Efficacy of group treatments for alcohol use disorders: a review.
Authors: Orchowski LM, Johnson JE
Abstract
This paper reviews the efficacy and processes of change within group treatments for alcohol use disorders (AUD). Methodologically rigorous studies examining group treatment for interviewer-diagnosed AUD include evaluations of cognitive-behavioral group treatments that focus on skills for relapse prevention (i.e., coping skills training, coping and social skills training), interactional group therapy, combined pharmacological and group interventions, and group cue exposure treatment. Given the depth of research examining the efficacy of individual treatments for AU...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Alcohol and cognition - consideration of age of initiation, usage patterns and gender: a brief review.
The objective of this brief review is to examine the role of these factors on the effect of alcohol on cognition.
PMID: 22455507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews)
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
The association between alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors among African American women across three developmental periods: a review.
CONCLUSIONS: Future studies should seek to recruit samples that more fully reflect the diversity of African American women's experiences across the lifespan. Given the association between alcohol use and/or abuse and the prevalence of STI/HIV-associated risk behaviors and adverse biological outcomes (i.e., STIs, including HIV) among African American females across the lifespan, there is a clear need to develop and evaluate prevention research efforts tailored for this subgroup.
PMID: 22455508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews)
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Understanding the diverse needs of children whose parents abuse substances.
Authors: Solis JM, Shadur JM, Burns AR, Hussong AM
Abstract
In this review, we consider the potential service needs of children of substance abusing parents based on what we know about the risk outcomes faced by these children and the parenting deficits often present in these families. Importantly, our review does not address the etiological role of parental substance abuse in children's negative outcomes but instead we discuss the complex inter-related risk factors that often co-occur with and exacerbate risk associated with parental alcohol and drug use. We first review studies showing the elevated risk ...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Editorial: The need for an effective hangover cure.
Authors: Verster JC
PMID: 22458447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews)
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Synthetic cannabinoids as drugs of abuse.
This article reviews the history of the sale of these drugs, and the evidence that they contain synthetic cannabinoids. The biochemistry of the synthetic cannabinoids identified thus far is discussed, including a discussion of chemical structures and biochemical targets. The cannabinoid receptor targets for these drugs are discussed, as well as other possible targets such as serotonin receptors. Evidence for the abuse potential of these drugs is reviewed. The toxicity of synthetic cannabinoids and cannabinoid products is reviewed and compared to that of the phytocannabinoid Δ9- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). As cannabinoids ...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Alcohol, drugs, and diving: implications for health and fitness to dive.
Authors: Verster JC, Kienhorst EA, van Hulst RA
PMID: 22530799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews)
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Current trends in using Internet and mobile technology to support the treatment of substance use disorders.
CONCLUSION: Internet applications provide an unparalleled opportunity to engage patients in the treatment process, incorporate real-time data into treatment planning, prevent relapse, and promote evidence-based treatment approaches.
PMID: 22571448 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews)
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Reward-seeking behavior and addiction: cause or cog?
Authors: Arias-Carrión O, Salama M
Abstract
Although dopaminergic system represents the cornerstone in rewarding, other neurotransmitters can modulate both the reward system and the psychomotor effects of addictive drugs. Many hypotheses have been proposed for a better understanding of the reward system and its role in drug addiction. However, after many years of investigation, no single theory can completely explain the neural basis of drug addiction. Recent reports introduce novel neurotransmitters into the game e.g. dynorphins, orexins, histamine, gheralin and galanin. The interacting functions of thes...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorder: treatment considerations.
CONCLUSION: While there are a lack of evidence-based guidelines for the concurrent treatment of ADHD and SUD, evidence to date suggests that stimulant medications should not necessarily be avoided for patients with comorbid ADHDSUD and that concurrent treatment may be a successful approach to improve ADHD outcomes without worsening SUD symptoms.
PMID: 22571450 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews)
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Direct association of Mu-opioid and NMDA glutamate receptors supports their cross-regulation: molecular implications for opioid tolerance.
Authors: Garzón J, Rodríguez-Muñoz M, Sánchez-Blázquez P
Abstract
In the nervous system, the interaction of opioids like morphine and its derivatives, with the G protein-coupled Mu-opioid receptor (MOR) provokes the development of analgesic tolerance, as well as physical dependence. Tolerance implies that increasing doses of the drug are required to achieve the same effect, a phenomenon that contributes significantly to the social problems surrounding recreational opioid abuse. In recent years, our understanding of the mechanisms that control MOR function in the nervous system, and that eventually pro...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Mechanism of action of methamphetamine within the catecholamine and serotonin areas of the central nervous system.
Authors: Chiu VM, Schenk JO
Abstract
Addiction to methamphetamine (METH) is thought to be mediated by dopaminergic effects in the reward pathway in the brain via the A10 dopaminergic pathway. Herein we describe an overview of the results of the basic preclinical science undertaken to provide mechanistic insights into the action of amphetamines in general and METH in particular. A brief history of amphetamine and METH use and abuse is given, and an overview of the relevant chemical aspects of amphetamine as they relate to neurotransmitters in general is made. A review of the methods used to study the bioche...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Substance abuse and movement disorders: complex interactions and comorbidities.
Authors: Deik A, Saunders-Pullman R, Luciano MS
Abstract
The relationship between movement disorders and substance abuse, which we previously reviewed, is updated. We examine these relationships bidirectionally with focus on drugs of abuse that are known to cause movement disorders, as well as primary movement disorders that are associated with use and abuse of alcohol and dopaminergic medications. First, we review the movement disorders that may develop from the acute use or withdrawal of frequent drugs of abuse, including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, amphetamine and methcathinone. We then comment on the int...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Quantifying reinforcement value and demand for psychoactive substances in humans.
Authors: Heinz AJ, Lilje TC, Kassel JD, de Wit H
Abstract
Behavioral economics is an emerging cross-disciplinary field that is providing an exciting new contextual framework for researchers to study addictive processes. New initiatives to study addiction under a behavioral economic rubric have yielded variable terminology and differing methods and theoretical approaches that are consistent with the multidimensional nature of addiction. The present article is intended to provide an integrative overview of the behavioral economic nomenclature and to describe relevant theoretical models, principles and concep...
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
Editorial: Mobile technology and naturalistic study designs in addiction research.
Authors: Verster JC, Tiplady B, McKinney A
PMID: 23072287 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews)
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - November 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research
