illicit drugs

[Video Game and Internet Addiction : The Current State of Research.]

[Video game and internet addiction : The current state of research.]

Nervenarzt. 2013 Apr 4;
Rehbein F, Mößle T, Arnaud N, Rumpf HJ

The use of interactive screen media is widespread and for some users leads to pathological symptoms… Continue reading

Physical Harm Due to Chronic Substance Use.

Physical harm due to chronic substance use.

Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2013 Mar 27;
Amsterdam JV, Pennings E, Brunt T, Brink WV

Chronic use at high dose of illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco is associated with physical disease. The relative… Continue reading

Identifying the Molecular Basis of Inhibitory Control Deficits in Addictions: Neuroimaging in Non-Human Primates.

Identifying the molecular basis of inhibitory control deficits in addictions: neuroimaging in non-human primates.

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2013 Mar 22;
Groman SM, Jentsch JD

Deep insights into the structural, molecular and functional phenotypes underlying addiction have been made possible… Continue reading

[Gambling Addiction.]

[Gambling addiction.]

Nervenarzt. 2013 Mar 27;
Böning J, Meyer G, Hayer T

Extensive coherent clinical, psychopathological, neurobiological and genetic similarities with substance-related addictions justify the forthcoming classification of gambling addiction under the new category “Substance Use and Addictive Disorders”… Continue reading

Pharmacovigilance: A Review of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression in Chronic Pain Patients.

Pharmacovigilance: a review of opioid-induced respiratory depression in chronic pain patients.

Pain Physician. 2013 Mar; 16(2): E85-94
Dahan A, Overdyk F, Smith T, Aarts L, Niesters M

Opioids may induce life-threatening respiratory depression, but limited knowledge is available on… Continue reading

What Can I Do to Stop “depression” From Interfering With My School Work?

Question by Profile: What can I do to stop “depression” from interfering with my school work?
I just feel like sleeping all day. Its really hard to get all my work done now and I started out this year doing… Continue reading

Molecular Mechanisms of Cannabinoid Addiction.

Molecular mechanisms of cannabinoid addiction.

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2013 Mar 12;
Fratta W, Fattore L

Cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit substance, with an estimated number of 119-224 million users worldwide. In recent years we assisted to… Continue reading

Eating Disorders: My Body and Me: Self-Injurious Behaviors and Body Modifications in Eating Disorders-Preliminary Results.

My body and me: self-injurious behaviors and body modifications in eating disorders-preliminary results.

Filed under: Eating Disorders

Eat Disord. 2013 Mar; 21(2): 130-9
Iannaccone M, Cella S, Manzi SA, Visconti L, Manzi F, Cotrufo P

We investigated self-injurious behaviors… Continue reading

Neonatal Visual Evoked Potentials in Infants Born to Mothers Prescribed Methadone.

Neonatal Visual Evoked Potentials in Infants Born to Mothers Prescribed Methadone.

Filed under: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

Pediatrics. 2013 Feb 18;
McGlone L, Hamilton R, McCulloch DL, Boulton R, Bradnam MS, Weaver LT, Mactier H

OBJECTIVE:Drug misuse in pregnancy… Continue reading

Eating Disorders: Effects of Behavioral Stress Reduction Transcendental Meditation Intervention in Persons With HIV.

Effects of behavioral stress reduction Transcendental Meditation intervention in persons with HIV.

Filed under: Eating Disorders

AIDS Care. 2013 Feb 11;
Chhatre S, Metzger DS, Frank I, Boyer J, Thompson E, Nidich S, Montaner LJ, Jayadevappa R

Abstract Stress… Continue reading