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Effect of fruit smoothie supplementation on psychological distress among people with substance use disorders receiving opioid agonist therapy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (FruktBAR)

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Background People with substance use disorders generally have unhealthy diets, including limited intake of fruit and vegetables. Evidence shows substantial health benefits from increasing fruit and vegetable consumption on various indicators and possibly
Lars T. Fadnes, Einar Furulund, Karl Trygve Druckrey-Fiskaaen, Tesfaye Madebo, Jørn Henrik Vold, Maria Olsvold, Marianne Cook Pierron, Siv-Elin Leirvåg Carlsen, Rune Blomhoff, Torgeir Gilje Lid, for the ATLAS4LAR Study Group   +10 more
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Vitamin D status and associations with substance use patterns among people with severe substance use disorders in Western Norway

Scientific Reports, 2022
Chronic and harmful substance use is associated with a cluster of harms to health, including micronutrient deficiencies. Maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D is important for musculoskeletal and other aspects of health.
Mitra Bemanian, Ranadip Chowdhury, Krister Stokke, Christer Frode Aas, Kjell Arne Johansson, Jørn Henrik Vold, Lars Thore Fadnes   +6 more
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Integration of smoking cessation into standard treatment for patients receiving opioid agonist therapy who are smoking tobacco: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ATLAS4LAR)

Trials, 2022
Background About 85% of patients receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) for opioid dependence are smoking tobacco. Although smoke-related pulmonary diseases are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality, few smoking cessation interventions are ...
Karl Trygve Druckrey-Fiskaaen, Einar Furulund, Jan Tore Daltveit, Jørn Henrik Vold, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Tesfaye Madebo, Lars Thore Fadnes, for the ATLAS4LAR Study Group   +7 more
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Addictions

Revue Médicale Suisse, 2019
New drugs available in a click, plethora of games, new regulations on cannabis, addiction medicine has a lot to do ! In 2018, Switzerland recognized a training certificate in addiction medicine, pathological gambling entered into ICD-11 and vaping, first considered with suspicion, found a place in the pharmacopoeia of the fight against tobacco.
Daeppen, Jean-Bernard, Billieux, Joel, Achab, Sophia, Etter, Jean-François, Bertholet, Nicolas, Deligianni, Marianthi, Penzenstadler, Louise Emilie, Khazaal, Yasser, Simon, Olivier   +8 more
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Minocycline as adjunctive treatment for treatment-resistant depression: study protocol for a double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial (MINDEP2)

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Available evidence suggests that adjunctive treatment with immunomodulatory medications may be effective in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD).
Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Clare Cullen, Madeha Umer, Andre F. Carvalho, Stefan Kloiber, Jeffrey H. Meyer, Abigail Ortiz, Yuliya Knyahnytska, M. Omair Husain, Justine Giddens, Breno S. Diniz, Wei Wang, Allan H. Young, Benoit H. Mulsant, Zafiris J. Daskalakis   +14 more
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Metformin for early comorbid glucose dysregulation and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a pilot double-blind randomized clinical trial

Translational Psychiatry, 2021
Patients with schizophrenia have exceedingly high rates of metabolic comorbidity including type 2 diabetes and lose 15–20 years of life due to cardiovascular diseases, with early accrual of cardiometabolic disease.
Sri Mahavir Agarwal, Roshni Panda, Kenya A. Costa-Dookhan, Nicole E. MacKenzie, Quinn Casuccio Treen, Fernando Caravaggio, Eyesha Hashim, General Leung, Anish Kirpalani, Kelly Matheson, Araba F. Chintoh, Caroline K. Kramer, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Ariel Graff-Guerrero, Gary J. Remington, Margaret K. Hahn   +15 more
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Is smartphone addiction really an addiction? [PDF]

Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 2018
Aims In light of the rise in research on technological addictions and smartphone addiction in particular, the aim of this paper was to review the relevant literature on the topic of smartphone addiction and determine whether this disorder exists or if it does not adequately satisfy the criteria for addiction.
Panova, Tayana, Carbonell, Xavier
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Equine-assisted services for individuals with substance use disorders: a scoping review

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
The implementation of equine-assisted services (EAS) during treatment for psychological disorders has been frequently documented; however, little is known about the effect of EAS on outcomes for populations with substance use disorder (SUD).
Liam Diaz, Mirinda Ann Gormley, Ashley Coleman, Abby Sepanski, Heather Corley, Angelica Perez, Alain H. Litwin   +6 more
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Pleasure and Addiction [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2013
What is the role and value of pleasure in addiction? Foddy and Savulescu (1) have claimed that substance use is just pleasure-oriented behavior. They describe addiction as "strong appetites toward pleasure" and argue that addicts suffer in significant part because of strong social and moral disapproval of lives dominated by pleasure seeking.
Matthews, Stephen, Kennett, Jeanette, Snoek, Anke   +2 more
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Addiction and will [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
A hypothesis about the neurobiological bases of drive, drive reduction and will in addictive illness is presented. Drive reduction seems to require both SEEKING and gratification. Will is the everyday term for our experience of drives functioning within us. Addictive drugs take over the will by altering neurotransmission in the SEEKING system.
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