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Cannabis and Amphetamine-type Stimulant-induced Psychoses: A Systematic Overview
Conclusions: Our search elicited many studies of 1 substance and its association with psychosis but few comparative studies of this association across substances. Yet, in our opinion these comparisons could shed further insight into the development of psychotic features. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - December 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The Role of Self-Efficacy, Adaptive Coping, and Smoking Urges in Long-term Cessation Outcomes
Conclusions: Interventions that target smoking cessation self-efficacy may facilitate long-term reductions in smoking among daily smokers undergoing a quit attempt. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - December 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Physical Pain, Opiate Prescription Medications, and Heroin Addiction: A Case Series
Conclusions: Although preventive measures (ie, educating physicians and changing prescribing patterns) as well as enhancing treatments are being increased, more focus is needed to address management of addiction itself and its comorbidities (ie, psychiatric and medical disorders that increase risk of substance use). (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - December 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Addiction Stigma Among Mental Health Professionals and Medical Students in Egypt
Objectives: The stigma toward substance use disorders is different from other health conditions, it complicates efforts for social acceptance of patients. Health care providers may hold negative beliefs about addiction patients, that is, that they overuse system resources, fail to adhere to recommended care, abuse the system through drug-seeking and diversion. Therefore, this study was set to compare addiction stigma among psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and medical students, and to test whether stigma varies according to the abused substance (alcohol, cannabinoids, heroin, and tramadol). Materials and Methods: A cross...
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - December 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Pharmacotherapy in Methadone Maintenance: Clinical Utility of Peak-Trough Blood Levels
Conclusions: Clinician access to peak and trough levels facilitates safe methadone dosing (including total dose and dose splitting) and precise knowledge regarding rate of methadone metabolism (so that very slow and very rapid metabolizers can receive individualized care). (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - December 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Age and Gender Considerations for Technology-assisted Delivery of Therapy for Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Patient Survey of Access to Electronic Devices
Conclusions: These findings suggest that patients in outpatient SUD treatment have access to resources for TAT implementation, although access was not always readily available. Future research will be needed to determine whether the technology that this population possesses will be able to support the evolving TAT modalities and whether interest in TAT across age and gender groups equalizes over time. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - December 1, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Personality Profile and Affect Regulation in Relation to Food Addiction Among a Sample of Egyptian Females
Objectives: Negative emotions are one of the most important triggers of self-regulation failure, that is, when people get upset they comfort themselves with food, alcohol, or drugs. This research was set out to study the associations of food addiction with personality traits as well as with affect regulation. Materials and Methods: A case-control study, 200 females recruited from the outpatient clinics of Ain Shams University hospitals divided into 2 groups; food addict 108 females and nonfood addict 92 females according to Yale food addiction scale score, with age range of 18 to 40 years. Those having neuropsychiatric di...
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - August 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Anxiety Sensitivity and Smoking Variability Among Treatment Seeking Smokers
Conclusions: This finding encourages investigation of how AS might interact with clinical strategies using a fixed smoking taper as part of quit attempts. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - August 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Brief Interventions for Harmful Alcohol Use in Opioid-dependent Patients on Maintenance Treatment With Buprenorphine: A Prospective Study From India
Conclusion: BI is a feasible and effective intervention to address harmful/hazardous drinking among buprenorphine-maintained opioid-dependent patients. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - August 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Behavioral Impulsivity Does Not Predict Naturalistic Alcohol Consumption or Treatment Outcomes
Conclusions: CM interventions may prove to be an effective intervention for impulsive individuals; however, normal variations in measured impulsivity do not seem to relate to normal variations in drinking pattern or response to moderation-based CM. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - August 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Patterns and Correlates of Injecting Among Heroin Users: A 11-Year Follow-up of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study Cohort
Conclusions: There had been significant clinical improvement in injecting behaviors and the correlates of injecting. Realistic expectations of recovery, however, need to be placed in the context of long-term injecting patterns. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - August 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Differential Impact of Depressive and Manic Mood States on Alcohol Craving in Comorbid Bipolar Alcoholism: Preliminary Findings
Conclusions: Whereas enhanced desire to drink alcohol may be a conditioned reaction to both manic and depressed mood states, desire not to drink alcohol may be more of an indicator of treatment motivation, which is negatively affected by depressed mood. Depressive symptoms may warrant prioritization and aggressive targeting early in treatment given that desire to refrain from alcohol use was only influenced by depressive symptoms and declined over the course of treatment. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - August 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Symptom Profile of Substance-induced Psychosis Versus Primary Psychosis in a Sample of Egyptian Patients: A Preliminary Study
Conclusions: This study adds to a growing body of literature highlighting the differences between SIP and primary psychosis. It provides set of variables that distinguish the substance-induced and primary psychosis groups from one another, which should be an area for further studies. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - May 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Treatment Approaches for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder and Chronic Noncancer Pain: a Literature Review
Conclusions: Buprenorphine and methadone seem to be good options for treatment of patients with comorbid opioid addiction and CNCP. The current evidence is promising but is based on limited observational and pilot studies. There are currently very limited studies that showed promising results for using mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy for patients with opioid misuse and CNCP. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - May 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Assessing Treatment Integrity in Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy
Conclusions: The C-TIRS was designed to provide information about quantity and quality of the delivery of ABCT components; however, further refinement of the C-TIRS is warranted before it should be used in frontline practice. Clinical implications and recommendations for future research are discussed. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - May 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research