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Using an Adapted Job Demands–Resources Model to Examine the Use of Legal, Prescription, and Illegal Drugs for Cognitive Enhancement in the Working Population in Germany

Sociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
Chronic stress is a global issue with detrimental effects on health and productivity, often leading individuals to adopt health‐related coping strategies. This study uses an adapted Job Demands–Resources model to examine how various job demands and resources impact perceived stress and, consequently, the use of legal, prescription, and illegal drugs ...
Sebastian Sattler, Mareike Reimann, Myriam Baum, Nina Hänel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative potential for generating spontaneous signals for abuse and dependence among drugs used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A disproportionality analysis in VigiBase®

General Psychiatry, Volume 39, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The comparative liability for abuse and dependence of drugs used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been poorly explored so far. Aims To evaluate the relative potential of medications used for ADHD for generating spontaneous reports of abuse and dependence in international pharmacovigilance data.
Emilie Jouanjus, Tiffanie Grime, Constance Bordet, Maryse Lapeyre‐Mestre, Benjamin Rolland   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes towards pharmacological cognitive enhancement – a review

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2014
A primary means for the augmentation of cognitive brain functions is ‘pharmacological cognitive enhancement’ (PCE). The term usually refers to the off-label use of medical substances to improve mental performance in healthy individuals.
Kimberly Johanna Schelle, Nadira eFaulmüller, Lucius eCaviola, Miles eHewstone   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Robots, Brain Machine Interfaces and Neuro/Cognitive Enhancers: Three Emerging Science and Technology Products through the Lens of Technology Acceptance Theories, Models and Frameworks

Technologies, 2013
Social robotics, brain machine interfaces and neuro and cognitive enhancement products are three emerging science and technology products with wide-reaching impact for disabled and non-disabled people.
Gregor Wolbring, Lucy Diep, Sophya Yumakulov, Natalie Ball, Dean Yergens   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Condition‐Specific Adverse Event Profiles of Modafinil for Labelled and Off‐Label Uses: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Basic &Clinical Pharmacology &Toxicology, Volume 138, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Modafinil is approved for excessive daytime sleepiness in narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and shift work sleep disorder (SWSD), but its widespread off‐label use raises safety concerns. We evaluated the risk of adverse events (AEs) associated with both labelled and off‐label use of modafinil.
Jaehee Jung, Jaeyoon Youm, Jihyun Kang, Ah‐Young Kim, Jae Kyung Suh, Hye‐Young Kang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Remotely Supervised At-Home TES for Enhancing Mental Resilience

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
We are in the midst of a mental health crisis with major depressive disorder being the most prevalent among mental health disorders and up to 30% of patients not responding to first-line treatments.
Jasmina Paneva, Jasmina Paneva, Inge Leunissen, Inge Leunissen, Teresa Schuhmann, Teresa Schuhmann, Teresa Schuhmann, Tom A. de Graaf, Tom A. de Graaf, Tom A. de Graaf, Morten Gørtz Jønsson, Morten Gørtz Jønsson, Balder Onarheim, Alexander T. Sack, Alexander T. Sack, Alexander T. Sack, Alexander T. Sack   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmaceutical Neuroenhancement in the Quest for Worth at Work

Sociological Inquiry, Volume 95, Issue 4, Page 834-850, November 2025.
This article examines the use of psychoactive substances for cognitive enhancement in the context of work. By drawing upon existing qualitative research and sociological theories on meaningful work, valuation, and human agency, I explore cultural and institutional processes encouraging individuals to engage in such practices and argue that ...
Sigita Doblytė
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from missteps: Potential of transcranial electrical stimulation in neuropsychological rehabilitation

Journal of Neuropsychology, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 655-681, September 2025.
Abstract Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) holds promise for neuropsychological rehabilitation by leveraging the brain's inherent plasticity to enhance cognitive and motor functions. However, early results have been variable due to oversimplified approaches.
Carlo Miniussi, Maria Concetta Pellicciari   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brain Organoid Research in a Post‐Dobbs World

Ethics &Human Research, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 41-47, March–April 2025.
ABSTRACT The creation and study of brain organoids may hold significant promise for understanding brain functions, disorders, and diseases. This research may also raise novel considerations and ethical concerns, but it has significant public and professional support when thoughtfully undertaken. Current legislative and judicial restrictions on abortion
Christine N. Coughlin, Nancy M. P. King, Emily McEwan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuroenhancement as Instrumental Drug Use: Putting the Debate in a Different Frame

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
The use of performance-enhancing drugs to study or work better is often called “cognitive enhancement” or “neuroenhancement” and sparked a debate between scholars from many disciplines.
Stephan Schleim
doaj   +1 more source