Addiction Rehab

Modafinil Increases Reward Salience in a Slot Machine Game in Low and High Impulsivity Pathological Gamblers.

Modafinil Increases Reward Salience in a Slot Machine Game in Low and High Impulsivity Pathological Gamblers.

Neuropharmacology. 2013 May 24;
Smart K, Desmond RC, Poulos CX, Zack M

This study examined the effects of modafinil (200 mg) on slot… Continue reading

What Is the Role of Brain Stimulation Therapies in the Treatment of Depression?

What Is the Role of Brain Stimulation Therapies in the Treatment of Depression?

Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2013 Jul; 15(7): 368
Blumberger DM, Mulsant BH, Daskalakis ZJ

Brain stimulation therapies have demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of depression and treatment-resistant… Continue reading

Predictors of Retention in a Drug-Free Unit/substance Abuse Treatment in Prison.

Predictors of retention in a drug-free unit/substance abuse treatment in prison.

Int J Law Psychiatry. 2013 May 21;
Casares-López MJ, González-Menéndez A, Festinger DS, Fernández-García P, Fernández-Hermida JR, Secades R, Matejkowski J

The high rate of dropout from treatment… Continue reading

Anti-Addiction Drug Ibogaine Inhibits Voltage-Gated Ionic Currents: A Study to Assess the Drug’s Cardiac Ion Channel Profile.

Anti-addiction drug ibogaine inhibits voltage-gated ionic currents: A study to assess the drug’s cardiac ion channel profile.

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2013 May 22;
Koenig X, Kovar M, Rubi L, Mike AK, Lukacs P, Gawali VS, Todt H, Hilber K,… Continue reading

Consumer Attitudes About Opioid Addiction Treatment: A Focus Group Study in New York City.

Consumer attitudes about opioid addiction treatment: A focus group study in New York City.

J Opioid Manag. 2013 March-April; 9(2): 111-119
Sohler NL, Weiss L, Egan JE, López CM, Favaro J, Cordero R, Cunningham CO

Objective: To develop effective… Continue reading

Injectable Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) for Opioid Dependence: Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness.

Injectable extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) for opioid dependence: long-term safety and effectiveness.

Addiction. 2013 May 24;
Krupitsky E, Nunes EV, Ling W, Gastfriend DR, Memisoglu A, Silverman BL

AIMS: To describe drug use and safety with intramuscular injectable extended-release naltrexone… Continue reading

ELK1 Transcription Factor Linked to Dysregulated Striatal Mu Opioid Receptor Signaling Network and OPRM1 Polymorphism in Human Heroin Abusers.

ELK1 Transcription Factor Linked to Dysregulated Striatal Mu Opioid Receptor Signaling Network and OPRM1 Polymorphism in Human Heroin Abusers.

Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 20;
Sillivan SE, Whittard JD, Jacobs MM, Ren Y, Mazloom AR, Caputi FF, Horvath M, Keller… Continue reading

I Am Your Smartphone and I Know You Are About to Smoke: The Application of Mobile Sensing and Computing Approaches to Smoking Research and Treatment.

I Am Your Smartphone and I Know You Are About to Smoke: The Application of Mobile Sensing and Computing Approaches to Smoking Research and Treatment.

Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 May 23;
McClernon FJ, Roy Choudhury R

Much is known… Continue reading

[Tuberculosis and Socioeconomic Indicators: Systematic Review of the Literature.]

[Tuberculosis and socioeconomic indicators: systematic review of the literature.]

Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013 Apr; 33(4): 294-301
San Pedro A, Oliveira RM

OBJECTIVE: To review the literature to determine the existence of associations between socioeconomic factors (individual and collective)… Continue reading

Assay Sensitivity and Study Features in Neuropathic Pain Trials: An ACTTION Meta-Analysis.

Assay sensitivity and study features in neuropathic pain trials: An ACTTION meta-analysis.

Neurology. 2013 May 22;
Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Peirce-Sandner S, He H, McDermott MP, Farrar JT, Katz NP, Lin AH, Rappaport BA, Rowbotham MC

OBJECTIVE: Our objective… Continue reading