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Behavioral Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 8

2020 August - 10 articles

Cover Story: We present findings from the UK’s first pharmacist-led Home-Office-licensed drug checking service, in a community substance misuse treatment service. Individuals provided informed consent to relinquish their drug sample, which was checked on-site using handheld Raman spectroscopy to determine the likely drug content and adulterants. Informed by the analytical screening and accompanying questionnaire, free and confidential focused harm reduction interventions were tailored to the person’s needs. Relinquished samples included claimed heroin, synthetic cannabinoids, stimulants, benzodiazepines and LSD. Subjects commonly reported concomitant alcohol, traditional illicit drugs and/or prescribed opioids, anxiolytics and antidepressants with sedating profiles. This pilot demonstrated a proof-of-concept, that a drug checking service can be successfully implemented in substance misuse services. View this paper
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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
9,526 Views
14 Pages

The Mediating Effect of Parental Involvement on School Climate and Behavior Problems: School Personnel Perceptions

  • Sónia Maria Martins Caridade,
  • Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Sousa and
  • Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis

9 August 2020

As a reflection of the culture and norms of the school community, the school climate (SC) is a potential factor connected to students’ major behavior problems (BP). Parental involvement (PI) is considered as an essential factor for SC, contribu...

(This article belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,625 Views
21 Pages

7 August 2020

Background: Many people experience post-stroke pain (PSP). It is a long-term consequence of stroke that commonly goes unrecognised and untreated. As a result, an integrative review is needed to identify the primary factors that affect PSP and determi...

(This article belongs to the Section Health Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,661 Views
19 Pages

Customer Value Types Predicting Consumer Behavior at Dutch Grocery Retailers

  • Kim Janssens,
  • Wim Lambrechts,
  • Henriëtte Keur and
  • Janjaap Semeijn

5 August 2020

The purpose of this paper is to profile three grocery retail formats (non-discounter, soft discounter, and hard discounter) in the Netherlands using Holbrook’s value types. These value types are linked to three consumer behavior outcomes, i.e.,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Consumption, Identity, Demographics and Self-Concept)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,183 Views
29 Pages

4 August 2020

The domain of numerical cognition still lacks an assessment tool that is theoretically driven and that covers a wide range of key numerical processes with the aim of identifying the learning profiles of children with difficulties in mathematics (MD)...

(This article belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,129 Views
13 Pages

Affective and Sexual Needs of Residents in Psychiatric Facilities: A Qualitative Approach

  • Giulia Landi,
  • Mattia Marchi,
  • Mohamed Yassir Ettalibi,
  • Giorgio Mattei,
  • Luca Pingani,
  • Valentina Sacchi and
  • Gian Maria Galeazzi

3 August 2020

Background: The affective and sexual needs of psychiatric patients are often under-considered, although they contribute significantly to their general well-being. Such topics are critical for Residential Psychiatric Facilities Users (RPFUs), whose da...

(This article belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,244 Views
11 Pages

The Evaluation of a Mind-Body Intervention (MBT-T) for Stress Reduction in Academic Settings: A Pilot Study

  • Mauro Cozzolino,
  • Deborah R. Vivo,
  • Laura Girelli,
  • Pierpaolo Limone and
  • Giovanna Celia

30 July 2020

This study is aimed at evaluating the outcomes of mind-body transformation therapy (MBT-T), previously known as the creative psychosocial genomic healing experience© (CPGHE). The intervention was aimed at reducing the perceived level of stress i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Happiness and Wellbeing: New Frontiers for an Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,326 Views
11 Pages

Details of the Contents of Paranoid Thoughts in Help-Seeking Adolescents with Psychotic-Like Experiences and Continuity with Bullying and Victimization: A Pilot Study

  • Gennaro Catone,
  • Antonella Gritti,
  • Katia Russo,
  • Pia Santangelo,
  • Raffaella Iuliano,
  • Carmela Bravaccio and
  • Simone Pisano

29 July 2020

Background: Psychosis recognizes an interaction between biological and social environmental factors. Adversities are now recognized to be consistently associated with psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). The purpose of this study was to describe the co...

(This article belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,346 Views
11 Pages

29 July 2020

The effects of cognate synonymy in L2 word learning are explored. Participants learned the names of well-known concrete concepts in a new fictional language following a picture-word association paradigm. Half of the concepts (set A) had two possible...

(This article belongs to the Section Cognition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,777 Views
21 Pages

25 July 2020

(1) Introduction: Drug-related deaths in the UK are at concerning high levels. The unknown content and purity of illicit substances can cause unpredictable adverse effects and thus a public health risk with no sign of abating. On-site drug checking i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,190 Views
15 Pages

22 July 2020

Background: The aim of this study was to comprehend how people with diabetes view their experiences of the possible barriers and facilitators in inpatient care for type 1 diabetes from non-specialized nurses. Design: An interpretative phenomenology a...

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