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Addiction [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Medical Bulletin, 2003
Alcohol and psycho-active substance misuse has far-reaching social, psychological and physical consequences. Advances in neuroimaging technology have allowed neurobiological theories of addiction to become better characterized. We describe the neurobiology of dependence, withdrawal, abstinence and craving states in alcohol, stimulant and opiate misuse.
Lingford-Hughes, A   +5 more
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Addictions

open access: yesRevue 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   +8 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Internet gaming addiction: current perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Daria J KussPsychology Research and Behavior Management, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UKAbstract: In the 2000s, online games became popular, while studies of Internet gaming addiction emerged, outlining the negative consequences of excessive ...
Kuss, DJ   +3 more
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Addiction and will [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers 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.
openaire   +3 more sources

Integrated treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (INTRO-HCV)

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background A large proportion of people who inject drugs (PWID) living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have not been treated. It is unknown whether inclusion of HCV diagnostics and treatment into integrated substance use disorder treatment and ...
Lars T. Fadnes   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations over the COVID-19 pandemic period and the mental health and substance use of youth not in employment, education or training in Ontario, Canada: a longitudinal, cohort study

open access: yesChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2023
Background The economic shutdown and school closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively influenced many young people’s educational and training opportunities, leading to an increase in youth not in education, employment, or training ...
Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combining alcohol interventions with tobacco addictions treatment in primary care—the COMBAT study: a pragmatic cluster randomized trial

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2017
Background Tobacco and alcohol use present multiplicative risk for aerodigestive cancers. Reducing alcohol consumption improves smoking cessation outcomes and reduces cancer risk. Risky alcohol consumption and smoking are often treated separately despite
Nadia Minian   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in Europe

open access: yesJournal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2022
Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the way we live, with European countries having to introduce unprecedented measures to protect public health. As with all areas of life, drug consumption, related harms and drug markets
Alessandro Pirona   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
Tasnádi, Attila   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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