Addiction Rehab

Addiction: Lifestyle Choice or Medical Diagnosis?

Addiction: lifestyle choice or medical diagnosis?

J Eval Clin Pract. 2013 Jun; 19(3): 493-6
Nutt D

The concept of addiction is under threat from the current UK government’s attempt to define it as a lifestyle choice rather than an… Continue reading

Drinking Motives Moderate the Impact of Predrinking on Heavy Drinking on a Given Evening and Related Adverse Consequences – an Event-Level Study.

Drinking motives moderate the impact of predrinking on heavy drinking on a given evening and related adverse consequences – An event-level study.

Addiction. 2013 May 21;
Kuntsche E, Labhart F

AIMS: To test whether (a) drinking motives predict the… Continue reading

The Use and Costs of Health and Social Services in Patients With Longstanding Substance Abuse.

The use and costs of health and social services in patients with longstanding substance abuse.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 May 22; 13(1): 185
Vossius C, Testad I, Skjæveland R, Nesvåg S

BACKGROUND: Persons with longstanding substance abuse might… Continue reading

Trauma-Related Correlates of Alcohol Use in Recently Deployed OEF/OIF Veterans.

Trauma-Related Correlates of Alcohol Use in Recently Deployed OEF/OIF Veterans.

J Trauma Stress. 2013 May 20;
Capone C, McGrath AC, Reddy MK, Shea MT

The co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorders (AUDs) is well documented.… Continue reading

The Role of Extracellular Proteolysis in Synaptic Plasticity of the Central Nervous System .

The role of extracellular proteolysis in synaptic plasticity of the central nervous system .

Postepy Hig Med Dosw (Online). 2012; 66: 959-75
Ziemia?ska K, Konopka A, Wilczy?ski GM

The extracellular matrix (ECM) of the central nervous system has… Continue reading

BDNF Over-Expression in the Ventral Tegmental Area Prolongs Social Defeat Stress-Induced Cross-Sensitization to Amphetamine and Increases ?FosB Expression in Mesocorticolimbic Regions of Rats.

BDNF Over-Expression in the Ventral Tegmental Area Prolongs Social Defeat Stress-induced Cross-Sensitization to Amphetamine and Increases ?FosB Expression in Mesocorticolimbic Regions of Rats.

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 May 21;
Wang J, Fanous S, Terwilliger EF, Bass CE, Hammer RP, Nikulina EM… Continue reading

Neural Effects of Positive and Negative Incentives During Marijuana Withdrawal.

Neural Effects of Positive and Negative Incentives during Marijuana Withdrawal.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(5): e61470
Filbey FM, Dunlop J, Myers US

In spite of evidence suggesting two possible mechanisms related to drug-seeking behavior, namely reward-seeking and harm avoidance, much… Continue reading

Cortical-Striatal Gene Expression in Neonatal Hippocampal Lesion-Amplified Cocaine Sensitization.

Cortical-striatal gene expression in neonatal hippocampal lesion-amplified cocaine sensitization.

Genes Brain Behav. 2013 May 17;
Chambers RA, McClintick JN, Sentir AM, Berg SA, Runyan M, Choi KH, Edenberg HJ

Cortical-striatal circuit dysfunction in mental illness may enhance addiction vulnerability. Neonatal ventral hippocampal lesions (NVHL) model this dual diagnosis causality by producing a schizophrenia syndrome with enhanced responsiveness to addictive drugs. Rat genome-wide microarrays containing >24,000 probsets were used to examine separate and co-occurring effects… Continue reading

The Reliability of the Chinese Version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11, in Abstinent, Opioid-Dependent Participants in Taiwan.

The reliability of the Chinese version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale version 11, in abstinent, opioid-dependent participants in Taiwan.

J Chin Med Assoc. 2013 May; 76(5): 289-295
Huang CY, Li CS, Fang SC, Wu CS, Liao DL

BACKGROUND: The… Continue reading

Naltrexone With or Without Guanfacine for Preventing Relapse to Opiate Addiction in St.-Petersburg, Russia.

Naltrexone with or without guanfacine for preventing relapse to opiate addiction in St.-Petersburg, Russia.

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 May 15;
Krupitsky E, Zvartau E, Blokhina E, Verbitskaya E, Tsoy M, Wahlgren V, Burakov A, Masalov D, Romanova TN, Palatkin… Continue reading