Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Abstract Aims To compare the prevalence of mental disorders between frequent cannabis users with and without dependence and the general population.
Abstract Aim To examine the relationship between a childhood diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with or without oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)/conduct disorder (CD) and the development of later alcohol/drug use disorder (psychoactive substance use disorder (PSUD)) and nicotine dependence in a large European sample of ADHD probands, their siblings and healthy control subjects. Participants, DesignSetting Subjects (n=1017) were participants in the Belgian, Dutch and German part of the International Multicenter ADHD Genetics (IMAGE) study.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged abuse-screening, adhd, children, comorbidity, design, development, disorder, genetics, german, image, international, relationship, risk
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Abstract Aims The efficacy of batterer intervention programs to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) is questionable with individuals with alcohol problems particularly unlikely to benefit. We examined whether adding adjunctive alcohol intervention to batterer intervention reduced the likelihood of substance use and violence relative to batterer intervention alone.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged 252-hazardous, bai, likelihood, men-receiving, primary, reduce-intimate, reported-less, sbp, severe-physical, showed-improved, usa
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Aims To explore tobacco dependence (TD) diagnosis and treatment utilization, and identify predictors of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), among Veterans with substance use disorders (SUDs) enrolled in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) SUD residential treatment programs (SRTPs).
Filed in Evidence Base, tobacco
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Also tagged comorbid-mental, during-fiscal, explore-tobacco, health-disorder, likely-tobacco, recent-history, tobacco, tobacco-users, use-disorders, veterans, veterans-health
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Most adults are drinking responsibly, and fewer are smoking or using illicit substances – but several areas of concern were found in the 2011 CAMH Monitor survey of Ontario substance use trends, released by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Abstract Aims Pathological gambling (PG) shares diagnostic features with substance use disorder (SUD), but the neurochemical mechanisms underlying PG are poorly understood. Since dopamine (DA), a neurotransmitter implicated in reward and reinforcement, is likely involved, we used positron emission tomography (PET) to test whether PG is associated with abnormalities in D 2 and D 3 receptor levels, as observed in SUD. Design Case-control study comparing PG to healthy control (HC) subjects
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Patients who have had bariatric weight loss surgery could be at an elevated risk of substance use (alcohol, cigarette smoking, drug use) following surgery, especially those who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, who seemed to be at a higher risk for alcohol use after surgery…
ABSTRACT Aims The aim of this paper is to offer an account of the history and current status of gambling research in the United States. Methods A review of the literature. Results Gambling has been a part of society in the United States since its early history.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Abstract Aims The current report examined associations between romantic partner, peer, and individual substance use behaviors in a sample of American adolescents. Design The report used two waves of data (8 th and 9 th grade) from the PROSPER intervention project and focused on dating couples and their friends in 54 sampled school-cohorts.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged associations, between-friend, current-report, dating-couples, friends, models-examined, peer-behaviors, pennsylvania, prosper, smoking-should, smoking-showed
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Conclusions: Our study suggests that unhealthy substance use is more likely to be detected on a Teaching Service than on a Hospitalist Service. PMID: 22992028 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)