substance use disorders

Substance Use Disorders: Psychoneuroimmunological Mechanisms and New Targets for Therapy.

Published May 3, 2013

Substance use disorders: Psychoneuroimmunological mechanisms and new targets for therapy.

Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Apr 27;
Loftis JM, Huckans M

An estimated 76.4 million people worldwide meet criteria for alcohol use disorders, and 15.3 million meet criteria for drug use… Continue reading →

School-Based Programmes for Preventing Smoking.

Published May 2, 2013

School-based programmes for preventing smoking.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013; 4: CD001293
Thomas RE, McLellan J, Perera R

Helping young people to avoid starting smoking is a widely endorsed public health goal, and schools provide a route to communicate… Continue reading →

Characteristics of Outpatients in an Addictions Clinic for Co-Occurring Disorders.

Published April 27, 2013

Characteristics of Outpatients in an Addictions Clinic for Co-occurring Disorders.

Am J Addict. 2013 May; 22(3): 297-301
Malat J, Turner NE

To examine characteristics of treatment-seeking outpatients from a clinic for co-occurring disorders within an urban psychiatric hospital.Patients (n?=?131)… Continue reading →

Physician Health Programmes and Malpractice Claims: Reducing Risk Through Monitoring.

Published April 23, 2013

Physician health programmes and malpractice claims: reducing risk through monitoring.

Occup Med (Lond). 2013 Apr 19;
Brooks E, Gendel MH, Gundersen DC, Early SR, Schirrmacher R, Lembitz A, Shore JH

BackgroundPhysician health programmes (PHPs) are peer-assistance organizations that provide… Continue reading →

Pilot Implementation of Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a University Health Setting.

Published April 19, 2013

Pilot Implementation of Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a University Health Setting.

Adm Policy Ment Health. 2013 Apr 17;
Santucci LC, McHugh RK, Elkins RM, Schechter B, Ross MS, Landa CE, Eisen S, Barlow DH

This study evaluated the… Continue reading →

Impaired Error-Monitoring Function in People With Internet Addiction Disorder: An Event-Related fMRI Study.

Published April 4, 2013

Impaired Error-Monitoring Function in People with Internet Addiction Disorder: An Event-Related fMRI Study.

Eur Addict Res. 2013 Mar 23; 19(5): 269-275
Dong G, Shen Y, Huang J, Du X

Background: Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is rapidly becoming a prevalent… Continue reading →

Drug Resistant Breast Cancer Cell Line Displays Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype and Responds Sensitively to Epigenetic Drug SAHA.

Published April 3, 2013

Drug Resistant Breast Cancer Cell Line Displays Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype and Responds Sensitively to Epigenetic Drug SAHA.

Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2013 Apr 1; 3(2): 183-194
Lu S, Labhasetwar V

Cancer stem cell (CSC) population in solid human… Continue reading →

Impact of Dual Disorders, Trauma, and Social Support on Quality of Life Among Women in Treatment for Substance Dependence.

Published April 2, 2013

Impact of Dual Disorders, Trauma, and Social Support on Quality of Life Among Women in Treatment for Substance Dependence.

J Dual Diagn. 2013 Jan 1; 9(1): 61-71
Brown S, Jun MK, Min MO, Tracy EM

Women with dual disorders… Continue reading →

[Gambling Addiction.]

Published March 27, 2013

[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 →

Stuttering Interneurons Generate Fast and Robust Inhibition Onto Projection Neurons With Low Capacity of Short Term Modulation in Mouse Lateral Amygdala.

Published March 26, 2013

Stuttering Interneurons Generate Fast and Robust Inhibition onto Projection Neurons with Low Capacity of Short Term Modulation in Mouse Lateral Amygdala.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(3): e60154
Song C, Xu XB, He Y, Liu ZP, Wang M, Zhang X, Li… Continue reading →