Drug addiction

Treatment for Substance Use Disorder: Opportunities and Challenges Under the Affordable Care Act.

Treatment for Substance Use Disorder: Opportunities and Challenges under the Affordable Care Act.

Soc Work Public Health. 2013 May; 28(3-4): 165-74
Tai B, Volkow ND

Addiction is a chronic brain disease with consequences that remain problematic years after discontinuation… Continue reading

?CaMKII Autophosphorylation Controls the Establishment of Alcohol-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in Mice.

?CaMKII autophosphorylation controls the establishment of alcohol-induced conditioned place preference in mice.

Behav Brain Res. 2013 May 31;
Easton AC, Lucchesi W, Mizuno K, Fernandes C, Schumann G, Giese KP, Müller CP

The autophosphorylation of alpha Ca(2+)/calmodulin dependent protein… Continue reading

Should We Train Alcohol-Dependent Patients to Avoid Alcohol?

Should we train alcohol-dependent patients to avoid alcohol?

Front Psychiatry. 2013; 4: 33
Wiers RW, Gladwin TE, Rinck M

HubMed – addiction

 

Reward-based behaviors and emotional processing in human with narcolepsy-cataplexy.

Front Behav Neurosci. 2013; 7: 50… Continue reading

Is Your Prescribing Serving a Hidden Addiction?

Is your prescribing serving a hidden addiction?

S Afr Med J. 2013; 103(6): 359-361
Bateman C

Addiction to prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines is a hidden, little-researched chronic illness – which could be significantly countered by destigmatisation, ‘up-scheduling’ certain… Continue reading

Interpersonal Problems and Impacts: Further Evidence for the Role of Interpersonal Functioning in Treatment Outcome in Major Depressive Disorder.

Interpersonal problems and impacts: Further evidence for the role of interpersonal functioning in treatment outcome in major depressive disorder.

J Affect Disord. 2013 May 30;
Quilty LC, Mainland BJ, McBride C, Bagby RM

INTRODUCTION: Empirical research has converged to… Continue reading

Is “Loss of Control” Always a Consequence of Addiction?

Is “Loss of Control” Always a Consequence of Addiction?

Front Psychiatry. 2013; 4: 36
Griffiths MD

HubMed – addiction

 

Stress differentially alters mu opioid receptor density and trafficking in parvalbumin-containing interneurons in the female and male rat hippocampus.… Continue reading

MicroRNAs and Drug Addiction.

MicroRNAs and Drug Addiction.

Front Genet. 2013; 4: 43
Bali P, Kenny PJ

Drug addiction is considered a disorder of neuroplasticity in brain reward and cognition systems resulting from aberrant activation of gene expression programs in response to prolonged… 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

Why Do People Think Food Addiction Is Different Than Drug Addiction?

Question by yourmuda: why do people think food addiction is different than drug addiction?

Best answer:

Answer by [email protected]
Because it is

Answer by Katja B
It’s not… addiction is addiction, no matter to what!!!! Maybe they just try to… Continue reading

So, One Day I Am Going to Have to Get Help and Begin Attending AA Meetings?

Question by Lucy in the Sky: So, one day I am going to have to get help and begin attending AA meetings?
Unless I have the strength to escape this disease on my own,
but I was curious if there… Continue reading