Models of adolescent drug use and its consequences

青少年吸毒模式及其后果

• 批准号: DP0988609
• 负责人: Prof Iain McGregor
• 金额: $ 49.52万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-01-21 至 2014-01-20
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0988609
• 关键词: Models; adolescent; drug; use; its

Recent concerns surround the impact of drug abuse - particularly binge drinking, inhalant abuse and cannabis use - on the mental health of adolescents. Early drug use is associated with mental health problems although the mechanisms involved are not well characterised. The present proposal aims to use animal models to characterise substance abuse that occurs during the adolescent period and to investigate its effects on brain and behaviour. Increasing our knowledge of the causes and consequences of adolescent drug abuse will improve Australia's ability to confront this problem and to develop early interventions and treatments that minimise associated harms.

最近关注的是滥用药物，特别是酗酒、滥用吸入剂和使用大麻对青少年心理健康的影响。早期吸毒与精神健康问题有关，尽管所涉及的机制尚未得到很好的描述。目前的建议旨在使用动物模型来描述发生在青少年时期的药物滥用，并调查其对大脑和行为的影响。增加我们对青少年滥用药物的原因和后果的了解，将提高澳大利亚对付这一问题的能力，并制定早期干预措施和治疗办法，尽量减少相关危害。