New drugs and polydrug use: implications for clinical psychology

Becoming ex‐obese: narrations about identity changes before and after the experience of the bariatric surgery

“…Putting into the foreground, the alternative I‐positions prevents the position ‘I am obese’ from becoming dominant in one who has been operated on (Iudici et al . ). This will make people more aware of the difficulties of the postsurgery period and it can speed the emergence of other I‐positions.…”

Intended and unintended use of cathinone mixtures

“…Polysubstance use is posing a global public health risk due to unknown modes of action of individual NPS, unexpected multiple intoxications and inability to identify the causative substance(s) (Aromatario, Bottoni, Santoni, & Ciallella, ; Council of Europe, ; Herzig, Brooks, & Mohr, ; INCSR, ). Users favour unpredictable effects of polydrug use and seek maximum mind alteration and disinhibition, known as “the garbage head syndrome” (Iudici, Castelnuovo, & Faccio, ). Polysubstance use has also been practised by drug users in order to counteract the side‐effects or prolong the effect(s) of a drug of abuse or to replace a nonavailable, expensive illicit drug or low‐purity drugs (as above; Clayton, ).…”

“…A product labelled as "mosquito repellent" was found to contain MDPV and the cannabinoid 1-pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole (Adamowicz, Gil, Skulska, & Tokarczyk, 2013). Branded products Platinum Naphyrone and caffeine (Kavanagh et al, 2010) Pure NRG Naphyrone and caffeine (Kavanagh et al, 2010) Rush Pentedrone, caffeine, isopentedrone, and methylamine (Araújo et al, 2014) Rush Buphedrone, caffeine, and methylamine (Araújo et al, 2014) Sub coca 2 α-phtalidomipriophenone and 2-fluoromethamphetamine (Camilleri et al, 2010) Sub coca Mephedrone, caffeine, N-ethylcathinone, and α-phtalidomipriophenone (Camilleri et al, 2010) Vanila sky MDPBP, MDPV, and lidocaine (Kavanagh et al, 2010) White fizz 3′,4′-methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone, benzedrone, caffeine, 4-MEC, and pentylone labelled as "plant feeders," bath salts, or "plant food" have also been shown to contain cathinone mixtures ( (Iudici, Castelnuovo, & Faccio, 2015). Polysubstance use has also been practised by drug users in order to counteract the side-effects or prolong the effect(s) of a drug of abuse or to replace a nonavailable, expensive illicit drug or lowpurity drugs (as above; Clayton, 1986).…”

What Works for Promoting Health at School: Improving Programs against the Substance Abuse

“…The structure of each meeting must be characterized by an extremely flexible methodology, since the effectiveness of the program depends on how the person is living and what s/he is thinking, and not on the aims defined at the table prior to the meeting (Blumer, 1962 ; Iudici et al, 2015a , b ). Flexibility should not come from randomness or the absence of defined goals, but rather from an initial project hypothesis, built on the basis of a careful analysis of demand and of the real group needs.…”