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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Screening current and future diagnosis of psychiatric disorders using the Revised Drug Use Screening Inventory.

Authors: Kirisci L, Tarter R, Mezzich A, Reynolds M The revised Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI-R) is a valid and reliable self-report questionnaire used for quantifying problems that frequently precede and co-occur with substance abuse. The present investigation determined whether the DUSI-R’s items can be aggregated into scales that implicate current and future psychiatric disorders

Developing therapies for depression in drug dependence: results of a stage 1 therapy study.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that both behavioral- and relaxation-based approaches show promise for treating comorbid depression in drug dependent populations. Future work should examine combining or modifying these interventions to target substance use more directly and include values based methods for increasing more adaptive behavioral patterns. PMID: 18821458 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

Personality factors associated with methadone maintenance dose.

CONCLUSION: The presence of personality traits appears to influence methadone maintenance. Implications of this finding are discussed.

Personality factors associated with methadone maintenance dose.

CONCLUSION: The presence of personality traits appears to influence methadone maintenance. Implications of this finding are discussed. PMID: 18821457 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

The urban poor’s economic profile of tobacco use.

CONCLUSIONS: More research efforts on how indigent tobacco-using individuals develop their employment skills and become economically independent are needed. PMID: 18821456 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

The urban poor’s economic profile of tobacco use.

CONCLUSIONS: More research efforts on how indigent tobacco-using individuals develop their employment skills and become economically independent are needed. PMID: 18821456 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

History of physical or sexual abuse and participation in 12-step self-help groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Limitations and implications are discussed. PMID: 18821455 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

History of physical or sexual abuse and participation in 12-step self-help groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Limitations and implications are discussed. PMID: 18821455 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

Clinical pharmacokinetics of lofexidine, the alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist, in opiate addicts plasma using a highly sensitive liquid…

CONCLUSIONS: Although preliminary due to the limited number of subjects, these findings are the first to document lofexidine clinical pharmacokinetics in opiate addicts using a highly sensitive liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric analysis. PMID: 18821454 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

Clinical pharmacokinetics of lofexidine, the alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist, in opiate addicts plasma using a highly sensitive liquid…

CONCLUSIONS: Although preliminary due to the limited number of subjects, these findings are the first to document lofexidine clinical pharmacokinetics in opiate addicts using a highly sensitive liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric analysis. PMID: 18821454 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)