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Addiction and Substance Abuse Grade 9-Lifelong"Recovery from addiction and abuse begins with a recognition of the need to change, and it requires a wholistic approach that includes physical, mental, and spiritual health. Recovery needs to function within the framework of one’s culture. It also... -
Balancing Justice and Mercy - Redemptive Ways of Dealing With Adolescent Substance Use Grade 9-TertiaryWhat are the policies in place for substance abuse at the high school and college levels? What is different about about Seventh-day Adventist institutions? And more importantly, what are the pros and cons of these policies? -
Binge Drinking - A New College Epidemic Grade 12Alcohol and drug use is a common health problem on college and university campuses. Alan Handysides shares the statistics among college aged young adults, and what it means for the thousands of students attending Christian colleges and Adventist schools. Handysides... -
Creating Effective Substance Use Policies for Seventh-day Adventist Campuses Grade 10-TertiaryDo Seventh-day Adventist campuses have substance policies that work? This article addresses the role that institutional policies play in preventing the use of harmful substances and how students respond to these policies. -
CSS Vol 8 Editorial: Alcohol and the Christian Faith Tertiary-LifelongThompson introduces the way alcohol was understood in ancient Roman and Greek society. Ward looks at the impact of alcohol on our biology from a physiological and biochemical perspective. Ashton examines the impact of alcohol on society. "The reader is... -
Differences in Cognitive Skills Among Young Female College Students Who Consume Alcohol Grade 10-Lifelong"Empirical evidence has shown that alcohol abuse may negatively affect certain cognitive functions. The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between alcohol consumption and certain cognitive abilities (memory, perception and reasoning)... -
Ellen G. White and Mental Health Tertiary-LifelongThis article presents Ellen White’s understanding of mental health, her personal and family experiences, and her role as a counselor on issues affecting mental health. -
Family Worship Patterns and Their Correlations with Adolescent Behavior and Beliefs Grade 6-Grade 12We examine behaviors involved in family worship, how these behaviors cluster together into specific patterns of family worship, and how these patterns of family worship relate to the behaviors and beliefs of adolescents attending Seventh-day Adventist schools.... -
How to Fight Drug Abuse Through Legislation Grade 5-LifelongThis JAE article examines alcohol-related legislation and tobacco laws. Statistics on alcohol-related accidents and changes in alcohol-related laws are presented. Tobacco use, laws, and advertising are discussed. Home and school organizations, student groups,... -
JAE Editorial: Drug Abuse Grade 5-LifelongThis special edition of JAE handling drug abuse suggests that in spite of expectations that the school's location, the health message and religion should provide immunity from substance abuse, youth in Adventist schools are affected. The traditional approach... -
JAE Editorial: Substance Abuse - A Major Global Health Issue TertiaryAn introduction to the special edition featuring recent research on substance abuse issues and their impact to Christian education globally. The following articles are included in this issue: Creating... -
Making Students Bulletproof - Resilience, the Paradigm of Hope Kindergarten-Grade 12Is there anything teachers and administrators can do to limit at-risk behaviors in teens and young adults? This article examines recent research that shows how schools can make a difference by creating an environment that strengthens students' resiliency,... -
Parents and Teachers - Working Together to Prevent Adolescent Drug Use Grade 5-Grade 12This JAE article examines how parent groups can work cooperatively with school and community leaders to prevent adolescent drug and alcohol use. The National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth is the national network organization for these groups. -
Protecting Youth From Health Risk Behaviors Grade 5-TertiaryAdolescent sexual activity and alcohol consumption impact the quality of life for many youth today. What are the consequences and how can parents and the faith community help in preventing these behaviors? -
Some Interesting Facts on Alcohol Consumption Grade 10-LifelongAshton shares statistics related to alcohol consumption covering a wide variety of subjects from hospital admissions to the cost of family unit breakdowns as the result of alcohol consumption. -
Substance Use on Adventist College Campuses - A Summary from Two Surveys Tertiary-LifelongThis article presents the results of surveys conducted in 1991-1992 on the incidence of substance use and abuse on Adventist college campuses. General conclusions are that Adventist campuses are safer than public college campuses in terms of exposure to addictive... -
The Biochemical and Pathophysiological Effects of Alcohol Consumption Tertiary-Lifelong"While the stance of some conservative Christian (and other) groups advocating abstinence from alcohol intake may not be popular, contemporary research into alcohol and its effects on the body may lend weight to such a position. The consumption of... -
Thirst for Spirits? Thirst for Spirit? Two Models to Explain Alcohol's Impact Tertiary-Lifelong"Two main models, the spiritual and the physiological, have been put forward to explain the cause of drunkenness. While the spiritual model was dominant prior to the rise of modern science and medicine, it has been largely replaced during the past two... -
Use of Alcohol - Not Safe at Any Level Grade 9-Lifelong"The safest level of alcohol consumption is zero. Alcohol is not a health beverage! Drinking while in college is risking your chances of success in school as well as your future health and happiness." -
VG2 Update 10: How At-Risk are our Kids? Kindergarten-TertiaryThis Valuegenesis 2 newsletter reports on the attitudes of students in grades 6-12 toward at-risk behaviors such as tobacco and marijuana use, and alcohol consumption. The instrument in this Valuegenesis 2 report addressed students' understanding of church... -
VG2 Update 17: At-Risk Behavior and Our Youth Grade 9-Grade 12This Valuegenesis 2 newsletter reports on the incidence of at-risk behavior in Adventist youth, the percentage of Adventist youth involved in at-risk behaviors, and the influence of supportive and effective environments. -
Watch Out for Jack, He's a Real Challenge Kindergarten-Tertiary"Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) is a cluster of conditions that are the result of prenatal exposure to alcohol. Children with FASD may have noticeable facial features as well as intellectual, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties....