranalyse von quantitativen Daten durchgeführt, die in diesem Zeitraum erhoben worden waren, die sowohl auf einen Rückgang des intensiven Konsums als auch der Folgeprobleme schließen lässt. Außerdem wurden Leitfadeninterviews durchgeführt, um aktuell bestehende jugendliche Problemgruppen im Zusammenhang mit Alkohol zu erkunden. Dabei wurden vorwiegend Personen befragt, die sich im schulischen und außerschulischen Bereich mit Jugendlichen befassen. Aus diesen Leitfadeninterviews wird ersichtlich, dass Jugendliche/ Jugendgruppen mit problematischen Trinkgewohnheiten und mehr oder minder ausgeprägten alkoholbezoge-nen Problemen in Wien vor allem in benachteiligten sozialen und geographischen Lagen zu finden sind. Abschließend werden Maßnahmen und Projekte diskutiert, mit de...
After the fall of the Iron Curtain drug consumption in Vienna approached that of other Western Eu... more After the fall of the Iron Curtain drug consumption in Vienna approached that of other Western European cities. Psycho pharmaceuticals (benzodiazepines) and substitution drugs ('morphines') are frequently used as replacement and as complement to the illegal' ...
ABSTRACT Approximately one quarter of the patients of special inpatient facilities for alcoholics... more ABSTRACT Approximately one quarter of the patients of special inpatient facilities for alcoholics in Austria are female. The percentage of women in professionally guided groups for aftercare is only half as high. But 44% of the members of Austrian Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are female. The quoted data come from three different studies carried out during the last few years: a small one on the professional treatment system, one on the so-called self-help groups for aftercare and one on AA. The data therefore do not allow us to answer the question if women with different alcohol-related problems are attracted by the professional treatment system and by AA, or if nonprofessional mutual aid better corresponds to the needs of women irrespective of the type of alcohol-related problems they are suffering from. The data only allow a discussion and reflections on this question which are presented in the paper.
... is the emergence of radical individualism, in which institutions like marriage no longer conf... more ... is the emergence of radical individualism, in which institutions like marriage no longer confront subjects as an objective force limiting their ... the author for offering in reply only exem-plary bits and pieces of a daunting puzzle: the Civil Rights movement, community development ...
The study identifies changes in selected ("unplanned&... more The study identifies changes in selected ("unplanned") socio-demographic and economic factors as well as in (planned) political measures that are most strongly correlated with changes in alcohol consumption and alcohol consumption-related harm between 1961 and 2006 in Austria. During the period of investigation consumption increased until the early 1970s, dropped during the next decade and have leveled off since. Increasing urbanization, female employment and average age of mothers at their child births are associated with the best time series model for the interpretation of consumption changes. The results regarding alcohol control policies and their impact on consumption were paradoxical. Study limitations were noted pointing up the necessity to improve indicators and concepts.
Beginning with France in the 1950s, alcohol consumption has decreased in Southern European countr... more Beginning with France in the 1950s, alcohol consumption has decreased in Southern European countries with few or no preventive alcohol policy measures being implemented, while alcohol consumption has been increasing in Northern European countries where historically more restrictive alcohol control policies were in place, even though more recently they were loosened. At the same time, Central and Eastern Europe have shown an intermediate behavior. We propose that country-specific changes in alcohol consumption between 1960 and 2008 are explained by a combination of a number of factors: (1) preventive alcohol policies and (2) social, cultural, economic, and demographic determinants. This article describes the methodology of a research study designed to understand the complex interactions that have occurred throughout Europe over the past five decades. These include changes in alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm, and the actual determinants of such changes.
This exploratory study investigates major changes in opioid substitution treatment during the las... more This exploratory study investigates major changes in opioid substitution treatment during the last decade in Austria and identifies main interests groups and their interplay. Different levels of visibility of interest groups and variations in latency of interests contribute further to the complexity of the multilevel structure of interests and interest groups regarding substitute therapy issues. Austria's unique low threshold of substitution treatment was developed during the 1990s, and is based on the prescription of slow release morphine and on the high involvement of GPs. Opponents, becoming active during the new millennium, succeeded in tightening up legal regulations but failed to change treatment practice.
Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alko... more Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alkoholbezogener Probleme von Wiener Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen zwischen und . Dafür wurde eine Sekundäranalyse von quantitativen Daten durchgeführt, die in diesem Zeitraum erhoben worden waren, die sowohl auf einen Rückgang des intensiven Konsums als auch der Folgeprobleme schließen lässt. Außerdem wurden Leitfadeninterviews durchgeführt, um aktuell bestehende jugendliche Problemgruppen im Zusammenhang mit Alkohol zu erkunden. Dabei wurden vorwiegend Personen befragt, die sich im schulischen und außerschulischen Bereich mit Jugendlichen befassen. Aus diesen Leitfadeninterviews wird ersichtlich, dass Jugendliche/ Jugendgruppen mit problematischen Trinkgewohnheiten und mehr oder minder ausgeprägten alkoholbezoge-nen Problemen in Wien vor allem in benachteiligten sozialen und geographischen Lagen zu finden sind. Abschließend werden Maßnahmen und Projekte diskutiert, mit de...
Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alko... more Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alkoholbezogener Probleme von Wiener Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen zwischen und . Dafür wurde eine Sekundäranalyse von quantitativen Daten durchgeführt, die in diesem Zeitraum erhoben worden waren, die sowohl auf einen Rückgang des intensiven Konsums als auch der Folgeprobleme schließen lässt. Außerdem wurden Leitfadeninterviews durchgeführt, um aktuell bestehende jugendliche Problemgruppen im Zusammenhang mit Alkohol zu erkunden. Dabei wurden vorwiegend Personen befragt, die sich im schulischen und außerschulischen Bereich mit Jugendlichen befassen. Aus diesen Leitfadeninterviews wird ersichtlich, dass Jugendliche/ Jugendgruppen mit problematischen Trinkgewohnheiten und mehr oder minder ausgeprägten alkoholbezoge-nen Problemen in Wien vor allem in benachteiligten sozialen und geographischen Lagen zu finden sind. Abschließend werden Maßnahmen und Projekte diskutiert, mit de...
After the fall of the Iron Curtain drug consumption in Vienna approached that of other Western Eu... more After the fall of the Iron Curtain drug consumption in Vienna approached that of other Western European cities. Psycho pharmaceuticals (benzodiazepines) and substitution drugs ('morphines') are frequently used as replacement and as complement to the illegal' ...
ABSTRACT Approximately one quarter of the patients of special inpatient facilities for alcoholics... more ABSTRACT Approximately one quarter of the patients of special inpatient facilities for alcoholics in Austria are female. The percentage of women in professionally guided groups for aftercare is only half as high. But 44% of the members of Austrian Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are female. The quoted data come from three different studies carried out during the last few years: a small one on the professional treatment system, one on the so-called self-help groups for aftercare and one on AA. The data therefore do not allow us to answer the question if women with different alcohol-related problems are attracted by the professional treatment system and by AA, or if nonprofessional mutual aid better corresponds to the needs of women irrespective of the type of alcohol-related problems they are suffering from. The data only allow a discussion and reflections on this question which are presented in the paper.
... is the emergence of radical individualism, in which institutions like marriage no longer conf... more ... is the emergence of radical individualism, in which institutions like marriage no longer confront subjects as an objective force limiting their ... the author for offering in reply only exem-plary bits and pieces of a daunting puzzle: the Civil Rights movement, community development ...
The study identifies changes in selected ("unplanned&... more The study identifies changes in selected ("unplanned") socio-demographic and economic factors as well as in (planned) political measures that are most strongly correlated with changes in alcohol consumption and alcohol consumption-related harm between 1961 and 2006 in Austria. During the period of investigation consumption increased until the early 1970s, dropped during the next decade and have leveled off since. Increasing urbanization, female employment and average age of mothers at their child births are associated with the best time series model for the interpretation of consumption changes. The results regarding alcohol control policies and their impact on consumption were paradoxical. Study limitations were noted pointing up the necessity to improve indicators and concepts.
Beginning with France in the 1950s, alcohol consumption has decreased in Southern European countr... more Beginning with France in the 1950s, alcohol consumption has decreased in Southern European countries with few or no preventive alcohol policy measures being implemented, while alcohol consumption has been increasing in Northern European countries where historically more restrictive alcohol control policies were in place, even though more recently they were loosened. At the same time, Central and Eastern Europe have shown an intermediate behavior. We propose that country-specific changes in alcohol consumption between 1960 and 2008 are explained by a combination of a number of factors: (1) preventive alcohol policies and (2) social, cultural, economic, and demographic determinants. This article describes the methodology of a research study designed to understand the complex interactions that have occurred throughout Europe over the past five decades. These include changes in alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm, and the actual determinants of such changes.
This exploratory study investigates major changes in opioid substitution treatment during the las... more This exploratory study investigates major changes in opioid substitution treatment during the last decade in Austria and identifies main interests groups and their interplay. Different levels of visibility of interest groups and variations in latency of interests contribute further to the complexity of the multilevel structure of interests and interest groups regarding substitute therapy issues. Austria's unique low threshold of substitution treatment was developed during the 1990s, and is based on the prescription of slow release morphine and on the high involvement of GPs. Opponents, becoming active during the new millennium, succeeded in tightening up legal regulations but failed to change treatment practice.
Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alko... more Die vorliegende Erkundungsstudie beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des Alkoholkonsums und alkoholbezogener Probleme von Wiener Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen zwischen und . Dafür wurde eine Sekundäranalyse von quantitativen Daten durchgeführt, die in diesem Zeitraum erhoben worden waren, die sowohl auf einen Rückgang des intensiven Konsums als auch der Folgeprobleme schließen lässt. Außerdem wurden Leitfadeninterviews durchgeführt, um aktuell bestehende jugendliche Problemgruppen im Zusammenhang mit Alkohol zu erkunden. Dabei wurden vorwiegend Personen befragt, die sich im schulischen und außerschulischen Bereich mit Jugendlichen befassen. Aus diesen Leitfadeninterviews wird ersichtlich, dass Jugendliche/ Jugendgruppen mit problematischen Trinkgewohnheiten und mehr oder minder ausgeprägten alkoholbezoge-nen Problemen in Wien vor allem in benachteiligten sozialen und geographischen Lagen zu finden sind. Abschließend werden Maßnahmen und Projekte diskutiert, mit de...
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