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Depressive Symptomatology and Response to Treatment With Antidepressants in Patients With a Dual Diagnosis
Conclusions: The results suggest that the use of antidepressants in people with a dual diagnosis is effective in terms of improving the affective symptomatology and adherence to treatment programs. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - September 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Who are Resistant Patients? Quality of Treatment and Disease Control
Conclusions: Although diagnosis and intervention tend to place first in the history of addicts, effective means of treatment are not systematically resorted to, so that symptomatic patients tend to stay for longer periods and miss stabilization. Treatment units seem to stick to their own habits, so that stabilized patients are offered the same treatments they had shown resistance to. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - September 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Sociodemographic and Drug Use Characteristics of Treatment-seeking Cannabis Users at a Tertiary Care Center in India
Conclusions: Treatment-seeking cannabis users are mostly codependent on other substances that become the main reason for their treatment-seeking. Despite high rate of cannabis-related complications, awareness about its health-risk, treatment seeking, and attempt to abstain remains low. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - September 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Treating Heavy Drinking in Primary Care Practices: Evaluation of a Telephone-based Intervention Program
Conclusions: Implementation of the program in primary care proved feasible. Participants reported a decrease in alcohol use frequency and alcohol-related problems. However, contrary to hypotheses, the addition of TCM was not associated with greater improvement in drinking outcomes. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - September 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Substance Use Prevalence According to Public High School Types in Istanbul
Conclusions: Substance use prevalence varied across HS types, but this variance was different according to types of substances. While planning substance use prevention interventions, policy makers should understand the reasons for the differences and prioritize interventions aiming to decrease cigarette and marijuana use in regular and vocational HS and alcohol use in Anatolian HS. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - June 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Exploring the Management of Cannabis Use Among Women and During Pregnancy
Conclusions: Compared with the preventive efforts targeting alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy, the increasingly common use of cannabis is relatively neglected and in need of further specific investigations. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - June 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Gambling in Young People
More young people than adults gamble problematically and this is a concern for policy makers and treatment services. There is a wide range of risk factors, some modifiable and some not. From a public health perspective, preventative strategies have shown some success. Psychological interventions are the mainstay of treatment of young gamblers; pharmacological treatments are yet to be robustly evaluated in this age group. In this paper, I will provide an overview of the epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of gambling in young people. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - June 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Pattern of Risky Sexual Behaviors in Opioid-dependent Egyptian Adults
Conclusion: These findings point to a clear need for interventions aimed at decreasing risky sexual behaviors among individuals with opioid dependency. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - May 16, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Substance Abuse Patterns and Psychiatric Symptomology Among Health Care Professionals and Non–Health Care Professionals Evaluated in an Outpatient Program for Impaired Professionals
Conclusions: The HCPs were not significantly different clinically from their N-HCP peers in our program. We question whether specialized programs for impaired HCPs may contribute to feelings of uniqueness which is often cited in the literature as an obstacle to assuming a patient role. The rates of psychiatric comorbidity based on self-report compared with the PAI data support the need for use of psychological testing in the evaluation of impaired HCPs. Implications and suggestions given our findings among this group of HCPs are offered. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - May 16, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Co-Occurring Chronic Depression and Alcohol Dependence: A Novel Treatment Approach
Conclusions: CBASP seems to be ideally suited for this population, which has extensive avoidance learning, high rates of early trauma, repeated interpersonal failures, and uses alcohol to cope. We propose that treatment for this population must be tailored to the underlying interpersonal issues and skill deficits described above in order to be effective, and that CBASP can be the therapy for the chronically depressed, alcohol-dependent individual. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - May 16, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Case Report of Cathinone-Like Designer Drug Intoxication Psychosis and Addiction With Serum Identification
The use of designer drugs commonly marketed as “Bath Salts” or “Energy” has dramatically risen in recent years. Fatalities and cases of aggressive behavior, even cannibalism have been recently reported in the media. However, these cases have been poorly documented. In this paper, we report a case of repetitive and similar acute psychotic episodes induced by Energy 3 intake. Comparative Analyses of Energy 3 sample and patient’s serum by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detected the presence of 2 synthetic cathinone derivatives: methylenedioxypyrovalerone and pentylone. Finally, this patient’s clinical pictur...
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - March 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Association of Chronic Noncancer Pain With Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Among a Community Mental Health Center Sample
Conclusions: The higher rates of illicit drug use at intake and continued drug use at follow-up for individuals with CNCP may indicate the need for specific pain management assistance. Recommendations include providing standard CNCP screening and assessment as part of substance abuse treatment protocols along with resource referrals. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - March 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Factors That Affect Treatment Initiation Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorder
Discussion: We found that previous substance abuse treatment and previous methamphetamine use were 2 significant predictor variables for initiation into our treatment program. Other possible factors such as sedative/hypnotic use in last 6 months, and alcohol use may also be significant factors in treatment initiation. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - March 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Opioid Use During Pregnancy: An International Roadmap for Future Research and Clinical Practice
Conclusions: The article closes with a vision for future research and clinical practice regarding opioid agonist pharmacotherapy in the treatment of opioid dependence and pain during pregnancy. It advocates a strong international partnership between researchers and clinicians that will make available to both providers and patients worldwide the necessary information to balance the relative risks and benefits to the mother and fetus when deciding if or which opioid medications to use. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - March 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Addicted Doctors: Prevention Strategies
Conclusions: We propose that an overarching body overseeing the detection and treatment of addictive disorders in doctors is set up. (Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment)
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - February 21, 2014 Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research