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Psychopathic Traits, Affect, and Cocaine Use-Related Outcomes [PDF]
, 2014 Substance abuse and associated public health and economic consequences represent a pervasive and costly problem. Among inner-city substance users, crack/cocaine is the most common drug of choice and is associated with health compromising behaviors ...
Long, Katherine
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Novelty preference does not predict trait cocaine behaviors in male rats
Addiction Neuroscience, 2022 Heightened novelty seeking is a risk factor for the initiation of drug use and development of substance use disorders. In rats, novelty seeking can be examined by assessing preference for a novel environment.
Shayna L. O'Connor +2 more
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Purity of street-level cocaine across Denmark from 2006 to 2019:Analysis of seized cocaine [PDF]
, 2021 Cocaine-related emergency department admissions are increasing, and cocaine seizures are at an all-time high in Europe. Our aim was to investigate the trends in purity and adulterants over time in cocaine available to cocaine users at street level in ...
Thylstrup, Birgitte +14 more
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Incubation of cocaine craving coincides with changes in dopamine terminal neurotransmission
Addiction Neuroscience, 2022 Relapse to drug use is one of the major challenges in treating substance use disorders. Exposure to drug-related cues and contexts triggers drug craving, which drives cocaine seeking, and increases the probability of relapse.
I. Pamela Alonso +4 more
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Yellow and black-stained fingers in a patient with headache
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017 A 39-year-old male patient was admitted at the emergency room with headache, dry cough, and dyspnea three days ago. Dermatological examination revealed yellow and black-stained fingers in the first two fingertips of both hands.There were also a middle ...
Fred Bernardes Filho +1 more
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BJPsych Open, 2018 BackgroundAlthough many studies suggest that religiosity is a protective factor against drug use, there is little information on its effect on drug consumption patterns of those who do use drugs.AimsWe aimed to examine if there is any relationship ...
Alexandre Rezende-Pinto +4 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 The drug overdose crisis has spawned serious health consequences, including the increased incidence of substance use disorders (SUDs), conditions manifested by escalating medical and psychological impairments. While medication management is a key adjunct
Christina R. Merritt +6 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2011 Background A number of changes have been proposed and investigated in the criteria for substance use disorders in DSM-5. However, although clinical utility of DSM-5 is a high priority, relatively little of the empirical evidence supporting the changes ...
D. Hasin +4 more
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2011 Background Prior research has demonstrated the dimensionality of alcohol, nicotine and cannabis use disorders criteria. The purpose of this study was to examine the unidimensionality of DSM-IV cocaine, amphetamine and prescription drug abuse and ...
T. Saha +7 more
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Acute health problems due to recreational drug use in patients presenting to an urban emergency department in Switzerland [PDF]
, 2015 QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: To describe acute toxicity of recreational drugs including novel psychoactive substances. METHODS: We included all cases presenting at the emergency department (ED) of the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland, between ...
Dolder, Patrick C. +13 more
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