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The average age of diagnosis of schizophrenia being between 15 and 25 years, a psychoeducation program started early can help improve the care of young patients. The objective was therefore to restructure the program existing in our establishment, for adult patients, to adapt it to a patient population of adolescents and young adults. The existant program, was analyzed, as well as the bibliography, in collaboration with doctors and caregivers. A shorter program was thus created, focused on brain functioning in relation to the symptoms and effect of medications, the different pharmacological classes, the adverse effects and their medical care. The tools created and presented in the article solicit the knowledge of the patients, their attention, leading them to understand the benefit of medications on their symptoms. They also aim to facilitate their expression of their lived experiences so that they communicate better with doctors. A shared assessment is carried out for each patient before the three sessions, each of which ending with a quiz. An individual interview two months after the last session evaluates achievements and satisfaction. An evaluation after six months analyzes the impact of the program in the longer term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Les décès attribuables à une intoxication aiguë due à une substance sont à l'origine d'une crise de santé publique au Canada. Les jeunes courent souvent un risque accru de consommation de substances en raison de facteurs sociaux, environnementaux et structurels. Les objectifs de cette étude étaient de comprendre les caractéristiques des jeunes (12 à 24 ans) qui décèdent en raison d'une intoxication aiguë accidentelle au Canada ainsi que d'analyser les substances qui contribuent aux décès par intoxication aiguë chez les jeunes et les circonstances entourant ces décès. Méthodologie. Nous avons utilisé les données d'une étude nationale portant sur l'examen des dossiers des données de coroners et de médecins légistes concernant les décès par intoxication aiguë survenus au Canada en 2016 et 2017 afin de réaliser des analyses descriptives à partir des proportions, des taux de décès et des taux proportionnels de décès. Dans la mesure du possible, les jeunes faisant partie de l'étude sur l'examen des dossiers ont été comparés, au moyen de données de recensement, aux jeunes dans la population générale et aux jeunes décédés toutes causes confondues. Résultats. Sur les 732 jeunes décédés par intoxication aiguë accidentelle en 2016-2017, la plupart (94 %) avaient entre 18 et 24 ans. Les jeunes de 20 à 24 ans sans emploi et vivant dans un logement collectif ou sans domicile étaient surreprésentés parmi les décès accidentels par intoxication aiguë. Parmi les jeunes de 12 à 24 ans décédés en raison d'une intoxication aiguë accidentelle, beaucoup avaient des antécédents documentés de consommation de substances. Le fentanyl, la cocaïne et la méthamphétamine ont été les substances ayant le plus fréquemment contribué aux décès, et 38 % des décès ont eu lieu en présence d'un témoin ou potentiellement en présence d'un témoin. Conclusion. Les résultats de cette étude soulignent la nécessité de mettre en place des mesures de prévention précoce, des stratégies de réduction des méfaits et des programmes portant sur la santé mentale, l'exposition à un événement traumatisant ainsi que le chômage et l'instabilité résidentielle, afin de réduire les méfaits de la consommation de substances chez les jeunes Canadiens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Storage plays an important role in domestic practices as a banal yet essential means of practically accomplishing 'living together' and caring for people and material 'stuff'. However, storage and stored things also occupy a provocative and paradoxical place in debates around the sustainability of household consumption. Driven by renewed popular and scholarly attention to 'decluttering' and eschewing anything that does not 'spark joy', this paper considers the emotional and practical implications of generosity – as both concept and practice – in articulating the sustainability potential in storage and stored things. In so doing we problematise assumptions about 'clutter' as unsustainable. Drawing on vignettes from two projects concerned with material consumption in young adulthood, and drawing on – but going beyond – extant framings of geographies of care, we illustrate how shifting spatial and temporal ambivalences of storage mediate opportunities to engage in and with different scales of generosity. We argue that spatialities of storage are often less about deferring acts of divestment than they are a space in which to situate materialisations of significant emotional, care-ful(l) connections. We reflect on the implications of storage for sustainable consumption in the home and suggest how future work drawing on geographies of generosity might enrich our understanding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the ways in which students from a Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline at a Northern Urban English university narrate their decisions as they navigate their transition from degrees to their career futures. Contrary to the managerial expectations of universities and policy that students 'fill the STEM skills gap', the process through which students and graduates make decisions about their future trajectories includes responding to concerns brought about by personal and social factors of influence, one of which is place relating to their emotional relationship with past, present and future geographical location. This paper aims to make two inter-related arguments: Firstly, that geography can act as a determining, emotional factor of influence in the decision-making process of young people during the process of transitioning from their degrees. Secondly, the subsequent movement in spatial terms is an attempt to influence as well as construct their own futures, whether or not this is the 'right' decision. Employment futures of young people must take into account the ways in which this manifests to better understand the decision-making process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article is to review the existing scientific knowledge on Internet Gaming Disorder among young adults ranging from 18 to 30 years old. The phenomena’s evolution, the many definitions of the concept, the role of massively multiplayer online roleplaying games (MMORPG) and random reward mechanisms, known risk factors and consequences along with potential existing treatments are examined in the present review. Conclusions on the understanding of the disorder and its treatment are then drawn based on the current literature. Suggestions on where future research endeavors should be oriented are also made according to the drawn conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The Unified Protocol (UP) for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders is a flexible form of cognitive behavioural therapy targeting diverse mental health disorders in children and adults. Objective: The goal was to develop a brief version of UP tailored to the unique needs of young adults that could be administered in an online therapist-directed, group format. Method: Nineteen young adults (age 18-23) receiving mental health services from a community agency or a specialty clinic were enrolled in a feasibility test of the novel transdiagnostic, online intervention (five sessions, 90 minutes each). Qualitative interviews were conducted with participants after each session they attended and upon study completion (n = 80 interviews with n = 17 participants). Standardized quantitative mental health measures were collected at baseline (n = 19), end of treatment (5 weeks; n = 15) and at follow-up (12 weeks; n = 14). Results: Thirteen of the 18 participants (72%) who began treatment attended at least four of the five sessions. During the qualitative interviews, participants noted that core UP concepts such as understanding of emotions, mindfulness, cognitive flexibility, and behavioural activation are applicable in their day-to-day lives. Quantitative data showed a significant reduction in anxiety-related life impairment at follow-up compared to baseline, but not end of treatment compared to baseline. Reductions in global anxiety and depression symptoms were not statistically significant. Conclusions: This novel, brief version of the UP may be a feasible online intervention for young adults seen at mental health clinics for diverse mental health issues and warrants further study to demonstrate effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Plusieurs recherches se développent pour soutenir les théorisations des addictions aux substances psychoactives. Parmi les pistes, le paradigme de l'attachement et la thèse des psychotraumatismes éclairent davantage la problématique. Cette étude vise à examiner l'influence de l'attachement et des psychotraumatismes dans l'étiologie des addictions aux substances psychoactives. Elle a porté sur 120 participants, dont 60 sujets dépendants aux drogues (âge moyen = 33,67 ans et écart-type = 13,47) et 60 de leurs frères et/ou sœurs (âge moyen = 25,37 ans et écart-type = 5,79) sans antécédents addictifs, y compris les addictions sans drogues. Les résultats démontrent que les sujets qui développent les troubles liés à l'utilisation aux substances psychoactives disposent des styles d'attachement insécure évitant et désorganisé. En outre, le nombre élevé de psychotraumatismes semble influencer la consommation de drogues (autres que le tabac et l'alcool). Ces résultats corroborent la contribution des perspectives attachementiste et psychotraumatique de la problématique addictive. Cependant, il faut se garder des généralisations contextuelles et s'ouvrir à d'autres modèles d'explications. Many researches are developed to support theorizations of drug addiction. Among the tracks, the attachment paradigm and the psychotrauma thesis shed more light on the problem. This study aims to examine the influence of attachment and psychotrauma in the etiology of the addictions of psychoactive substances. It involved 120 participants including 60 drug dependent subjects (average age = 33.67 years and standard deviation = 13.47) and 60 of their brothers and/or sisters (average age = 25.37 years and standard deviation = 5.79) with no addictive history, including drug-free addictions. The results show that subjects, who develop disorders linked to the use of psychoactive substances, have styles of insecure avoidance and disorganized attachment. In addition, the number of psychotraumas seems to influence the use of drugs (other than tobacco and alcohol). These results corroborate the contribution of attachmentist and psychotraumatic perspectives of addictive problem. However, we must beware of contextual generalizations and open up to other models of explanations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using Hamilton, Ontario as a case study, this study explores the difference between young (18–34 years) and older (65 + years) adults' automobility behaviour (whether their most common mode of transportation was auto or not), by comparing their attitudes and preferences towards different travel modes. The study also investigates the differences in these two cohorts' attitudes and preferences towards residential characteristics since they can potentially impact travel behaviour. Exploratory analysis suggests that the difference between these two groups is marginal in terms of their attitudes towards driving. In general, young and older auto users both show similar attitudes towards different transportation modes. A similar trend has been seen for non‐auto users of young and older adults. The findings indicate young adults' intention to shift towards an auto‐oriented culture, especially when they have a job. They also showed a preference for suburban living in the future. Older adults are mainly auto‐oriented; a small portion also seems pro‐transit. Transportation policies should consider these changing dynamics of travel behaviour among different generations. As attitudes and preferences influence travel behaviour to a greater extent, future studies should explore how attitudes and preferences can be modified to promote sustainable travel options. Key Messages: Young and older auto users show similar attitudes towards different transportation modes.Older adults are mainly auto‐oriented.Regardless of their automobile use, young adults are likely to shift towards an auto‐oriented culture and suburban living, especially when they have a job. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the context of mounting housing market pressures and an international swell in the formation of non-family households, especially among younger-adults, this paper examines share house (shea-hausu), an increasingly popular form of shared private rental housing in Tokyo. We frame our study in relation to shifting socioeconomic and demographic conditions affecting single, young Japanese adults, their aspirations and life-courses, as well as forms and practices in Japanese housing. We elaborate on the way shea-hausu are provided, and discuss three sets of techniques that together configure shea-hausu as a product distinct from other forms of renting, but also re-script sharing as a particular kind of 'desirable living' among single young adults. Furthermore, we show how shea-hausu both enables the pursuit of new experiences of 'home' and further entrenches traditionalist views of the needs and wants of solo dwellers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parent-child communication and parent-child relationship quality could influence young adult children's well-being. Further, the associations between parent-child communication and relationship quality and young adult children's well-being could differ in various cultural environments. In this study, we examined the associations among these constructs and potential cultural differences with two large samples of female college students from the U.S. (N = 393) and Finland (N = 264). Several major findings from structural equation modeling were revealed. For the U.S. sample, better parent-child communication, but not relationship quality, was related to female young adults' better well-being (i.e., lower levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms and higher levels of life satisfaction). For the Finnish sample, however, better parent-child relationship quality, but not communication, was related to fewer problems in female young adults' well-being. Further model comparisons suggested that the association between parent-child communication and well-being was much stronger among American female young adult children whereas the association between parent-child relationship quality and well-being was much stronger among Finnish female young adult children. In addition, parental divorce was negatively associated with parent-child communication and parent-child relationship quality. Other covariates included young adult children's age, living arrangements, and family income. The models revealed similar patterns for mothers and fathers. Cultural implications were discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The research analyses the otherness dimensions as a problematic in Borderline States during Young Adulthood through a psychoanalytic perspective. It proposes the recognition of the symptomatology of these states from the inclusion of the psychic and intersubjective aspects. Finally, the research discusses how the analysis of Borderline States from psychoanalytic perspective could enable the understanding of these States not only as a diagnosis category, yet also as a particular psychic suffering expression related to psychic abandonment experiences, symbolic discourses, and the transition towards adulthood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores different factors that have been found to have a detrimental impact on the mental health of young adults today. The author demonstrates how environmental factors negatively impact internal processes, such as anxiety and low self-esteem. It looks at the various external factors that have led to a significant rise in perfectionism among the age group, such as a tougher social and economic environment, changes in parental rearing practices, social media and the way that young people come to define themselves narrowly by wealth and success. This is further exacerbated by the financial and psychological repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis on young people. The author explores her clinical experience as a psychotherapist working with young adults who never feel 'good enough'. The paper will suggest that parents, schools, universities, and employers need to understand that pushing for ever higher standards is problematic and proposes ways to help young adults to value themselves and be more resilient in tackling disappointments and challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The sociology of religion has not systematically explored the emerging roles of religion in the whole process of the transition to adulthood, especially in the changing contexts of delayed and complicated transitions to adulthood. Seeking to bridge the two different fields of sociology, we identify four directions of research: (1) a multidimensional approach that identifies the different dimensions of religion with varying degrees of relationship to young adults' lives; (2) a close attention to racial/ethnic variation in the roles of religion for the transition to adulthood; (3) an open inquiry into the changing importance of religion for young adults in a rapidly shifting neoliberal global economy; and (4) the detrimental effects of religion in the transition to adulthood. We call for more research on the increasingly complex relationship between religion and the transition to adulthood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Working with older adolescents and young adults is somewhat disputed territory. Those with qualifications in work with adults can easily adapt to working with this age-group, and historically this has been the most usual route into the role. In this paper, I argue, however, that there is likely to be a difference between their approach and that of those who have had a specialist training to work with children and adolescents. Such trainings are likely to imbue in clinicians a much stronger awareness of: the developmental perspective; the power of ongoing family dynamics; the vexed trajectory into individual independence and identity formation and the particular vicissitudes of the learning experience. Experience of having also worked with younger children provides counsellors/therapists with a different appreciation of defensive constellations and a nuanced awareness of transference dynamics when the age and status differences between practitioner and client are greater. Working with younger people also requires a sophisticated understanding of organisational dynamics – which are less likely to feature in adult trainings. These elements provide a significantly different perspective on the work which therefore suggests that specialist training input is of great value. Examples are given in the paper to illustrate these ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined eye-movement patterns of young adults, while they were viewing texting and driving prevention advertisements, to determine which format attracts the most attention. As young adults are the most at risk for this public health issue, understanding which format is most successful at maintaining young adults' attention is especially important. Participants viewed nondriving, general distracted driving, and texting and driving advertisements. Each of these advertisement types were edited to contain text-only, image-only, and text and image content. Participants were told that they had unlimited time to view each advertisement, while their eye-movements were recorded throughout. Participants spent more time viewing the texting and driving advertisements than other types when they comprised text only. When examining differences in attention to the text and image portions of the advertisements, participants spent more time viewing the images than the text for the nondriving and general distracted driving advertisements. However, for texting and driving-specific advertisements the text-only format resulted in the most attention toward the advertisements. These results indicate that in attracting young adults' attention to texting and driving public health advertisements, the most successful format would be text-based. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article offers a comparative study of everyday sexual ethics among Dutch Sunni Muslim and evangelical Christian young adults, both those born into religious families and those converted later in life. In European public debates, the sexual values of observant Christians and – especially – observant Muslims, are commonly understood to deviate from progressive norms. Particularly for Muslims, this has become a ground for questioning their belonging to the moral nation. Our ethnographic analysis complicates these conventional representations, which are partly reflected in quantitative survey research. We argue that the sexual ethics of the young Muslims and Christians we studied are multi-layered, situational, and dialogical. Discussing the convergences and divergences between these groups, we point to a paradox: while Muslims tend to be set apart as sexually 'other', the young Christians we worked with – and to a lesser extent the converted Muslims – put strikingly more effort into distinguishing themselves from, and criticising, dominant sexual norms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Young individuals constitute a key population for the screening of problematic use of substances (PUS), but they are not likely to seek support and are hard to reach. Targeted screening programs should thus be developed in the places of care they may attend for other reasons, including emergency departments (EDs). We aimed to explore the factors associated with PUS in young people attending an ED; we measured the subsequent access to addiction care after ED screening., Methods: This was a prospective interventional single-arm study which included any individual aged between 16 and 25 years who attended the main ED of Lyon, France. Baseline data were sociodemographic characteristics, PUS status using self-report questionnaires and biological measures, level of psychological health, and history of physical/sexual abuse. Quick medical feedback was provided to the individuals presenting a PUS; they were advised to consult an addiction unit, and contacted by phone at three months to ask whether they had sought treatment. Baseline data were used to compare PUS and non-PUS groups using multivariable logistic regressions, to provide adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), with age, sex, employment status, and family environment as the adjustment variables. The characteristics of PUS subjects who subsequently sought treatment were also assessed using bivariable analyses., Results: In total, 460 participants were included; 320 of whom (69.6%) were presenting current substance use, and 221 (48.0%) with PUS. Compared to non-PUS individuals, PUS ones were more likely to be males (aOR=2.06; 95% CI [1.39-3.07], P<0.001), to be older (per one-year increase: aOR=1.09; 95% CI [1.01-1.17], P<0.05), to have an impaired mental health status (aOR=0.87; 95% CI [0.81-0.94], P<0.001), and to have a history of sexual abuse (aOR=3.33; 95% CI [2.03-5.47], P<0.0001). Only 132 (59.7%) subjects with PUS could be reached by phone at 3 months, among whom only 15 (11.4%) reported having sought treatment. Factors associated with treatment seeking were social isolation (46.7% vs. 19.7%; P=0.019), previous consultation for psychological disorders (93.3% vs. 68.4%; P=0.044), lower mental health score (2.8±1.6 vs. 5.1±2.6; P<0.001), and post-ED hospitalization in a psychiatric unit (73.3% vs. 19.7%; P<0.0001)., Discussion/conclusion: EDs are relevant places to screen PUS in youth, but the level of seeking further treatment needs to be substantially improved. Offering systematic screening during an emergency room visit could allow for more appropriate identification and management of youth with PUS., (Copyright © 2023 L'Encéphale, Paris. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

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