Ayelet Levi-Kovshi

The goals of the study were: 1. Assess the extent of psychoactive substance use and the extent of risk of addiction to substances, gaming and sex in the adult population in Israel. 2. Validate the ASSIST (WHO ASSIST 3.1) questionnaire for assessing the risk of addiction to gaming or sex in order to develop an accessible and valid tool for use by physicians in the HMOs for initial screening of addiction risk. 3. Identify characteristics of populations at risk for addiction and examine the relationship between demographic factors and addiction vulnerability. 4. Examine the extent of the services received by those at risk of addiction and their satisfaction with them.

The overarching goal of this study was to identify sociocultural factors that contribute to employment barriers and affect the employment patterns of the Bedouin population in the Negev.