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 →