Wall Street Traders Bullish on Marijuana, Prescription Drugs
In the high-flying '80s and '90s Wall Street employees were known as big cocaine users, but in these more sedate times investment professionals are turning to marijuana and prescription drugs to ease their stress. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)...
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[Adolescent cannabis consumption and schizophrenia: epidemiological and experimental evidences.]
Authors: Parolaro D
Marijuana is consistently the most widely used illicit drug among teenagers and most users first experiment it in adolescence. Adolescence is a critical period between childhood and adulthood, including not only reproductive maturation, but also cognitive, emotional and social maturation. In this period adolescent brain is still in transition differing anatomically and neurochemically from the adult's one. The endocannabinoid system is an important determinant for cerebral maturation, therefore its strong stimulation by the delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol, that acts through the endocannabinoid system, might lead to subtle but lasting neurobiological changes that can affect adult brain functions and behaviour. We summarize the more recent researches investigating the r......
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[Assessing coping strategies in alcoholics: Comparison while controlling for Personality disorders, Cognitive impairment and Benzodiazepine misuse.]
Conclusions: Alcoholics with Personality disorders use maladaptive coping strategies. Patients presenting CI or BM have low capacity for introspection and are unable to properly evaluate their own abilities, so that they tend to give a socially favorable but unrealistic image of themselves. Longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate the predictive validity of the coping skills before training alcoholics, who are especially difficult to assess due to their lower capacity for objective self-observation.
PMID: 20802981 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adicciones)...
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[Validation of the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ) in a Spanish sample of alcoholic patients.]
Conclusions: The PDSQ is a reliable and valid instrument for detecting psychiatric comorbidity in alcoholic individuals. Its psychometric properties and the added value of self-administration and short application time make it a recommended instrument for use in routine clinical settings.
PMID: 20802982 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adicciones)...
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[Process evaluation of the school-based cannabis use prevention program "xkpts.com" in adolescents from Barcelona in 2006.]
Conclusions: The intervention was acceptable in two out of three classrooms, while in four out of ten the protocol was applied strictly. Greater participation of the students' families corresponded to those schools in which the intervention was better implemented.
PMID: 20802984 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adicciones)...
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[Cocaine base paste: experience from the Montevideo Poison Control Center.]
Discussion: CBP users are mostly young males. Although clinical findings are compatible with those for cocaine abuse, euphoria is a major clinical feature in CBP abusers. The presence of respiratory symptoms reflects the complications associated with the ingestion route. Suicide attempts occurring within a few hours of CBP confirm the high prevalence of suicidal ideation reported by other authors. cocaine base paste, clinical features, suicide attempts.
PMID: 20802985 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adicciones)...
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[Personality and frontal symptomatology in addicts and nonclinical population: toward a neuropsychology of personality.]
Conclusions. Results suggest that frontal performance should be seen as a continuous dimensional variable, ranging from optimal to non-adaptive performance, without a neat cut-off point. Addiction would be related to an increase in frontal symptoms, both mesial (apathy) and orbital (disinhibition), as well as dorsolateral (dysexecutive syndrome), and this would result in changes in the previous personality pattern. These data seriously question the supposed genetic basis of temperamental traits, and suggest hypotheses of great relevance for clinicians.
PMID: 20802986 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adicciones)...
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[Psychopathological symptoms and personality traits in young adult cannabis-dependent treatment seekers: A comparative study.]
Authors: Bravo de Medina R, Echeburúa E, Aizpiri J
The aim of this paper was to describe the psychopathological and personality profile associated with cannabis dependence in young adults and to compare it with those of non-addictive disorders and the normal population. The sample consisted of 141 cannabis-dependent subjects attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic, 140 psychiatric patients with non-addictive disorders and 140 subjects from the general population chosen to match the patient samples for age, gender and socioeconomic level. All participants were assessed with different instruments related to personality (Impulsiveness Scale, Sensation-Seeking Scale and STAI) and psychopathology (SCL-90-R, BDI, STAI and Inadaptation Scale). Patients from the clinical groups presented ......
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[Longitudinal research on treated alcoholism: Systematic review of long-term follow-ups.]
Conclusions: The scarce amount of data available on the evolution of treated alcoholism cannot be compared across studies due to considerable methodological differences. There is a need to promote common methodological criteria in relation to follow-up strategies. New statistical methods that permit longitudinal analysis for non-balanced and correlated data should also be incorporated.
PMID: 20802989 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adicciones)...
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The Association Between Self-forgiveness and Alcohol Misuse Depends on the Severity of Drinker's Shame: Toward a Buffering Model
Conclusions: These findings tentatively suggest the ability to forgive oneself may reduce the likelihood of alcohol and other drug abuse among people who experience high levels of shame. Pending replication, secondary prevention intervention research may wish to test whether inculcation of self-forgiveness is a health protective form of emotion-focused coping that produces therapeutic benefits in substance abusers who are not yet in treatment and who have a shame-based identity.
(C) 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)...
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Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign Saves Lives
(Source: About.com Alcoholism)...
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Maternal substance use and integrated treatment programs for women with substance abuse issues and their children: a meta-analysis
Conclusions:
Findings suggest that integrated programs are effective in reducing maternal substance use. However, integrated programs were not significantly more effective than non-integrated programs. Future research directions are discussed, including methodology, study quality, and reporting practices. (Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy)...
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Impulsivity: The Behavioural and Neurological Science of Discounting
(Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)...
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How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine
(Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)...
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Treating Substance Use Disorders with Adaptive Continuing Care
(Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)...
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Drug Policy and the Public Good
(Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)...
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Some new directions for research on psychological interventions for comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders
Abstract (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)...
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Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for the treatment of coâoccurring depression and substance use: Current evidence and directions for future research
Abstract (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)...
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Mechanisms of change in control group drinking in clinical trials of brief alcohol intervention: Implications for bias toward the null
Abstract (Source: Drug and Alcohol Review)...
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Perceptions of discriminatory treatment by staff as predictors of drug treatment completion: Utility of a mixed methods approach
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