Tuesday, November 15, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the PROMETA™ Protocol for treating methamphetamine dependence. Design A double-blind, placebo-controlled 108-day study with random assignment to one of two study conditions: active medication with flumazenil (2 mg infusions on days 1, 2, 3, 22, 23), gabapentin (1200 mg to day 40) and hydroxazine (50 mg to day 10) versus placebo medication (with active hydroxazine only).
Thursday, November 10, 2011
A new study of teens undergoing substance abuse treatment finds helping others helps the adolescent helper by reducing cravings for alcohol and drugs, a major precipitator of relapse.
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Also tagged adolescent, helping-others, helps-the-adolescent, maria, maria-pagano, psychiatry-at-case, study-led, treatment-finds, university, western, western-reserve
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ABSTRACT Across the addictions field, the primary outcome in treatment research has been reduction in drug consumption. A comprehensive view of the impact of substance use disorders on human functioning suggests that effective treatments should address the many consequences and features of addiction beyond drug use, a recommendation forwarded by multiple expert panels and review papers. Despite recurring proposals, and a compelling general rationale for moving beyond drug use as the sole standard for evaluating addiction treatment, the field has yet to adopt any core set of other’ measures that are routinely incorporated into treatment research.
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Also tagged addictions, deliberations, multiple-expert, national, outcome-listing, paper, paper-concludes, paper-provides, programmatic, should-address, the-addictions, these-outcomes
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today 46 grant awards for $22.5 million over the next year to help states, tribes, and territories enhance their substance abuse prevention efforts.
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Also tagged 22-5-million, announced-today, grant-awards, help-states, mental, mental-health, nation, our-nation, prevent-substance, services, substance
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
The number of users of marijuana in America rose from 14.4 million in 2007 to 17.4 million in 2010, while the numbers of methamphetamine users aged 12+ years dropped from 731,000 in 2006 to 353,000 in 2010. Illicit drug usage overall rose between 2008 and 2010, according to a SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) national survey. The survey revealed that 22…
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Also tagged 17-4-million, abuse, america, between-2008, from-731, numbers, overall-rose, services, survey-revealed, users-aged, years-dropped
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Young adults appear to be the group showing the greatest increase in drug use according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). In addition, according to the new study, the increase has largely been driven by more marijuana use and there are the numbers to prove it. In fact, in 2010 some 17.4 million Americans were using marijuana, compared with 14…
Thursday, August 25, 2011
It is well established that a mood disorder can increase an individual’s risk for substance abuse, but there is also evidence that the converse is true; substance abuse can increase a person’s vulnerability to stress-related illnesses…
When it comes to mental illness, the sexes are different: Women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression, while men tend toward substance abuse or antisocial disorders, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association…
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Abstract Aims. To assess the impact of gambling above the low-risk gambling limits developed by Currie et al.
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Also tagged escalation, experience-harm, future-gambling, gambling, gambling-limits, influence, intensity, shift, time, time-2-included, tobacco, traits-assessed
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Abstract Aims: To test age differences in the prevalence of DSM-IV alcohol dependence (AD) diagnostic criteria in the adult general population while controlling for drinking behavior. Design and setting: Cross-sectional data from the 2006 German Epidemiological Survey of Substance Abuse (ESA) were used, applying a two-stage probability sampling design. The survey used self-administered questionnaires and telephone interviews (mixed-mode design; 45% response rate)