1988, no 1

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Antoni Zieliński: Drinking patterns in Poland
Wojciech Kostowski: Perspectives of pharmacotherapy in alcohol dependence
Hanna Wehr: Biological markers of alcohol abuse
Jacek Brzeziński, Anna Osicka-Koprowska, Anita Bartosiewicz: Interaction between alcohol and drug
RESEARCH REPORTS
Jacek Moskalewicz: Problems with problems - selected findings from the Polish pilot-study on "Community response to alcohol problems"
Jacek Morawski, Jacek Moskalewicz: Alcohol-related casualties
Ewa Grudziak-Sobczyk: Identification of children from alcoholic families
Cezary Fryze, Jan Horodnicki, Marek Jarema, Teresa Korwin-Piotrowska, Jan Stankiewicz: Assessment of type and frequency of damage of the nervous systems among alcohol dependent persons
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Flavio Poldrugo: The Alcohol Research Center of the University of Trieste. Three years of activities

1988, no 2

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Antoni Bielewicz: Drug abuse in Poland before World War II
Bogdan Szukalski, Joanna Kamińska: Cannabinols - structure, action, metabolism and methods of determination
RESEARCH REPORTS
Jerzy Jasiński: Motives for drinking
Wiesława Roszkowska-Jakimiec, Jacek Jurkowski, Krzysztof Worowski: Disturbances of polyunsaturated fatty acids and eikosanoids metabolism in ethanol intoxication
Barbara Wolniewicz-Grzelak, Krzysztof Bobrowski: Challenge - an alcohol abuse prevention programme for youth
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Ernst Servais: Primary prevention of alcohol use in a global approach

1990, no 1

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Jan Karol Falewicz: The pathology of the socialization system ad main threat to the youth in Poland. Some conclusions for the sobriety policy
Antoni Bielewicz: Alcohol – state versus society
Piotr Boroń: Alcohol and somatic health
RESEARCH REPORTS
Aleksander Markiewicz: Opinion expressed by the in-field nurses on the Act on Upbringing in Sobriety and Counteracting Alcoholism
Maciej Pałyska, Hanna Radomska: The role of scouting movement on alcohol prophylaxis. Some opinions of scouting instructors

1990, no 2

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Jerzy Jasiński: Basic methodological problems of research on drinking carried out in general population
Antoni Zieliński: The picture of drug abuse in contemporary Europe
Janusz Pach, Adam Wiernikowski: Acute alcohol poisonings clinical aspects
RESEARCH REPORTS
Aleksander Markiewicz: Drug abuse prevention in the Koszalin Voivodship
Zofia Pakuła, Teresa Stańczak: Work performance assessment in alcohol addicts
Ludwika Sadowska, Janina Wartenberg, Elżbieta Łukasik: The paripheral blood picture and clinical assessment of children of alcoholics
Bohdan Woronowicz, Hanna Wehr, Walentyna Szirkowiec: Therapists and patients opinion on application of biological markers for alcohol use in alcoholism treatment centres
Barbara Wolniewicz-Grzelak: The changes in youth alcohol consumption. A survey 1984 and 1988 within Warsaw District Mokotów
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Anna Borucka: Drug and substance use among Warsaw teenagers. A comparison of the results of the questionnaire studies 1984 and 1988
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Margaret Watson: The social and economic context of drug use in Poland

1991, no 1

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Wojciech Kostowski, Wanda Dyr: New approach of pharmacotherapy of ethanol dependence: serotonin agonists and calcium channel antagonists
Celina Godwod-Sikorska, Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski, Krzysztof Zamecki: Epidemiological trends concerning drug dependence in Poland in the 80s, in the light of legislation changes
Antoni Zieliński: Social norms determining attitudes towards alcohol
RESEARCH REPORTS
Barbara Filipek, Jolanta Krupińska, Katarzyna Zębala, Ilona Szymańska, Tadeusz Librowski, Wojciech Piekoszewski: Ethyl alcohol and neo-gilurytmal interaction
Elżbieta Czarnecka, Kazimierz Kowalczyk, Anna Szadowska: A study of interaction between ethyl alcohol and mianserin in the central nervous system
Konstanty Wiśniewski, Maria Borawska: The influence of angiotensin II and its fragments upon ethanol - induced impairment of learning and memory
Włodzimierz Strzyżewski, Joanna Hauser, Bożena Rożek: Basic neurophysiological indices in relation to alcohol dependence severity
Teresa Korwin-Piotrowska, Danuta Nocoń, Bogumiła Miazgowska: Is there a relationship between severity of the alcohol dependence syndrome and bioelectrical activity of the brain
Teresa Korwin-Piotrowska, Jan Stankiewicz, Danuta Nocoń, Andrzej Hnatyszyn, Mirosław Wielondek, Jan Horodnicki, Sławomir Kruszyński: Relationship between severity of alcohol dependence and the gastro-intestinal tract changes
Andrzej Augustynek: Effectiveness of hypnosis in the alcohol dependence syndrome treatment
Włodzimierz Adam Brodniak: Psychological and sociomedical profile of female patients treated at alcohol outpatient clinics. A follow-up study
Zofia Pakuła, Teresa Stańczak: Social skills training in the treatment of alcohol dependence
Ewa Stępień: Performance of developmental tasks by adolescents from families with an alcohol problem
Barbara Wolniewicz-Grzelak: On alcohol drinking among boys from vocational schools, effects of prevention efforts and Polish scouts in the 1980s
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Volker Kleistein: Patient selection criteria and basic assumption of alcohol dependence treatment on the outpatient basis

1991, no 2

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Kira Gerard: The prevention of alcohol problems in children and youth - the current status, proposed programs and course of action
Jacek Moskalewicz: Review of foreign reports on alcohol
RESEARCH REPORTS
Elżbieta Czarnecka, Przedzisław Polakowski, Anna Szadowska, Małgorzata Dzielska-Olczak: An experimental study of imipramine and amitryptiline interaction with ethyl alcohol
Włodzimierz Buczko, Barbara Malinowska, Ewa Chabielska, Dariusz Pawlak, Michał Pietraszek: The role of serotoninergic mechanisms in the effect of alcohol on the circulatory system in rats
Anna Dziaduś-Sokołowska, Ryszard Bielski, Maria Bieleń, Janusz Mroczka, Józef Michalski, Andrzej Szlachcic: The evaluation of the damaging effect of various alcohol concentrations and of some kinds of the alcoholic beverages on the gastric mucosal barrier
Wanda Lubczyńska-Kowalska, Jerzy Kotz, Jadwiga Łapińska, Marek Houszka, Maria Rybak, Leopold Cyganik, Krystyna Wieczorkowska, Krystyna Wachowska: The effect of sucrolphate (Venter) of the clinical, gastroscopic, morphological and histo-enzymatic patterns of the mucous membrane of the stomach in chronic alcoholism
Joanna Hauser, Wanda Szczepańska, Włodzimierz Strzyżewski: Clinical pattern and the course of the alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS)
Maciej Pałyska: Reasons for not entering treatment for alcoholism in public opinion
Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski: Changes in alcohol consumption in Poland in the years 1984-1989
Bogdan Wojtyniak, Maria Chańska, Hanna Tucholska-Załuska, Ewa Chojecka: Assessment of excess male mortality in Poland and its association with alcohol consumption
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Lew D. Miroszniczenko, Włodzimierz E. Pelipas: Epidemiology of alcoholism in the USSR

1991, no 3

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Ignacy Wald, Jacek Morawski, Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski: Accidents and drugs in European Region
RESEARCH REPORTS
Janusz Sierosławski: Drug abuse as a social problem
Jacek Moskalewicz: The Poles facing AIDS
Ignacy Wald, Aleksander Markiewicz, Jacek Morawski, Jacek Moska!ewicz, Janusz Sierosławski, Grażyna Świątkiewicz: Alcohol policy in the light of social changes
Joanna Hauser, Włodzimierz Strzyżewski: Assessment of psychosocial factors in alcohol dependent patients
Lech Kowalski, Maria Załuska, Krzysztof Minkowski: Agression, attempted suicide, selfdestruction and alcohol dependence
Kira Gerard, Maciej Pałyska: A subjective factor in the data on abstinence from alcohol
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Anzor A. Gabiani: Substance abuse from the sociological perspective
Derek Rutherford: Alcohol and the European Community

1991, no 4

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Pro Memoriam Professor Ignacy Wald (1923-1991)
REVIEW ARTICLES
Hanna Wehr: Genetic aspects of alcohol dependence
Bogusław Habrat: Current methods and perspectives of pharmacologic prevention of relapses in alcoholism
RESEARCH REPORTS
Jacek Morawski, Jacek Moskalewicz: Suicides and alcohol consumption trends in Poland
Joanna Raduj, Maciej Pałyska: Female alcoholics in alcoholism treatment centers and in abstainer clube. Relationships between some psychological and socio-medical variables
Ewa Stępień, Adam Frączek: Adolescents' beliefs about factors and behaviors detrimental to health
Stanisław Wójtowicz: Habit-forming substance use in adolescence (a developmental analysis)
Antoni Zieliński: Attitudes towards drug abusers and people infected with HIV in residents of two Warsaw districts: City center and Ochota (A short research report)

1992, no 1

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Maria Załuska: The influence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy on fetus and postnatal development
RESEARCH REPORTS
Grażyna Świątkiewicz, Jacek Morawski: Self-help abstainers clubs
Grażyna Świątkiewicz: Problem of children maltreatment among other social problems
Antoni Zieliński: A study of spread of psychoactive substance use in secondary schools in two Warsaw districts /Ochota and City/
Krzysztof Zamecki: Characterisation of drug dependent persons treated in outpatient facilities in the years 1985 - 1990
Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski: Mortality among psychoactive substance dependent persons
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Peter Anderson: Alcohol in Europe

1992, no 2

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Maciej Pałyska, Joanna Raduj: Personality of alcohol dependent persons. Literature review

1992, no 3

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Sławomir Sidorowicz: CT and neuropsychological assessment of the brain in the alcohol dependence syndrome
RESEARCH REPORTS
Andrzej Jakubik, Włodzimierz A. Brodniak, Maciej Pałyska, Joanna Raduj, Teresa Świt, Stefan Welbel: Personality of alcohol dependent persons
Maria Załuska, Paweł Bronowski, Artur Białyszewski, Zofia Traczewska: Factors involved in making psychiatric inpatients participate in AA meetings
Zofia Pakuła, Joanna Meder: Behavioral training in social skills (refusal or drinking) in alcoholism treatment - a follow-up
Jacek Morawski, Grażyna Świątkiewicz: Outcome monitoring study on members of abstainer clubs in Poland

1993, no 1

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1993, no 2

EVALUATION
Waldemar Kozłowski: An evaluation pilot study of a teachers drug prevention training
Maria John-Borys: Help people who help others

1993, Special issue

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Wanda Szata: HIV infection and AIDS in Poland: 1985 - 1992
Jo Kittelsen, Ann-Lise Middelthon: Prostitution, drug use and HIV and AIDS
Bogusław Habrat: Alcohol problems and HIV/AIDS

1994, volume 7, no 1

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REVIEW ARTICLE
Bogusław Habrat: Controversies concerning Disulfiram treatment
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Celina Godwod-Sikorska: The sociomedical characteristic of the patients treated with methadone in the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Helena Baran-Furga, Karina Steinbarth-Chmielewska: The methadone therapy
Lucyna Bury, Michalina Rokicka: Group therapy in the methadone programme
Bogdan Szukalski, Ewa Taracha: The laboratory control of abstinence in the extended methadone treatment of drug addicts
Marek Ignaczak: Assistance provided by the specific and general telephone emergency services (TES) in Poland for individuals having alcohol related problems
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Ulf Rydberg: Responsibile drinking. Is it responsible? A discussion on recommendation of "safe" limits of drinking
Harold D. Holder: The state monopoly as public policy approach to consumption and alcohol problems: a review of research evidence
Eugenia A. Koszkina: The current problems of alcohol and drug abuse in Russia

1994, volume 7, no 2

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REVIEW ARTICLE
Bożena Górka: The Al-Anon as the form of group therapy
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Bogusław Habrat: Fluvoxamine as a drug for alcohol relapses prevention (preliminary findings)
Hanna Wehr, Bogusław Habrat, Barbara Czartoryska, Danuta Górska, Monika Poźniak: The deployment of the urine beta-hexosoaminidasis estimate for the purpose of the alcohol abuses diagnostics
Zenon Kulka: The examination of the inhaled psychoactive substances effects on the central nervous system in adolescents. (The first stage of examination - 1993)
Janusz Sierosławski: The use of the addictive drugs by women
Grażyna Świątkiewicz: Potential consumers of legal psychoactive drugs in female population in Poland
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES
Jacqueline Ferris, Robin Room, Norman Giesbrecht: Public health interests in trade agreements on alcoholic beverages in North America
Anne Pinot de Moira, John Duffy: Changes in licensing law in England and Wales and alcohol-related mortality
Shoshana Weiss: Children in families with alcohol related problems in Israel- review of researches and programmes

1994, volume 7, no 3

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RESEARCH REPORTS
Adam Frączek: Age of initiation to alcohol drinking and subsequent characteristics of adolescents
Zenon Kulka: Social and demographic aspects of psychoactive substances sniffing by youth. The results of the questionnaire inquiry. (The first stage of examination - 1993)
Grażyna Świątkiewicz: The results of the questionnaire study of the Starachowice community. An element of the diagnosis preceding prevention activities
Janusz Sierosławski: Shifts of drinking patterns during the social and cultural transformation
IINTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Marjolijn Uitzinger: The policy toward Drug Addiction in Amsterdam
Peter Anderson, Anne Cremona, Alex Paton, Charlotte Turner, Paul Wallace: The risk of the Alcohol Related Health Damage

1995, volume 8, no 1

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Bogdan Szukalski, Ewa Mirkiewicz: Narcotics determination in saliva and hair as the biological material
Maria Rodo, Małgorzata Bednarska-Makaruk, Anna Stajniak, Hanna Wehr: Lipid peroxidation products and α-tocopherol in alcohol dependent patients
Andrzej Wilk: Delirium tremens. Diagnostics and treatment
Anna Pohorecka, Irena Jelonkiewicz: Alcohol drinking, sense of coherence /SOC/ and the stress coping styles among high school graduates
Grażyna Świątkiewicz: Knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among inhabitants of rural community and middle size town
Janusz Sierosławski: Prevalence of drug dependence in Poland in 1993
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Effectiveness of the prevention lesson about glue sniffing
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Christian Rasmussen: Multi-modality programming in the treatment of drug addiction
Juhani Lehto, Jacek Moskalewicz: Alcohol policy during extensive socioeconomic change. WHO-EURO, 1994

1995, volume 8, no 2

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METHODOLOGY
Gayle M. Boyd: Methodology of evaluative studies in USA
EVALUATION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAMMES
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Pilot Study. Evaluation of the alcohol prevention programme "The Second Primer"
Szymon Grzelak: Alcohol prevention programme "NOAH". A formative evaluation
Szymon Grzelak: Alcohol prevention programme "NOAH". A summative evaluation
Krzysztof Ostaszewski: The "Draw and Write" technique use in evaluation of school-based drug prevention programme "Have a second look"
Paweł Bronowski: Community drug prevention programme. The project of outcome evaluation
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
Barbara Wolniewicz-Grzelak, Agnieszka Pisarska: An evaluation questionnaire for Minnesota Alcohol Primary Prevention Programme. Project Northland
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn: Measurement of social resistance skills. Questionnaire "PAD"
Barbara Wolniewicz-Grzelak: Measurement of self-reported alcohol use among teenagers

1995, volume 8, no 3

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Halina Matsumoto, Bogdan Szukalski, Krystyna Stencka, Elżbieta Woźny: Studies on the usefulness of the Abuscreen-Ontrak Test for detecting opiates, amphetamines, barbiturans and cannabinol in drug user urine
Bogdan Szukalski, Ewa Mirkiewicz, Ewa Taracha: The applicability of FPIA and HPTC method in analysis of opiates and methadone in poppy straw product drug user urine
Bogdan Szukalski: Amphetamine, methamphetamine and their psychoactive structural analogies
Janusz Sierosławski: Social-demographic determinants of drinking in Poland
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Herman Vuijsje: Dutch approach towards AIDS
E. A. Koszkina, L. D. Miroszniczenko: Selected epidemiological aspects of alcoholism in Russia
Wojciech Kosikowski: Alcohol problems in Israel
Paweł Bronowski: Drug dependency system in Great Britain

1995, volume 8, no 4

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REVIEW ARTICLES
Bogdan Szukalski: Volatile substance abuse
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Dariusz Wasilewski, Halina Matsumoto, Ewa Kur, Anna Dziklińska, Elżbieta Woźny, Krystyna Stencka, Michał Skalski, Piotr Chaba, Waldemar Szelenberger: Loading dose method in the treatment of delirium tremens with Diazepam
Wojciech Jernajczyk, Bohdan T. Woronowicz: EEG sleep pattern in female alcoholics
Wieslaw Leksowski: An analysis of some factors associated with relapse in alcohol dependent patients - preliminary report
Andrzej Jakubik, Włodzimierz Brodniak, Maciej Pałyska, Joanna Raduj, Stefan Welbel: Psychosocial determinants of nicotinism
Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski: Application of new methods of estimating drug abuse prevalence
Antoni Zieliński, Janusz Sierosławski: Prevalence of psychoactive substance use among students of schools beyond the primary level
Janusz Sierosławski: A community-based program of assistance to drug dependent people
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES Rethinking drug policy options - getting beyond prohibition versus legalization
David C. Lewis, Eric Klinenberg: Redefining US Drug Policy

1996, volume 9, no 1

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SENSE OF COHERENCE AND ALCOHOL DRINKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS - RESEARCH REPORTS
Irena Jelonkiewicz: On correlates and regulatory functions of the sense of coherence (an overview of the literature)
Barbara Mroziak: Sense of coherence (SOC ) in relation to mental health and alcohol drinking in senior adolescents. Rationale and outline of a research program
Marek Zwoliński: Living conditions and sense of coherence in relation to alcohol drinking in adolescents
Katarzyna Kosińska-Dec: Sense of coherence, coping styles and alcohol drinking (research report)
Bohdan Dudek, Jerzy Koniarek: Sense of coherence and perceived relations between working conditions, stress and perceived health status
Stanisław Wójtowicz: Alcohol drinking among adolescents in the context of their developmental tasks realization
Ewa Stępień: Perceived relations with parents and alcohol drinking among adolescents
Betty Miller: Parental characteristics perceived by alcoholic and non-alcoholic adults (a retrospective study)
PHARMACOLOGICAL METHODS OF ALCOHOL RELAPSE PREVENTION AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION RATE REDUCTION
Marcin Ziółkowski, Janusz Rybakowski: Naltrexone in treatment of alcohol dependence syndrom
Joanna Hauser, Anna Głodowska, Janusz Rybakowski: Fluoxetine vs placebo in the treatment of male patients with alcohol dependence syndrom, a 12-month prospective study
Jerzy Samochowiec, Karol Fabiańczyk, Ilona Czopek, Rodryg Reszczyński, Jan Horodnicki: Efficacy of nifedipine in abstinence maintaining in patients with alcohol dependence syndrom (ADS) (a double blind trial)
Bogusław Habrat: Strategies and drugs used for preventing alcohol relapse and reducing alcohol consumption rates

1996, volume 9, no 2

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Bogusław Habrat, Ewa Habrat, Dorota Jabłońska: Functional cerebral asymmetry in alcoholic males
Bogusław Habrat, Hanna Wehr, Barbara Czartoryska, Danuta Górska, Bohdan T. Woronowicz: Influence of pharmacotherapy and liver impairment on beta-hexosaminidase acivity in urine
Joanna Hauser, Marzena Zakrzewska: A MMPI-based typological analysis of male alcoholics
Joanna Hauser, Marzena Zakrzewska: Personality traits an a prognostic factor in male alcoholics
Tomasz Kryszczyński: Experiences of HIV-infected drug abusers
Bohdan T. Woronowicz: Therapeutic holidays for alcoholics and co-alcoholics in the Strzyżyna Center
Bohdan T. Woronowicz, Wojciech Lenard: An attempt at evaluation of alcohol treatment outcome in terms of abstinence duration
Janusz Sierosławski: Drug problem in Warsaw. A multi-indicator epidemiological study

1996, volume 9, no 3

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Joanna Hauser: The evaluation of factors influencing the drinking model in male alcoholics
Joanna Hauser: Typology of male alcoholics and the efficiency of fluoxetine vs. placebo in prevention of relapse into alcohol drinking
Andrzej Bidziński, Bogusław Habrat, Anna Tonderska: Peripheral indices of the cholinergic and noradrenergic systems in type 1 and type 2 alcoholism
Antoni Zieliński: University students and psychoactive substance use. An attempt at attitude and behaviour change through an educational program
Urszula Świerzy, Jerzy Matysiakiewicz, Robert Pudlo, Ewa Zajączkiewicz: Exposition to lead and alcohol psychoses
Zenon Kulka: Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescent volatile substance abusers
Barbara Wolniewicz-Grzelak, Janusz Grzelak: Evaluation scales for assessing the effectiveness of alcohol prevention programs
INTERANTIONAL EXPERIENCES
Carolyn L. Williams, Cheryl L. Perry: Evaluation of a community-wide alcohol use prevention program for adolescents
Władymir F. Jegorow, Eugenia A. Koszkina, Tatiana B. Grieczanaja, Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski: Comparative analysis of mortality among intravenous drug users in Moscow and Warsaw

1996, volume 9, no 4

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Joanna Kwiatkowska, Barbara Woynarowska, Anna Oblacińska, Ilona Burzyńska: Some correlates of alcohol consumption in adolescents aged 11 - 15 in Poland
Antoni Zieliński: Participation of local community organizations in the program of drug abuse prevention "Odlot" in Starachowice and Malczyce
Maria R. Dziuda, Ewa Zimna-Walendzik: Health-compromising behaviors among secondary school students in Łódź
Zenon Kulka: Neuroradiological examination, electroencephalography, and neuropsychological assessment of adolescent volatile substance users
Janusz Sierosławski: Drug using patterns among clients asking for drug treatment in Warsaw
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Henri Lôo: Tianeptine in the treatment of depressive syndromes in alcohol abusers or alcoholics

1997, volume 10, no 1

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THEORETICAL PAPERS
Grażyna Świątkiewicz: The issue of beer drinking in the period of socio-political transformation in Poland
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Marcin Wojnar, Dariusz Wasilewski, Halina Matsumoto, Artur Cedro: Gender differences in the course of alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Bogdan Szukalski, Ewa Mirkiewicz, Ewa Taracha: Detection of amphetamine and its psychoactive analogues in the urine of drug abusers by means of the FPIA and HPTLC methods
Paweł Bronowski: Factors related to abstinence maintenance in alcohol dependent patients hospitalized at a psychiatric ward - a three-year follow up study
Bolesław Floriańczyk, Kazimierz Pasternak: Isocitric dehydrogenase activity in intoxicated mice
Krzysztof Bobrowski, Krzysztof Ostaszewski: "Noah + Second Primer". Evaluation of an alcohol prevention program
Andrzej Jakubik, Beata Kowaluk: Social support and abstinence maintenance among alcohol dependent men

1997, volume 10, no 2

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THEORETICAL PAPERS
Bogdan Szukalski: Cannabis - biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology
Grażyna Świątkiewicz: Socio-economic determinants of alcohol-related problems
Wanda Dyr, Wojciech Kostowski: Methodological problems in the experimental investigation of alcohol dependence: selected lines of ethanol - preferring animals
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Kazimierz Pasternak: The influence of morphine intoxication on tRNA aminoacilation effectiveness in the mouse liver
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Anna Borucka: Changes in alcohol consumption among adolescents. The Mokotów study: 1984-1988-1992-1996
Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski, Grażyna Świątkiewicz: "Odlot" - a program of drug prevention in Poland
Wojciech Jernajczyk: REM sleep pattern in alcohol dependent males with dementia
Janusz Sierosławski, Antoni Zieliński: Psychoactive substances availability and their use among post-primary school students

1997, volume 10, no 3

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RESEARCH REPORTS OF THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY IN WARSAW
Jerzy Mellibruda: Psycho-bio-social model of alcohol dependence
Jerzy Mellibruda: Strategic-structural psychotherapy of dependence
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda: Analysis of the course and outcome of the APETA alcohol treatment program - the rationale and a preliminary research report
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda, Bogusław Włodawiec: Characterization of the patient population participating in the APETA program
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda: Characterization of therapeutic work in facilities included in the APETA research program
Halina Ginowicz: Therapeutic program of the Alcohol Treatment Unit in Łuków
Zofia Sobolewska: Therapeutic program of the Gdańsk province center for alcohol treatment
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda: Alcohol use in patients completing vs. dropping out from alcohol treatment in the APETA program
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda, Bogusław Włodawiec: Changes in social functioning of the APETA program participants after alcohol treatment
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda: Changes in the APETA program participants' mental health after alcohol treatment
Jerzy Mellibruda, Zofia Sobolewska: A theoretical concept and therapy of co-dependence
Marzena Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda, Bogusław Włodawiec: A rationale and pilot study of the APETOW research program: an analysis of the course and outcome of co-dependence treatment
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda, Bogusław Włodawiec: Results of a pilot study of the APETOW program - characteristics of co-dependent female patients
Marzenna Kucińska, Jerzy Mellibruda, Bogusław Włodawiec: Family violence experiences and sense of coherence of co-dependent female patients
Bogusław Włodawiec: Evaluation of Personal Development Program for sobriety promotion leaders

1997, volume 10, no 4

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THEORETICAL PAPERS
The Farmington consensus
Bohdan Szukalski: Natural and synthetic opiates
Wojciech Kostowski: Recent developments in pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Paweł Bronowski: Factors related to entering alcohol treatment by alcohol dependent patients after their psychiatric hospitalization
Wojciech Jernajczyk: REM sleep parameters in alcohol dependent males and females
Kazimierz Pasternak: Magnesium, zinc and copper level in blood serum and tissues of morphine and ethanol intoxicated mice
Marcin Ziółkowski, Janusz Rybakowski, Jarosław Szułczyński, Jarosław Lach, Ewa Lach: Alcohol drinking and cigarette smoking in pregnant women
Marcin Ziółkowski, Helen M. Annis, Linda C. Sobell, Hector Ayala-Velazquez, Christian Sandahl, Bill Saunders, Stephen Thomas, Marzanna Zakrzewska: Alcohol dependence typology based on the disease severity and age of onset. Results of a WHO cross-cultural study
Marcin Ziółkowski, Janusz Rybakowski, Wojciech Kosmowski, Aleksander Araszkiewicz: Depressive syndrome in male alcoholics hospitalized in Addiction Treatment Department in Bydgoszcz
Aleksandra Kasperowicz-Dąbrowiecka, Janusz Rybakowski, Wiesława Filek, Anna Miłkowska, Teresa Bułat: Mental disorders prevalence in male and female alcoholics and in their families
Antoni Zieliński, Janusz Sierosławski: Age norms for initiation to alcohol drinking
Janusz Sierosławski, Zenon Kulka: Youth and psychoactive substance use. Results of a survey among conscripts of Warszawa-Ursynów residential district

1998, volume 11, no 1

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RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Wanda Dyr, Anna Witanowska, Jolanta Dzierzkowska, Krystyna Iwińska, Paweł Krząścik, Wojciech Kostowski: Biochemical and behavioral analysis of a new line of rats selectively bred for high ethanol consumption
Zenon Kulka, Jacek Moskalewicz: The effect of a needle and syringe exchange programs on HIV infections among opiate users in Poland
Krzysztof Ostaszewski: Changes in psychoactive substance use among adolescents. The Mokotów study
Janusz Sierosławski, Antoni Zieliński: Adult inhabitants of Warsaw and psychoactive substance use
Andrzej Jakubik, Ewa Zegarowicz: Self-esteem, locus of control and emotional control of adolescent daughters of alcohol dependent fathers
Bogdan Szukalski, Ewa Mirkiewicz, Jerzy Walkowiak: Usefulness of FPIA, HPTLC, and HPLC methods in urinalysis for internationally controlled barbiturates

1998, volume 11, no 2

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THEORETICAL PAPERS
Bogusław Habrat: Efficacy of acamprosate in relapse prevention of drinking and diminishing the amount of alcohol consumption. Review of clinical studies
Jerzy Samochowiec, Ewa Fiszer-Prosik, Jan Horodnicki: Genetics of alcoholism
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Barbara Mroziak, Stanisław Wójtowicz, Bohdan T. Woronowicz: Psychosocial concomitants of alcohol dependence
Joanna Kulikowska: Studies on opium alkaloids elimination in patients treated at a detoxication center
Anna Bokszczanin: Optimism and perception of possible harm caused by drinking as related to smoking and alcohol use among adolescents
Zenon Kulka, Grażyna Świątkiewicz, Antoni Zieliński: Interpersonal and intrapersonal predictors of relapses to drink

1998, volume 11, no 3

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THEORETICAL PAPERS
Bogdan Szukalski: Cocaine
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Irena Jelonkiewicz, Katarzyna Kosińska-Dec: Familial determinants of alcohol drinking among young adults
Karina Chmielewska, Helena Baran, Stanisław Dąbrowski, Bogusław Habrat: Adherence to methadone substitution treatment program by opiate-dependent patients
Zenon Kulka, Grażyna Świątkiewicz, Antoni Zieliński: Psychological and somatic predictors of relapse to alcohol drinking
Wojciech Jernajczyk, Bohdan T. Woronowicz: The sleep of alcohol dependent men in an abstinence period
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Krzysztof Bobrowski, Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Agnieszka Pisarska, Cheryl L. Perry, Carolyn L. Williams: A Polish adaptation of the American alcohol primary prevention program for young adolescents

1998, volume 11, no 4

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THEORETICAL PAPERS
Marcin Ziółkowski, Janusz Rybakowski: Pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence
Anna Sarol-Kulka: Psychodrama techniques in the treatment of adult children of alcoholics
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Halina Ekiert, Wojciech Jernajczyk, Bohdan T. Woronowicz: Differential effects of alcohol dependence, endogenous depression and physiological aging on EEG sleep pattern
Janusz Sierosławski, Bogdan Wojnar: Drug addiction in Kraków. Results of an epidemiological monitoring program, stage I
Bogusław Habrat, Krzysztof Bożejko, Jolanta Charewicz, Joanna Waniek: Clorazepate (Tranxene) effectiveness in the treatment of uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal syndromes. A comparison with diazepam treatment in a randomized, controlled study
Bogusław Habrat, Krzysztof Ostaszewski: A preliminary evaluation of the current status of Polish medical students education on alcohol-related medical harm
Marcin Wojnar, Zdzisław Bizoń, Dariusz Wasilewski, Agnieszka Popiel: Relationship of trauma and physical diseases to the incidence and course of delirium tremens
Marcin Wojnar, Zdzisław Bizoń, Dariusz Wasilewski, Artur Cedro: The kindling phenomenon in the pathogenesis of alcohol withdrawal seizures and delirium tremens

1999, volume 12, no 1

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THEORETICAL PAPERS
Wojciech Kostowski: Pharmacological and toxicological consequences of ethanol-cytochrome P-450 interactions
Wanda Dyr: The role of the endogenous opioid system in the mechanism of ethanol action
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Anna Borucka: Positive alcohol-related expectancies and alcohol drinking in adolescents. An overview of theoretical concepts and examples of studies
Krzysztof Bobrowski, Krzysztof Ostaszewski: Outcomes of the evaluative studies on the alcohol prevention program "Noah+ the Second Primer" as an example of the evaluation functions
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Beata Augustyńska, Marcin Ziółkowski, Lech Torliński, Magdalena Lampka, Elżbieta Serówka, Janusz Rybakowski: Humoral immunity in alcohol dependent males after 30 days of an alcoholism treatment program
Ewa Stępień: A comparative study of alcohol drinking in Polish and Italian adolescents
Zenon Kulka, Grażyna Świątkiewicz, Antoni Zieliński: Social predictors of relapse in alcoholism
Ewa Taracha, Bogusław Habrat, Helena Baran-Furga, Karina Chmielewska, Piotr Woźniak, Bogdan Szukalski: Identification of alcohol abusers among opiate dependent participants of a methadone substitution program by determination of urine ß-hexosaminidase and serum markers of alcoholism

1999, volume 12, no 2

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Jacek Moskalewicz, Dorota Wiszejko: To decrease alcohol consumption and to change its structure as well as to decrease health harm related to alcohol
Janusz Sierosławski: Reduction of psychoactive substances use and related health problems
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Janusz Sierosławski: Needs assessment regarding assistance to drug addicts in Poznań. Qualitative study
Barbara Mroziak, Bohdan T. Woronowicz, Stanisław Wójtowicz: Changes in the sense of coherence and coping styles after a psychotherapeutic program of alcoholism treatment. A preliminary report
Sławomir Bukowski, Bogusława Bukowska, Stanisław Ilnicki: The assessment of effectiveness of the outpatient therapy for alcoholics based on the Minnesota Model
Bogdan Szukalski, Ewa Mirkiewicz, Jerzy Walkowiak, Ewa Taracha: Development of conditions for screening and confirmation analysis of benzodiazepines in urine of drug addicts
Janusz Sierosławski, Antoni Zieliński: Drinking patterns among youth – qualitative approach

1999, volume 12, no 3

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Andrzej Danysz: Professor Franciszek Venulet - the pioneer of Polish scientific studies on the effects of tobacco smoking on the state of health
Ewa Florek: The chemical composition and cancerogenic compounds of tobacco smoke
Bogusław Habrat: Pharmacotherapy of nicotine dependence
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Jerzy Mosiewicz: Smoking and the development of early stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Krzysztof Ostaszewski: Factors related to alkohol use among 13-14 years old adolescents
Maria Rodo, Hanna Wehr, Piotr Woźniak, Cezary Markuszewski, Bogusław Habrat, Ewa Taracha: Evaluation of plasma lipoprotein modifications in alcohol dependent patients
Elżbieta Maludzińska, Marzena Zakrzewska, Janusz Rybakowski, Marcin Ziółkowski: The evaluation of situations increasing the risk of drinking with regard to drinking females and males treated in outpatient clinics
CASE REPORTS
Dariusz Wasilewski, Halina Matsumoto: High doses of diazepam in treatment of delirium tremens

1999, volume 12, no 4

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Bogdan Szukalski: Ecstasy (MDMA) and methamphetamine
Wojciech Kostowski: Persistence and relapses of dependence symptomatology: in search for neuronal and molecular background
Roman Stefański, Wojciech Kostowski: Drug reinforcement in animals
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Wanda Dyr, Paweł Krząśœcik, Krzysztof Dudek, Anna Witanowska, Jolanta Dzierzkowska, Wojciech Kostowski: A new line of Wistar rats selected to preference of alcohol: behavioural characteristics
Ewa Stępień: Alcohol drinking intensity and some aspects of lifestyle in Polish and Italian adolescents
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Anna Borucka, Krzysztof Bobrowski: A Polish adaptation of the Alcohol Expectancies Questionnaire for Adolescents (AEQ-A)
Celina Godwod, Zenon Kulka: Alcohol psychoses in inpatient psychiatric care in 1996: prevalence, diagnostics and treatment
Krzysztof Bobrowski, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn: Psychoactive substance use among secondary school students in the Warsaw-Centre Community
Stanisław Wójtowicz, Jolanta Jastrzębska, Bogusław Habrat, Barbara Mroziak: Sense of coherence (SOC), coping styles and primary appraisal in alcohol dependent patients undertaking alcohol treatment

2000, volume 13, no 1

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Wojciech Kostowski: The role of dopamine in reward mechanism and dependence development: facts and hypotheses
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Beata Augustyńska, Marcin Ziółkowski, Lech Torliński, Janusz Rybakowski: Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and other protein biochemical markers of alcohol abuse
Dorota Wiszejko: Legal and epidemiological aspects of obligation to alcohol dependence treatment in Poland
Katarzyna Przymuszewska: Some ethical aspects of drug abuse treatment in Poland
Wojciech Kosmowski, Marcin Ziółkowski, Janusz Rybakowski: Changes in the total number of leukocytes and their subfractions in alcohol dependent male inpatients after 30 days' abstinence
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Krzysztof Bobrowski, Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Agnieszka Pisarska : Outcome evaluation of the alcohol primary prevention program "Program Domowych Detektywów"

2000, volume 13, no 2

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Bogdan Szukalski: Cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous and exogenous ligands
Wojciech Kostowski: The role of dopamine in reward mechanisms and dependence development: facts and hypotheses
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Magdalena Lampka, Lech Torliński, Marcin Ziółkowski, Ewa Kopczyńska, Janusz Rybakowski: Disorders of iron and lipoprotein metabolism in alcohol abusers
Katarzyna Kosińska-Dec, Irena Jelonkiewicz: Alcohol drinking and interpersonal aggression among young adults
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Krzysztof Bobrowski, Anna Borucka, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Agnieszka Pisarska: Adequacy of the "Program Domowych Detektywów" (a Polish adaptation of the Slick Tracy Home Team Program) implementation and its effectiveness
Dariusz Błachut, Ewa Mirkiewicz, Marta Bykas, Zdzisława Marczak, Ewa Taracha, Bogdan Szukalski: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) application in the analysis of complex mixtures of psychoactive amines
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Michael Fleming, Peggy Murray, Grażyna Modrzejewska: Evaluation of training courses for family physicians in prevention and treatment of alcohol-related problems

2000, volume 13, no 3

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Bogusław Habrat, Helena Baran, Karina Steinbarth-Chmielewska, Bohdan T. Woronowicz: Alcohol and other drug dependence and the quality of life
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Paweł Bronowski: Social support among AA members
Katarzyna Szamotulska: Ecological study on smoking frequency by women in reproductive age and low birth weight in newborns
Wojciech Hanke, Jarosław Kalinka, Wojciech Sobala: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among nonsmoking pregnant women from Lodz region - risk assessment of pre-term delivery and small-for-gestational-age infants
Jan E. Zejda: Impact of environmental tobacco smoke on children's respiratory health in Poland
Katarzyna Szamotulska, Zbigniew J. Brzeziński: Tobacco smoking during pregnancy and health status of newborn

2000, volume 13, no 4

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Dariusz Wasilewski, Bogusław Habrat, Iwona Grobel: Practical aspects of pharmacological treatment of alcohol dependence
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Włodzimierz Adam Brodniak, Stanisław Wójtowicz: Psychosocial correlates of alcohol dependent persons attempted suicides. A pilot study
Andrzej Bidziński, Piotr Woźniak, Bohdan Woronowicz, Anna Tonderska: Correlations of MAO and DBH activities as well as MAO/DBH activity index with the results of Tridimentional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) in healthy controls and alcohol dependent patients - Part l: Comparison of the TPQ results in the control group and the group of alcohol dependent persons
Andrzej Bidziński, Piotr Woźniak, Bohdan Woronowicz, Anna Tonderska: Correlations of MAO and DBH activities as well as MAO/DBH activity index with the results of Tridimentional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) in healthy controls and alcohol dependent patients - Part II: Correlations of biochemical parameters with temperamental features
Maria Kłopocka, Jacek Budzyński, Robert Bujak, Maciej Świątkowski, Włodzimierz Sinkiewicz, Marcin Ziółkowski: Daily sinus heart rate variability as an indicator of the autonomic neural system activity in alcohol dependent male patients during abstinence period
Maria Kłopocka, Jacek Budzyński, Maciej Świątkowski, Marcin Ziółkowski: Changes in gastric pH during a four week period of abstinence in alcohol dependent male patients
Janusz Sierosławski, Antoni Zieliński: Drinking patterns of adolescents in a small town setting

2001, volume 14, no 1

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Jerzy Vetulani: Drug dependence: Neurobiological mechanisms and pharmacotherapy
Eliza Koroś, Przemysław Bieńkowski, Wojciech Kostowski: From motivation to reward: Experimental models of alcohol craving and relapses to alcohol drinking
Ryszard Przewłocki, Barbara Przewłocka: Neuronal and molecular aspects of opiate dependence
Roman Stefański: Amphetamine dependence: Neurobiological and clinical characteristics
Jerzy Samochowiec, Anna Hajduk: Genetics of alcohol withdrawal
Wojciech Kostowski: Recent advances in pharmacotherapy of nicotine dependence
Bogusław Habrat: Drugs used in therapy of alcoholism
Bogdan Szukalski: Drugs of abuse determination in biological specimens

2001, volume 14, no 2

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Wojciech Kostowski: Drug addiction as a disorder of the "antidrive" mechanism ?
Bogdan Szukalski, Dariusz Błachut, Marta Bykas, Sławomir Szczepańczyk, Ewa Taracha: y-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and its lactone (GBL) - dangerous psychoactive substances, properties and metabolism.
Bogusław Habrat, Joanna Waniek, Jerzy Kulczycki: Central pontine myelinolysis in alcoholics.
Wanda Dyr: Locomotor activity and the mechanism of ethanol action.
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Jan Szymański, Barbara Woynarowska, Joanna Mazur: Consumption of alcoholic beverages among school-aged children in Poland and other countries. Trends of 1990-1998 period.
Celina Godwod, Zenon Kulka: Drug-induced psychoses in the inpatient psychiatric treatment. Prevalence, diagnosis and treatment - a comparision of the years 1996 and 1998.
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Anna Bogucka: Alcohol drinking among high-school students of the Mokotów district of Warsaw during the years 1984-2000.
Dariusz Błachut, Marta Bykas, Bogdan Szukalski: Application of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to the analysis of composite mixtures of cannabinoids.
Jan Chodkiewicz: The role of personal resources in the process of maintenance among alcohol dependent males.
Ewa Stępień: Experiences and alcohol - related attitudes during adolescence and the intensity of alcohol drinking among young adults. A follow-up study.

2001, volume 14, no 3

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Jerzy Samochowiec, Dariusz Rogoziński, Anna Hajduk, Anna Skrzypińska, Georg Arentowicz: The diagnostics, mechanism of dependence and nicotine dependence treatment
Bogdan Szukalski, Dariusz Błachut, Marta Bykas, Sławomir Szczepańczyk, Ewa Taracha: y-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and its lactone (GHL) - dangerous psychoactive substances. Methods of separation and identyfication - GC/MS and FTIR
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Andrzej Jakubik, Zofia Łaszewska: Information processing in alcohol dependent persons
Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Wojciech Gruszczyński: Personality traits of male and female ACOAs - outpatients of mental health clinic
Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Wojciech Gruszczyński: MMPI personality profile of ACOAs - outpatients of mental health clinic
Krzysztof Ostaszewski: Trends in psychoactive substance use among adolescents. The Mokotów Study - continuation
Ewa Stępień: Risk factors for drugs use experiences from adolescence to early adulthood /a follow-up study/
Katarzyna Dąbrowska: A follow-up study on the implementation of the "Package" for prevention and community action on drug abuse

2001, volume 14, no 4

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THEORETICAL PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS
Paweł Mierzejewski, Wojciech Kostowski: Adaptation Changes Evoked by Chronic Exposure to Opiates, a Role of the Antiopioid System.
Anna Bogucka-Bonikowska, Anna Ścińska, Bogusław Habrat, Andrzej Kukwa, Wojciech Kostowski, Przemysław Bieńkowski: Sweet Taste Preference as a Marker of Alcoholism.
Grażyna Świątkiewicz: Social History of Psychotropic Drug Abuse in Highly Industralized Countries.
Ewa Kopczyńska, Magdalena Lampka, Lech Torliński, Marcin Ziółkowski: Does Alcohol Abuse Lead to Disorders of Homocysteine Metabolism?
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Paweł Bronowski: Hierarchy of Values Among the Members of Alcoholics Anonymous Community.
J.Czesław Czabała, Maciej Pałyska, Joanna Raduj: Preventive Programs Implemented by the Centers for Psychological and Educational Counseling and Their Importance to the Prophylaxis of Addictions.
Barbara Woynarowska, Joanna Mazur: Beliefs Concerning Smoking among 15-year-old Adolescents in Different Countries.
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Monitoring of the Routine Implementation of the Alcohol Prevention Program: "Home Detectives Program".
Ewa Stępień: Peer Group Context of Psychoactive Substance Use from Adolescence to Early Adulthood.
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Agnieszka Pisarska: Self-Efficacy and Substance Use by Adolescents. A Pilot Study.
Antoni Zieliński, Janusz Sierosławski: Transition from Elementary to High- and Vocational School Education and Drinking of Alcoholic Beverages among Adolescents.

2002, volume 15, no 1

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INOXICATIONS WITH PARAMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE (PMA)
Dariusz Błachut, Bogdan Szukalski, Agnieszka Siwińska-Ziółkowska, Emilia Widecka: Application of the fluorescence polarization immunoassay and chromatographic methods for determination of p-methoxyamphetamine (PMA) and p-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) i urine and non-biological material
Wojciech Lechowicz, Ewa Chudzikiewicz, Ewa Janowska, Roman Stanaszek: P-methoxyamphetamine (PMA) and other phenylakylamine intoxications. Case reports
Marek Wiergowski, Krystyna Reguła, Beata Szpiech, Jacek Sein Anand, Wojciech Waldman: Fatal intoxications with paramethoxyamphetamine in Pomerania district and possibility of fast and authoritative diagnosis of poisonings with solid phase microextraction method (SPME)
Agnieszka Siwińska-Ziółkowska, Emilia Widecka-Deptuch: Cases of fatal p-methoxyamphetamine (PMA) and p-methoxymethamphetamine intoxication in the material of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University in Warsaw
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Wanda Dyr, Wojciech Kostowski: WHP and WLP selected rats: persistent changes in intake of ethanol phenotype
Barbara Woynarowska, Joanna Mazur: Intention to smoke in the future among 15-year-old adolescents and its some determinants
Ewa Taracha, Bogusław Habrat, Jarosław Smela, Wojciech Gruszyński: Screening of alcohol abuse in soldiers. The application of determination of ß-hexosaminidase activity in urine as a marker of chronic alcohol use
Andrzej Jakubik, Ewa Kraszewska: Alien syndrome in alcohol dependent men
CASE STUDY
Jacek Sein Anand, Zygmunt Chodorowski: An interaction of melatonin with alcohol - a case report

2002, volume 15, no 2

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REVIEW PAPERS
Paweł Mierzejewski, Wojciech Kostowski: The role of the hippocampus in addiction and positive reinforcing effects of psychoactive substances
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Sense of coherence, others resistance resources and substance use by adolescents. A pilot study
Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Agnieszka Pisarska: First experiences with the introducing of school intervention for pupils using psychoactive substances

2002, volume 15, no 3

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REVIEW PAPERS
Danuta Hajdukiewicz: Emotions in the state of alcohol intoxication
Antoni Prusiński: Drug induced rebound headache
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Zenon Kulka: First hospitalizations of alcohol psychoses in the years: 1960, 1970, 1989, and 1988: Prevalence, diagnostics, and treatment - and the average registered alcohol consumption, study based on the records of the Psychiatric Hospital in Pruszków
Tomasz Nowakowski, Wojciech Gruszczyński, Krzysztof Zboralski: Perinatal disorder and alcohol and psychoactive substance use in soldiers of airmobile unit
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Krzysztof Bobrowski, Anna Borucka, Agnieszka Pisarska: Relationships between subjective norms and adolescents' intention to use alcohol, tobacco and drugs
Ewa Stępień: Alcohol drinking style in the transition from the adolescence to early adulthood. Part I: Patterns of change in alcohol drinking intensity - a follow-up study
Ewa Stępień: Alcohol drinking style in the transition from the adolescence to early adulthood. Part II: Socio-demographic correlates of changes in alcohol drinking intensity - a follow-up study
Bogdan Szukalski, Marta Bykas-Strękowska, Dariusz Błachut, Ewa Taracha: Flunitrazepam - a benzodiazepine used for criminal purposes: Identification in urine by GC/MS

2002, volume 15, no 4

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Wanda Dyr: Selected lines of rats WHP and WLP: Behavioral and neurochemical characteristic
Agnieszka Pisarska, Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Krzysztof Bobrowski: The consumption of alcohol in declarations of youths aged 13-15
Jan Chodkiewicz, Zygfryd Juczyński: The risky behaviours among school-aged children in Łódź
Irena Jelonkiewicz, Katarzyna Kosińska-Dec: Family characteristics and adolescents' alcohol drinking
Katarzyna Dąbrowska: Alcohol marketing in Poland
Marek Wiergowski, Beata Szpiech, Katarzyna Galer, Krystyna Reguła: Attempt of correlation estimation in structure of gender, age, dead cause of fatalities and season based on the positive results of alcohol determination in blood and urine, which were analysed in the Forensic Medicine Department of the Medical University of Gdańsk in years 1989-1990 and 1999-2000
CASE STUDIES
Jacek Sein Anand, Zygmunt Chodorowski, Roman Korolkiewicz: Leukoencephalopathy after acute suicidal intoxication with oral morphine sulphate (MST)
Jacek Sein Anand, Zygmunt Chodorowski, Marek Wiśniewski: Extensive toxic Central Nervous System damage in the course of sniffing of solvent "Nitro". A case report

2003, volume 16, no 1-2

THEORETICAL PAPERS & MONOGRAPHS
Ewa Czech, Marek Hartleb: Genetic polymorphism of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) and pathophysiological and clinical implications of acetaldehyde
Kazimierz Pasternak, Małgorzata Kiełczykowska: Alcoholism, drug addiction and macro- and microelements in experimental and clinical studies
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Epidemiological studies and directions of the local drug prevention strategies development. "The Iława study".
Irena Jelonkiewicz, Katarzyna Kosińska-Dec: Family characteristics and adolescents alcohol drinking
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn: Alcohol drinking and alcohol expectancies among married women and men
Maria Kłopocka, Jacek Budzyński, Maciej Świątkowski, Marcin Ziółkowski: The influence of four-weeks abstinence on macro- and microscopic appearance of the upper gastrointestinal tract mucosa and on oesophageal and gastric pH-metry in alcohol-dependent male patients
Anna Sarol-Kulka, Zenon Kulka: Sexuality and the use of alcohol and substances of abuse in women with eating disorders

2003, volume 16, no 3-4

REVIEW PAPERS
Wanda Dyr: The significance of neuropeptides in alcohol preference and consumption
Grażyna Cholewińska: Difficulties in antiretroviral treatment in opioid dependent patients treated in substitution programs
Bogusław Habrat, Karina Chmielewska, Helena Baran-Furga: Legal regulation and clinical practice concerning take-home substitution drugs
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Bogusław Habrat, Karina Chmielewska, Helena Baran-Furga: Take-home methadone in Polish substitution programs
Barbara Woynarowska, Joanna Mazur: Psychoactive substance use and other risk behaviours among adolescents 11-15-year-olds in Poland in 2002
Ewa Kopczyńska, Marcin Ziółkowski: Leptin concentration in alcohol dependent male patients
Antoni Zieliński: Homelessness and alcohol abuse

2004, volume 17, no 1-2

REVIEW PAPERS
Ewa Czech, Marek Hartleb: Postalcohol fetal injury as an underestimated of developmental defects and neurobehavioral derangements in children
Giedrius Vanagas, Eugenijus Bagdonas, Zilvinas Padaiga: Cost analysis in economic evaluation of methadone maintenance treatment: A methodological approach.
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Joanna Mazur, Barbara Woynarowska: Co-occurrence of smoking and alcohol use in the risk behaviours syndrome among adolescents: Trends 1990-2002
Katarzyna Kocoń, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Agnieszka Pisarska: Adolescents' opinion about drugs: Results of qualitative study
Krzysztof Bobrowski: The Slick Tracy Home Detectives Program outcome evaluation: A four-month follow-up
Ewa Stępień: Quality of Life in young adults and intensity of alcohol drinking in adolescence and in young adulthood: A follow-up study
Elżbieta Krajewska-Kułak, Wojciech Klapa, Jolanta Lewko, Irena Wrońska, Cecylia Łukaszuk, Barbara Jankowiak, Anna Bartoszewicz, Hanna Rolka, Marta Leszczyńska, Katarzyna Krajewska, Matylda Sierakowska, Agnieszka Szyszko-Perłowska: Nurses' opinion on the necessity of education of the persons from dregs of society and the youths danger of social pathologies and their families
Beata Augustyńska, Marcin Ziółkowski, Wojciech Kosmowski: CDT in alcohol dependent women - pilot examination over clinical utility
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of presentations on the 3rd International Conference on Substitutive Treatment and Rehabilitation of Drug Addiction: "Addiction to psychoactive drugs and HIV infection, and AIDS", Katowice, Poland, September 29-October 2, 2004

2004, volume 17, no 3-4

REVIEW PAPERS
Wanda Dyr: The motivation for beer consumption in laboratory animals
Wanda Dyr: The structure of ethanol consumption in animal models
Bogusław Habrat: Tobacco smoking by patients with schizophrenia
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Irena Namysłowska, Bohdan T. Woronowicz, Marta Bogulas, Andrzej Beauvale: Assessment of family relations by persons dependent on alcohol and their spouses
Piotr Januszko, Maria Radziwoń-Zaleska, Bartłomiej Gmaj, Dariusz M. Myszka, Joanna Wilkowska, Maria Kostecka-Walenta, Dariusz Matoszko, Halina Matsumoto: Alexithymia as a prognostic factor for maintaining abstinence from alcohol dependence
Jacek Budzyński, Maria Kłopocka, Maciej Świątkowski, Marcin Ziółkowski, Grzegorz Pulkowski, Ewa Kopczyńska: Nitric oxide metabolites plasma level in alcohol dependent male patients during six-month abstinence
Jacek Budzyński, Maria Kłopocka, Maciej Świątkowski, Marcin Ziółkowski, Grzegorz Pulkowski, Ewa Kopczyńska: Can an increase of nitric oxide metabolites concentration after first four weeks of abstinence predict alcohol relapse during the next five months?
Barbara Szczyrba, Anna Trzcieniecka-Green: Motives of beginning, continuation and finishing of therapy in women addicted to alcohol in addiction therapy ward
CASE STUDY
Martyna Kaleta-Kupiecka, Andrzej Kupiecki, Bogusław Habrat: Comorbidty of alcoholism and late onset schizophrenia in women. Two cases study
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of the International Symposium: "Chances of Aid for Dependent Medical Professionals" Poznań, December 02-03, 2004

2005, volume 18, no 1-2

REVIEW PAPERS
Wanda Dyr: The influence of stress on ethanol consumption
Wanda Dyr: Teratogenic action of alcohol
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Drug use and other problem behaviors among junior high school students. Changes between 14 and 16 year olds
Krzysztof Gąsior: Types of alcoholism among women
Agata Krupa, Kamilla Bargieł-Matusiewicz, Grzegorz Hofman: The relation between social support and the used strategies of coping with stress in drug addicts
Antoni Zieliński: Alcohol abuse and homelessness
Justyna Żulewska-Sak: Sobering-up stations: Polish experiences
ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS ON CONFERENCES
International Conference: Psychiatric Genetics, Dependencies, Double Diagnosis, Psychopharmacotherapy, Poznań, June 10-11, 2005
Scientific-Training Conference: Specific Patients of Drug Addiction Psychotherapy Programs. Warsaw, September 20-22, 2005

2005, volume 18, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Joanna Mazur, Barbara Woynarowska, Hanna Kololo, Agnieszka Malkowska: Violence in adolescents aged 11-15 years in relation to alcohol abuse and selected psychosocial determinants
Krzysztof Bobrowski, Katarzyna Kocon, Agnieszka Pisarska: The results of the two-year alcohol prevention program
Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Okulicz- Kozaryn, Krzysztof Bobrowski: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Amazing Alternatives - American alcohol prevention program. The importance of the process evaluation and qualitative methods
Justyna Żulewska-Sak, Katarzyna Dąbrowska: Social perception of factors impeding chances for natural recovery from addiction - a cross-cultural qualitative perspective
MONOGRAPHY PAPERS
Monika Abucewicz: Drug abuse as a social problem in Poland from the constructionist perspective Part one: The Interwar Period
CONFERENCES
3 1st Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on the Social Aspects of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Problems - Riverside, USA, 30 May-3 June 2005 (Justyna Żulewska-Sak).	n/a
BOOK REVIEW
Malinowska-Sempruch K. (ed.) Niezamierzone konsekwencje: polityka narkotykowa a prawa czlowieka (War on drugs, HIVIAIDS and human rights) (Grazyna Swiątkiewicz).	n/a

2005, volume 18, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Joanna Mazur, Barbara Woynarowska, Hanna Kololo, Agnieszka Malkowska: Violence in adolescents aged 11-15 years in relation to alcohol abuse and selected psychosocial determinants
Krzysztof Bobrowski, Katarzyna Kocon, Agnieszka Pisarska: The results of the two-year alcohol prevention program
Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Okulicz- Kozaryn, Krzysztof Bobrowski: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Amazing Alternatives - American alcohol prevention program. The importance of the process evaluation and qualitative methods
Justyna Żulewska-Sak, Katarzyna Dąbrowska: Social perception of factors impeding chances for natural recovery from addiction - a cross-cultural qualitative perspective
MONOGRAPHY PAPERS
Monika Abucewicz: Drug abuse as a social problem in Poland from the constructionist perspective Part one: The Interwar Period
CONFERENCES
3 1st Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on the Social Aspects of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Problems - Riverside, USA, 30 May-3 June 2005 (Justyna Żulewska-Sak).	n/a
BOOK REVIEW
Malinowska-Sempruch K. (ed.) Niezamierzone konsekwencje: polityka narkotykowa a prawa czlowieka (War on drugs, HIVIAIDS and human rights) (Grazyna Swiątkiewicz).	n/a

2005, volume 18, no 4

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2006, volume 19, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Dariusz Wasilewski, Marcin Wojnar, Iwona Grobel, Grażyna Wieczorkowska, Izabela Żmigrodzka, Sylwia Fudalej: Nowowiejska alcohol withdrawal assessment scale (NOWA Scale)
Włodzimierz A. Brodniak, Marek Zwoliński: Prevalence of suicidal ideation and behaviours among patients of alcohol treatment centres
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Kocoń: Prescription drugs and illicit drugs use by adolescents
Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Ostaszewski: Medication use among 15-years old students of Warsaw schools
MONOGRAPHY PAPERS
Monika Abucewicz: Drug abuse as a social problem in Poland from the constructionist perspective. Part two: the postwar period to 1968/1969

2006, volume 19, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Jan Chodkiewicz: Alcohol drinking and knowledge about alcohol abuse among students of two Łódź academies
REVIEW PAPERS
Wojciech Kostowski: Basic mechanisms and theories of addictions
Ewa Czech, Joanna Lewin-Kowalik, Marek Hartleb: Role of catalase in brain and peripheral oxidation of ethanol
MONOGRAPHY PAPERS
Monika Abucewicz: Drug abuse as a social problem in Poland from the constructionist perspective. Part three: the end of the 1960's and the 1970's

2006, volume 19, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Mental health and risk behaviours among 15-years old students - the Mokotów study
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Anna Borucka: Changes in alcohol cosumption among Warsaw adolescents between 1984 and 2004
REVIEW PAPERS
Harald Klingemann: Controlled drinking. A review of the literature, practice and public debate in Switzerland and Germany
MONOGRAPHY PAPERS
Monika Abucewicz: Drug abuse as a social problem in Poland from the constructionist perspective. Part four: the early 1980's

2006, volume 19, no 4

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Jacek Moskalewicz, Janusz Sierosławski, Katarzyna Dąbrowska: Assessment of a system of treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependence in Poland
Marcin Wnuk: Involvement in self-help groups and the quality of life among alcohol dependent persons. Meaning in life mediating role
REVIEW PAPERS
Marcin Wojnar, Anna Ślufarska, Andrzej Jakubczyk: Relapses in alcohol dependence. Part 1: Definitions and models
Wanda Dyr: Effects of alcohol action in prenatal period in animal model
Call for papers - KBS Annual Symposium, Budapest 2007

2007, volume 20, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Magdalena Górska: Parent-child relation in families of adolescent drug abusers
Marcin Wnuk: Involvement in self-help groups and alcohol dependent persons' subjective quality of life. Length of abstinence and length of being in AA community mediating role
REVIEW PAPERS
Harold Rosenberg: Theoretical explanations for controlled drinking
Jacek Moskalewicz: Problems of reproductive health associated with alcohol consumption
Marcin Wojnar, Anna Ślufarska, Michał Lipiński: Relapse in alcohol dependence. Part 2: Biological predictors
Marcin Wojnar, Anna Ślufarska, Anna Klimkiewicz: Relapse in alcohol dependence. Part 3: Socio-demographic and psychological risk factors
Ewa Czech, Marek Hartleb: Traditional and new biological markers of harmful alcohol drinking

2007, volume 20, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Changes in substance use among junior high school students, 2001-2005. Mysterious findings in Iława
Beata Augustynska, Marcin Ziółkowski, Izabela Kubiszewska, Beata Łangowska-Grodzka, Damian Czarnecki: Cytokines and selected clinical parameters in subjects hospitalized due to alcohol dependency
Beata Augustyńska, Marcin Ziółkowski, Lech Grodzki, Izabela Kubiszewska, Beata Langowska-Grodzka, Damian Czarnecki: Evaluation of transforming growth factor-beta (TGH-ß) plasma levels in men with alcohol dependence
Joanna Hauser, Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz, Monika Dmitrzak-Węglarz, Maria Skibińska, Agnieszka Słopień, Anna Leszczyńska-Rodziewicz, Piotr Czerski: Study of dopamine transporter gene polymorphism in bipolar patients with comorbid alcohol dependence
REVIEW PAPERS
Paulina Rok-Bujko: The role of the serotonergic system in the reinforcing and addictive action of cocaine
Marc Sobell i Linda Sobell: Controlled drinking - clinical issues
MISCELLANEA
Grażyna Herczyńska, Justyna Klingemann Internet Gateway: a qualitative resource for European web sites on drugs, alcohol, tobacco and other addictions

2007, volume 20, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Katarzyna Kocoń: Tattooing and body piercing among middle school students: relationship to substance use, violence and other risky behaviours
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Free time activities and adolescents' risk behaviours
Marcin Wnuk: Spiritual character of 12-step Program and quality of life in Alcoholics Anonymous
Zsolt Demetrovics, Akos Barth, Geza Bognar, Bernadette Kun, Wim van den Brink: Knowledge of and attitudes about drug addicts and their treatment among psychiatrists in Hungary
Wanda Dyr, Paulina Rok-Bujko, Wojciech Kostowski: Operant self-administration of ethanol in WHP and WLP lines of rats
REVIEW PAPERS
Andrzej Majcherczyk: Peculiar features of prison-based treatment programmes for inmates addicted to psychoactive substances
MISCELLANEA
Johannes Lindenmeyer "Ile możesz wypić? O nałogach i ich leczeniu" (Lieber schlau als blau) review by Ewa Woydyłło

2007, volume 20, no 4

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Irena Kin-Dittmann: Drunken participants of traffic accidents in the years 2000-2006
Katarzyna Dąbrowska: What patients in drug treatment need from the therapist-patient relationship: patients and staff perspective
Marcin Wnuk: Abstinence and the length of time spent in a self-help group and mental wellbeing of alcohol dependent persons. The Twelve-step Program mediating role (1)
REVIEW PAPERS
Marta Ćwiek, Wanda Dyr: The importance of cannabinoid agonists in mechanism action of ethanol
DISCUSSION PAPERS
Krzysztof Krajewski: Drugs, drug abuse and penal law: Polish drugs legislation against the background of different legislative models

2008, volume 21, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Barbara Szczyrba-Maroń, Agata Wons: Consumption of psychoactive substances among physicians as a destructive way to cope with difficult situations
Zofia Mielecka-Kubień, Elżbieta Wędzicha: Evaluation of the consequences of alcohol consumption by alcohol dependent persons (on the survey basis)
Grażyna Michałowska-Wender, Grażyna Adamcewicz, Mieczysław Wender: Serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in alcoholic versus diabetic polyneuropathy
Wanda Dyr, Janusz Ligięza, Wojciech Kostowski: The effect of the cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR 141716 on voluntary ethanol intake in the WHP line of rats
REVIEW PAPERS
Halina Cichoż-Lach, Monika Grzyb, Krzysztof Celiński, Maria Słomka: Alcohol abuse and alcoholic liver disease
MONOGRAPHY PAPERS
Introductory comments to the paper of Professor J. Jasiński - Jacek Moskalewicz Jerzy Jasiński: Temperance movement in USA. The roots of American prohibition
CONFERENCES
Implementing Coordinated Alcohol Policy in Europe - Building Capacity - Agnieszka Pisarska
Guidelines for authors

2008, volume 21, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Justyna Klingemann, Ewa Miturska, Jacek Moskalewicz : Life after prison: social readaptation of female drug users in Poland
Jan Chodkiewicz, Agata Wilska : State of health, social support and life satisfaction among Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) who receive therapeutic help
Malgorzata Chojak : The portrait of a family in the perception of early primary school children from families with alcohol-related problem
REVIEW PAPERS
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Krzysztof Bobrowski : Risk/protective factors, and their indices in research on adolescents problem behaviours

2008, volume 21, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Krajewski : An analysis of court files of drug possession crimes and measures applied to perpetrators
Marcin Wnuk : Implications of Alcoholics Anonymous involvement for quality of life and abstinence
Krzysztof Gasior : Risk factors for child development in families with the alcohol-related problems. The example of Adult Children of Alcoholics
REVIEW PAPERS
Boguslaw Habrat, Rafal Baranowski, Karina Steinbarth-Chmielewska, Helena Baran-Furga, Agnieszka Sanecka : QT interval measures among opioid dependent patients undergoing substitution therapy
Zofia Mielecka-Kubien : Potential application of the Standardized Mortality Ratio estimating selected costs and losses related to addictions
Justyna Konikowska-Kuczynska : Penal law stipulations for drugs possession in Poland - a review

2008, volume 21, no 4

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Krzysztof Bobrowski: Phases of illicit drug use and alcohol consumption among adolescents and young adults
Krzysztof Ostaszewski: Problems related to substance use among adolescents
Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Anna Borucka, Celina Brykczyńska, Agnieszka Pisarska: Use of various kinds of drugs by adolescents: patterns and consequences
Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn: Comparison of patterns and consequences of psychoactive substance use by 13-15 and 18-19 year olds
Agnieszka Pisarska, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn: Drug use among adolescents who do not live with their parents and do not attend school

2009, volume 22, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Małgorzata Dąbkowska: Posttraumatic stress disorder among women as a consequence of intimate partner violence
Comments to the paper of Małgorzata Dąbkowska Danuta Duch-Krzystoszek Alcohol and violence against women - sociologist's remarks on mutual relations
REVIEW PAPERS
Agnieszka Pisarska: Neighbourhood characteristics as risk-protective factors related to substance use by youth. Research review
Dorota Berndt, Bogusław Habrat: Flumazenil in the management of benzodiazepine withdrawal Review of the literature
Kinga Lis: Influence of ethyl alcohol intake on results of laboratory diagnostics
CASE STUDIES
Anna Basińska-Starzycka, Agnieszka Jamroży, Bogusław Habrat: Benzodiazepine discontinuation and withdrawal treatment - individualization of treatment based on using clinical assessment and pharmacokinetic monitoring
Agnieszka Jamroży, Bogusław Habrat, Anna Basińska-Starzycka: Non-benzodiazepine hypnotics dependence: ten case reports
Guidelines for authors

2009, volume 22, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Wojciech Gruszczynski, Marta Kruszyna, Marta Tsirigotis-Wołoszczak: Indirect self-destructiveness in drug addicted persons
REVIEW PAPERS
Iga Jaraczewska: Effectiveness of motivational enhancement therapy in reduction of alcohol problems. Research review
Andrzej Jakubczyk, Julita Wojnar, Marcin Wojnar, Anna Klimkiewicz, Kirk J. Brower: Sleep disorders in alcohol dependence
Wojciech Kostowski: Do studies on memory improve our knowledge on mechanism of substance dependence?
Wanda Dyr, Marta Ćwiek, Wojciech Kostowski: Importance of selected lines of WHP and WLP rats in studies on mechanism of ethanol effect
Anna Małkowska, Mirosław Szutowski: The diagnostic value of ethyloglucuronide (EtG) as a marker to evaluate ethanol consumption
BOOK REVIEW
James Prochaska, John Norcross, Carlo Diclemente "Zmiana na dobre" (Changing for good), review by Grażyna Świątkiewicz

2009, volume 22, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Grażyna Świątkiewicz, Łukasz Wieczorek: Evolution of legal regulations concerning the alcohol supply in Poland from 1982 to 2005
Maryla Sawicka, Paweł Bronowski, Sylwia Kluczyńska: Influence of social skills training on the interpretation of stressful situation by dual diagnosis patients
Jacek Gąsiorowski, Łukasz Łapiński, Brygida Knysz, Krystyna Głowacka, Małgorzata Inglot, Aleksandra Szymczak, Bartosz Szetela, Andrzej Gładysz, Anna Wiela-Hojeńska: ABCB1 genotype, the risk and the course of heroin addiction
Jan Chodkiewicz, Marcin Ziółkowski, Damian Czarnecki, Anita Markowska, Beata Augustyńska, Krzysztof Opozda: Applications of the Inventory of Drinking Situations (IDS) and the Situational Confidence Questionnaire (SCQ) for examination of alcohol dependent patients. Preliminary report

2009, volume 22, no 4

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Jacek Moskalewicz, Łukasz Wieczorek: Affordability and availability, alcohol consumption and consequences of drinking - three decades of experiences
Michał Bujalski: Demand reduction in the alcohol policy in Poland from 1982 to 2005
Ewa Miturska, Katarzyna Dąbrowska: Alcohol dependence treatment in Poland from 1982 to 2005
REVIEW PAPERS
Andrzej Jakubczyk, Marcin Wojnar: The role of impulsiveness in development and course of alcohol dependence
Piotr Januszko, Maciej Kopera, Dorota Żuk-Januszko, Maria Radziwoń-Zaleska, Marcin Wojnar: Alexithymia and alcohol-related problems

2009, volume 22, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Katarzyna Dąbrowska: Paternalism or partnership? Therapeutic relationship in drug treatment units
Ryszard Poprawa: Resources of happiness and motivation for drinking and risk of alcohol problems in student sample
Agnieszka Pisarska: Relationship between use of medication and health self-evaluation among Warsaw middle school students
Marcin Wnuk: An empirical test of the mediating role of variables between religiosity and psychological wellbeing among Alcoholics Anonymous
REVIEW PAPERS
Jan Brykalski, Maria Załuska, Kirk Brower: Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunctions in alcohol dependence. Review of the literature

2009, volume 22, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Katarzyna Dąbrowska: Evaluation of methadone treatment: patient and staff perspectives
Anna Siwy-Hudowska, Anna Wiewiórska: Satisfaction with life and depression symptoms among Adult Children of Alcoholics
REVIEW PAPERS
Jadwiga Zalewska-Kaszubska: Food addiction - similarities to psychoactive drug addiction
Iwona Roguska: Hallucinogenic mushrooms and datura species in the laboratory diagnosis of poisoning

2009, volume 22, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Jan Chodkiewicz: Therapy of alcohol dependent persons: anxiety and depression versus personal resources
Jakub Trzebiatowski: Quality of life among recovering alcoholics and effectiveness of AA and outpatient alcohol treatment programmes
Kim Moeller: Alcohol sales in Denmark - legal history of the licensing system

2009, volume 22, no 4

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Rafał Celiński, Małgorzata Korczyńska, Joanna Nowicka, Joanna Kulikowska, Rafał Skowronek, Zofia Olszowy: The analysis of home-made poppy straw extracts (so-called ''kompot''). Part 1. Microbiological, organic and non-organic contaminations
Maria Brodzikowska, Sylwia Opozda-Suder: Antiretroviral therapy of injecting drug users. Proposals of systemic solutions in public health perspective
Marcin Lipiec: Identity transformations in the light of drug addicts' narratives from the virtual support group ''Narkomania''
REVIEW PAPERS
Maciej Kopera, Marcin Wojnar, Waldemar Szelenberger: Cognitive functions, structure and brain activity in alcohol-dependent patients

2011, volume 24, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Agnieszka Izdebska, Mirosław Szutowski, Anna Małkowska, Włodzimierz Tszyrsznic, Dorota Kwiatkowska Critical assessment of threshold limits of morphine concentration in the urine in medical and anti-doping screening
Katarzyna Dziendzikowska, Michał Oczkowski, Aleksandra Kołota, Wanda Dyr, Wojciech Kostowski, Marta Ćwiek, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska The influence of red wine consumption on testosterone and 17ß-estradiol level, and aromatase activity in the gonads of male Wistar rats
REVIEW PAPERS
Maciej Kopera, Marcin Wojnar, Waldemar Szelenberger Factors affecting cognitive functions in alcohol-dependent individuals

2011, volume 24, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Katarzyna Kocoń Reasons for cannabis cessation among young adults
Beata Hintze Patterns of alcohol drinking among adolescents with motor impairments
REVIEW PAPERS
Jerzy Samochowiec, Jolanta Kucharska-Mazur, Agnieszka Samochowiec Alcohol dependence: from neurobiology to progressive therapy

2011, volume 24, no 3

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Iwona Grzegorzewska Developmental task attainment by adolescent children of alcoholics
Agnieszka Pisarska, Anna Borucka, Katarzyna Kocoń Opinion of Warsaw students' on prevalence of medicine use among adolescents
REVIEW PAPERS
Anna Wnorowska, Katarzyna Mika, Anna Podgórska, Marcin Wojnar Biological mechanisms of comorbidity of alcohol and nicotine dependence
Edward Jacek Gorzelańczyk Neurobiological sources of addiction - evolutionary and clinical perspective
MISCELLANEA
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch Global Drug Policy

2011, volume 24, no 4

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Joanna Mazur, Barbara Woynarowska Alcohol drinking among 15-year-old Polish adolescents in the years 2002-2010. Nationwide trends and trends by gender and family affluence
Beata Hintze Selected beliefs and experiences concerning alcohol consumption and smoking marijuana among the motor impairment group and their peers without dysfunction
REVIEW PAPERS
Anna Wnorowska, Aleksandra Topolewska-Wochowska, Marcin Bugaj, Marcin Wojnar Aspects of tobacco dependence treatment of alcohol-dependent individuals
Katarzyna Dąbrowska Some ethical dilemmas in social research. The case of addicted study populations

2012, volume 25, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Peter Anderson Cost-benefit analyses of alcohol policy
Krzysztof Bobrowski Prevalence of substance use among junior high school students in Iława, 2001-2005-2010
Lidia Cierpiałkowska, Jowita Kubiak The effectiveness of basic therapy for alcoholics and non-specific treatment factors
REVIEW PAPERS
Jakub Sukiennik Prohibition on the market of demerit goods and level of crime. Review of the literature
Zofia Mielecka-Kubień Application of the randomized response method in surveys concerning use of psychoactive substances

2012, volume 25, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Jak Chodkiewicz Evaluation of quality of life among patients before and after alcohol dependence treatment. What changes take place during treatment?
Barbara Bętkowska-Korpała, Józef Krzysztof Gierowski, Jolanta Ryniak, Jacek Kasprzak, Joanna Nolbrzak-Drozd, Anna Starowicz The Five-Factor personality traits in alcohol-dependent people entering treatment.
REVIEW PAPERS
Katarzyna Dabrowska, Ewa Miturska, Jacek Moskalewicz, Łukasz Wieczorek The consequences of marijuana use and abuse - a review.
Maciej M. Jankowski, Bogna Ignatowska-Jankowska, Krzysztof Kumański, Agnieszka Kamińska, Artur H. Świergiel Cocaine and the immune system.
Zygfryd Juczyński, Artur Juczyński 'To want to be able' - the importance of self-efficacy in behaviour modification in regard to alcohol consumption.

2012, volume 25, no 3

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Michał Bujalski Integration of Nordic Alcohol Policy into the structures of the European Union and the European Economic Area
Marcin Szulc Temporal proactive orientation of drug addicts, dropping out from therapeutic community treatment and a treatment control group
Aleksandra Kołota, Marta Rawa, Katarzyna Dziendzikowska, Michał Oczkowski, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska Influence of ethanol intake on hepatic antioxidant defense parameters in male Wistar rats
REVIEW PAPERS
Piotr Serafin, Andrzej Jakubczyk, Anna Podgórska, Aleksandra Topolewska-Wochowska, Marcin Wojnar Intimate partner violence and risky behaviours in alcohol- and substance- dependent individuals
Ewa Wyrzykowska Alcohol addiction as a result of deficits in attachment relationships
Rafał Skowronek, Rafał Celiński, Czesław Chowaniec, Anna Skowronek Ketamine and methoxetamine - old medicine and its new narcotic derivative
Wanda Dyr A role of cannabinoids in the action of alcohol

2012, volume 25, no 4

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Janusz Sierosławski Estimating the number of problem opioids users in Poland
Agnieszka Pisarska, Krzysztof Bobrowski, Anna Borucka,Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Joanna Raduj Substance use and violence among middle school students from quantitative and qualitative perspectives
Izabela Œlęzak Alcohol use as a characteristic of the working situation of female sex workers in escort agencies
Paweł Izdebski, Łukasz Kubacki Personality traits of users of hallucinogens assessed by administering the NEO-PI-R questionnaire
REVIEW PAPERS
Robert Modrzyński What are therapeutic factors in alcohol dependence treatment programmes? A review of studies on effectiveness of alcohol therapeutic programmes

2013, volume 26, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Damian Czarnecki, Zofia Rosińska, Marcin Ziółkowski, Anna Długosz, Roman Cichon Assessment of anthropometric parameters of alcohol dependent inpatients - selected clinical characteristics
REVIEW PAPERS
Bogusław Habrat Broadening of aims and strategies of an alcohol dependence treatment
Maciej M. Jankowski, Bogna Ignatowska-Jankowska, Krzysztof Kumański, Bożena Witek, Artur H. Œwiergiel Effects of alcohol on the immune system - a review
Natalia Pasierb, Piotr Œcisło, Karina Badura-Brzoza, Agnieszka Kapica, Marcin Kozak LSD - once supposed to be a breakthrough in psychiatry, today just a popular drug

2013, volume 26, no 2

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Jan Chodkiewicz Motivation for treatment, abstaining from alcohol and therapy completion among men with alcohol dependence
Aleksandra Sender-Janeczek, Marek Ziętek Evaluation of general health and oral hygiene habits in alcohol-dependent patients
Michał Oczkowski, Aleksandra Kołota, Wanda Dyr, Wojciech Kostowski, Marta Ćwiek, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska Ethanol intake and plasma lipid profile of young Warsaw High-Preferring rats
REVIEW PAPERS
Joanna Sadowska-Mazuryk, Anna Tomczuk-Ismer, Andrzej Jakubczyk, Marcin Wojnar Alcohol use in adolescence
MISCELLANEA
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Magdalena Dąbkowska HIV incidence among drug-injecting users. Can we sleep in peace?

2013, volume 26, no 3

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REVIEW PAPERS
Grażyna Świątkiewicz Social sciences in 'Alkoholizm i Narkomania' - 25 years of experience
Bogusław Habrat Bio-medical sciences in 'Alkoholizm i Narkomania' - 25 years of experience
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Anna Dzielska, Izabela Tabak, Joanna Mazur The Polish version of DMQ-R SF for the study of the motives of adolescent drinking
Agnieszka Pisarska, Jacek Moskalewicz, Ornella Corazza, Sulaf Assi, Pierluigi Simonato, Zsolt Demetrovics, Jacqueline Stair, Suzanne Fergus, Cinzia Pezzolesi, Manuela Pasinetti, Zoe Davey, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Urszula Blaszko, Barbara Mervo, Lucia Di Furia, Magi Farre, Liv Flesland, Harry Shapiro, Holger Siemann, Arvid Skutle, Marta Torrens, Ferran Sambola, Peer van der Kreeft, Norbert Scherbaum, Fabrizio Schifano New psychoactive substances - the Polish youth knowledge and experiences
Aneta Pasternak, Katarzyna Schier Experience of the body in women from alcohol problem families

2013, volume 26, no 4

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Agnieszka Kruczek Use of psychoactive substances by juvenile female offenders
Mariusz Jaworski, Sandra Gustek, Małgorzata Barcz The relationship between consumption of cola-like drinks and of other stimulants among adolescents and young adults
REVIEW PAPERS
Marcin Szulc The consequences of marijuana use - a review and proposal to unify psychologists' position on the legalization of cannabis formulated on the basis of the Psychologist Ethics Code
CASE REPORTS
Elwira Brygoła, Janusz Koczberski, Piotr Oleœ The Self-Confrontation Method - as applied to drug addiction therapy

2014, volume 27, no 1

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Grażyna Świątkiewicz, Jacek Moskalewicz, Cheryl J. Cherpitel, Yu Ye Comparison of different methods assessing the contribution of alcohol to emergency room visits
Ewa Rudnicka-Drożak, Patrycja Misztal-Okońska An analysis of the structure and frequency of admissions with alcohol intoxication - a study of two hospitals in Lublin
Ryszard Poprawa Significance of impulsivity for the level of alcohol drinking involvement in young men
Agnieszka Kuba, Zbigniew Wawrzyniak, Jadwiga Zalewska-Kaszubska A survey on methadone substitution treatment - effectiveness, benefits, problems. Opinion of methadone programme patients in Łódź voivodeship
REVIEW PAPERS
Robert Modrzyński, Justyna Malinowska New challenge for the addiction treatment system - the use of the internet in helping people with alcohol-related problems
Małgorzata Barwina, Bogusław Habrat, Jacek Sein Anand Benzydamine misuse

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ORIGINAL PAPERS
Justyna Klingemann, Ewa Miturska, Heike Zurhold, Christian Haasen, Jacek Moskalewicz, Cristina Sanclemente, Gabriele Schmied, Andrea Hovenier, David Shewan, Gabriele Voit, Heino Stöver Pre- and post-release care programmes for drug addicted women in European prisons
Ewa Wyrzykowska, Karolina Głogowska, Kinga Mickiewicz Attachment relationships among alcohol dependent persons
REVIEW PAPERS
Ewa Zwierzyńska, Bogusława Pietrzak Pathogenesis of addiction - still a current problem
Martyna Kotyśko, Paweł Izdebski, Maciej Michalak, Paulina Andryszak, Agnieszka Pluto-Prądzyńska Excessive use of social networking sites
DISCUSSION PAPER
Tomasz Adamowski, Bogusław Habrat Experimental research administration of ethanol in human studies - the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism bioethics recommendations for consideration as a contribution to the development of Polish standards

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2014, volume 27, Supplement 1

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11th Conference of International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and other Drugs (INEBRIA) 18-19 September 2014, Warsaw, Poland Book of Abstracts
First Authors Index