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Narrating health and well‐being with vulnerable participants: The ethics of composite fiction as a creative method in health geographies

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper explores the ethical and creative value of composite fiction as a method for engaging with vulnerable participants in health geography research. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Port Talbot, South Wales, it examines how composite fiction can allow for co‐creation, to challenge authorial authority, support the ethical ...
Rosie Knowles
wiley   +1 more source

An approach to heroin use disorder intervention within the South African context: A content analysis study

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2010
Background The field of heroin use disorder intervention has been in transition in South Africa since the outbreak of the heroin epidemic. Yet despite growing evidence of an association between heroin users' use of supplementary intervention services and
Fourie David   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injecting risk behaviours, self-reported mental health and crime [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores differences between two types of illicit drug users (heroin users and non-heroin users) in relation to injecting risk behaviours, self-reported mental health, driving and crime.Key findingsParticipants were divided into two groups ...
Jennifer Stafford, Lucy Burns
core  

Neuropsychopharmacology of hallucinogenic and non‐hallucinogenic 5‐HT2A receptor agonists

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocin were once relegated to the fringes of medical research because of their association with counterculture movements and a perceived concern about harm through recreational use, and their consequent legal prohibition in the early 1970s.
Trevor Sharp, Aurelija Ippolito
wiley   +1 more source

Psychedelics as pharmacotherapeutics for substance use disorders: A scoping review on clinical trials and perspectives on underlying neurobiology

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Theorized mechanism of dopamine homeostasis restoration in the nucleus accumbens core induced by a psychedelic intervention. Abstract Psychedelics have garnered great attention in recent years as treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) and treatment‐resistant depression because of their ability to alter consciousness and afflicted cognitive ...
Lucas Wittenkeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FROM FREE TRADE TO PROHIBITION: A CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE MODERN ASIAN OPIUM TRADE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The article begins by exploring America\u27s current war on drugs and how it represents a misuse of its power and misperception of the global narcotics trade.
McCoy, Alfred W.
core   +1 more source

Drug-Related Engrams and Their Role in the Persistence and Recurrence of Drug-Related Behaviors. [PDF]

open access: yesHippocampus
ABSTRACT Memory is a cornerstone of human behavior, and addiction offers a compelling model of its persistence and plasticity. The scope of engram research has rapidly expanded to include addiction‐related phenomena. Addiction‐related memories, like strong aversive memories, are often highly resistant to extinction and can continue to drive relapse ...
Cutler M, Thati A, Grella SL.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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