An Observational Study of Serum Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Patients with Alcohol Dependence during Withdrawal.

abstract：:Long-term use of opioid analgesics can lead to addiction and opioid-related death. We aimed to present the pattern of long-term opioid utilization and identify factors associated with it by using group-based trajectory modeling. We used the nationwide health insurance claims database from 2009 to 2013. Multinomial log...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Yoon D,Lee H,Baek YH,Jeong HE,Shin JY

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This article documents the prevalence of injection-related HIV risk behaviors among a sample of 758 Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and African-American drug injectors derived from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Cooperative Agreement database. The results show that the two Hispanic subgroups had higher injection...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Estrada AL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of "dabbing" has seen an apparent upswing in popularity in recent months within American drug subcultures. "Dabbing" refers to the use of butane-extracted marijuana products that offer users much higher tetrahydrocannabinol content than flower cannabis through a single dosage process. Though considerably ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Miller BL,Stogner JM,Miller JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addictive disorders are one of the most common problems encountered by primary care physicians. In the last decades there has been a significant effort by organizations, universities, and private foundations to increase the teaching of alcohol and drug abuse issues to medical students, residents and practitioners. Sti...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Sandlow LJ,Dos Santos SR

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Drug-free" outpatient programs deliver treatment to the largest number of patients of all treatment modalities in the U.S., providing a significant opportunity to expand access to medication treatments for substance use disorders. This analysis examined staff perceptions of organizational dynamics associated with the...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Monico L,Schwartz RP,Gryczynski J,O'Grady KE,Mitchell SG

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) was established in 2003 to increase the rate of smoking cessation attempts and the likelihood those efforts would succeed. Although smoking remains the number one cause of preventable death and disability, clinicians underperform in smoking cessation. Furthermore, many cl...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Schroeder SA,Clark B,Cheng C,Saucedo CB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misuse of prescription opioids, particularly by adolescents, is a growing problem in the United States. It is a leading cause of death and disability in this age group. The primary form of treatment available to adolescents is drug free psychosocial programs. For the high risk group that has relapsed after traditional...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Smith DE

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance abuse is a growing issue among adolescents. While not every adolescent who struggles with this issue seeks treatment, those who do frequently fail to complete treatment or tend to relapse following treatment. To improve adolescent treatments for substance abuse issues it is important to understand adolescent...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Harris N,Brazeau JN,Clarkson A,Brownlee K,Rawana EP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the first comprehensive review of studies of alcohol and illicit substance use in mentally retarded individuals, including prevalence, and recommendations for assessment and treatment. Mentally retarded persons appear to use/abuse alcohol at about the same rate as their noncognitively-impaired co...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Burgard JF,Donohue B,Azrin NH,Teichner G

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female partners of male drug users may not recognize that they are endangered by sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, even when women acknowledge this problem, there are multiple subsequent impediments to behavior change. Chemically dependent women also have specific additional needs. Mo...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Karan LD

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The doctor-patient interaction in the methadone maintenance treatment clinic is qualitatively different from general medical settings. The patient presents with a specific request for treatment of opioid dependence, most often having already selected the methadone treatment modality, and the initial contact is centere...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Martin J,Payte JT,Zweben JE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using secondary data analysis,this study compares alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems experienced by African-American students attending a historically Black university who use alcohol only versus those who use alcohol plus marijuana. Results indicate that students who used marijuana plus alcohol experienced more AO...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Rhodes WA,Peters RJ Jr,Perrino CS,Bryant S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This exploratory study used in-depth interviews with 12 adolescent participants and four parents to describe their perceptions of outpatient substance abuse treatment. Adolescents found treatment to be different than they had expected, expressed preferences for different session formats (group, individual, family), an...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： White MK,Godley SH,Passetti LL

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined the prevalence of nitrous oxide (NO) inhalation or co-occurrence of NO and volatile solvent (VS) use in adolescents. Study aims were to (1) describe the independent and conjoint prevalence of NO and VS use in incarcerated youth, (2) compare adolescent users of both NO and VS inhalants (NO+VS)...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Garland EL,Howard MO,Perron BE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of factors that coalesced in the Venus figurines of the Late Neolithic culture from Hungary have been identified with dominant hallucinatory themes, suggesting the crucial role of ecstatic religion in this culture. This article provides a review of the nature and role of hallucinogens in the ecstatic religion...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Stahl PW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a new psychological methodology that has been applied to a wide range of psychological disorders. Clinical reports over the past three years indicate that it is an important addition to the treatment of substance abuse. EMDR offers a structured, client-centered m...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Shapiro F,Vogelmann-Sine S,Sine LF

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albert Hoffman suggested that low doses of LSD might be an appropriate alternative to Ritalin. Following this possibility, a systematic exploration of the effects of "microdoses," comprising hundreds of lengthy descriptive reports, was undertaken. Based on these reports, using a psychedelic in the microdose range (10 ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Fadiman J,Korb S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent prevalence studies in California indicate that perinatal alcohol and other drug use remains a serious issue for large numbers of women and their children. In response, national, state and local policymakers have taken steps to address the problem, including increasing funding for treatment services. To gauge th...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Soman LA,Brindis C,Dunn-Malhotra E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of medical cannabis as an adjunct to or substitute for prescription opiates in the treatment of chronic pain. When used in conjunction with opiates, cannabinoids lead to a greater cumulative relief of pain, resulting in a reduction in the use of opiates (and assoc...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Lucas P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitions about drinking, such as positive expectancies and self-efficacy, have been found to profoundly influence drinking behavior. Although the relationship of self-efficacy and positive expectancies with drinking consumption has been established, the relationship of self-efficacy and alcohol expectancies with the...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Blume AW,Lostutter TW,Schmaling KB,Marlatt GA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes barriers to obtaining drug abuse treatment in the rural South using qualitative interviews conducted with 86 illicit stimulant users recruited in rural Arkansas and Kentucky between 2003 and 2005. Fifty-nine (69.0%) of the interviewees had never entered drug abuse treatment. Sixteen (19.0%) part...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Sexton RL,Carlson RG,Leukefeld CG,Booth BM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:College students across the U.S. engage in nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (NMUPS) at increasing rates. While it has been found that use is frequently motivated by a belief that stimulants will act as a study aid, little is known about predictors of NMUPS. The present study addressed impulsivity, outcome exp...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Lookatch SJ,Dunne EM,Katz EC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, researchers and clinicians have viewed street heroin users as representing an end point in a drug-using career. It is toward this population that major national treatment efforts have been directed. Concomitant with the historical national concern about heroin use has been concern about the increase in ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： McBride DC,Inciardi JA,Chitwood DD,McCoy CB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the dearth of information concerning outcomes for adolescents who have been in treatment for substance abuse and related problems, the purpose of the present article is to examine the posttreatment status of adolescents who have been in residential therapeutic communities (TCs). One-year posttreatment outcome da...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Jainchill N,Hawke J,De Leon G,Yagelka J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine dependence in alcohol-involved adults is a long-ignored treatment problem. The absence of its discussion in the literature is difficult to defend in light of medical and epidemiological data on the cost and prevalence of this dual addiction. Most descriptive studies of alcohol abusers published in the past 20...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Bobo JK

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases that threaten life raise existential questions that can be a source of psychological distress. Studies with psychedelics demonstrate therapeutic effects for anxiety and depression associated with life-threatening illnesses. Ayahuasca has been proposed as a possible therapeutic agent in the treatment of psychi...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Maia LO,Daldegan-Bueno D,Tófoli LF

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychedelic plants and fungi have been used in indigenous medicinal traditions for millennia. Modern psychedelic research began when Albert Hofmann first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) in 1938. Five years later, became the first person to ingest LSD. Hofmann was unaware of the significance of his acti...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Doblin RE,Christiansen M,Jerome L,Burge B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, few programs were available for children whose mothers are in recovery. A refinement of the gender-specific model of substance abuse treatment, the "family-focused" approach, has placed increased emphasis on the needs of children and other family members. However, because these programs are relatively ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： McComish JF,Greenberg R,Ager J,Essenmacher L,Orgain LS,Bacik WJ Jr

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methadone maintenance is again receiving attention as an intervention for needle use/sharing among intravenous drug users. A major criticism is that methadone has its own addictive properties; consequently, the client is unable to detoxify and stay off opioids permanently. Study respondents had been off methadone for ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Rosenbaum M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper proposes that a comprehensive, long-term program with a case-management focus will produce better outcomes and be more cost-effective than the current approach to managing the illnesses of women on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (or TANF, formerly known as AFDC) who are afflicted with both drug dep...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Bearman D,Claydon K,Kincheloe J,Lodise C

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00