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The “Endless Trip” among the NPS Users: Psychopathology and Psychopharmacology in the Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder. A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2017
Hallucinogen-persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a syndrome characterized by prolonged or reoccurring perceptual symptoms, reminiscent of acute hallucinogen effects.
Laura Orsolini, Laura Orsolini, Laura Orsolini, Gabriele Duccio Papanti, Domenico De Berardis, Domenico De Berardis, Domenico De Berardis, Amira Guirguis, John Martin Corkery, Fabrizio Schifano   +9 more
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Focus on Clozapine Withdrawal- and Misuse-Related Cases as Reported to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Database

Brain Sciences, 2020
Background: Clozapine is of high clinical relevance for the management of both treatment-resistant schizophrenia and psychotic disturbances with concurrent drug misuse.
Stefania Chiappini, Fabrizio Schifano, John Martin Corkery, Amira Guirguis   +3 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]

, 2015
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use, Center for Substance Abuse Research, European Monitoring Centre For Drugs And Drug Addiction, Sumnall H   +3 more
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Correlation between blood and oral fluid psychoactive drug concentrations and cognitive impairment in driving under the influence of drugs [PDF]

, 2017
The effects of drugs on driving performance should be checked with drug concentration in the brain and at the same time with the evaluation of both the behavioural and neurophysiological effects. The best accessible indicator of this information is the
Busardò, Francesco Paolo, Faro, Alfredo Fabrizio Lo, Graziano, Silvia, Montana, Angelo, Pellegrini, Manuela, Pichini, Simona, Zaami, Simona   +6 more
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The role of spirituality and religiosity in psychoactive substance use among adolescents in a Nigerian Hospital

Babcock University Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: Adolescence is a transition period where drug experimentation is common. Spirituality and religiosity have been recognized by literature as having a possible role in stabilizing good physical and mental health.
JOSHUA FALADE, Adekunle Fatai Mustapha, Adedayo Hakeem Oyebanji, Olusola Olawumi Falade   +3 more
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Is There a Risk for Semaglutide Misuse? Focus on the Food and Drug Administration’s FDA Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) Pharmacovigilance Dataset

Pharmaceuticals, 2023
Recent media reports commented about a possible issue of the misuse of antidiabetics related to molecules promoted as a weight-loss treatment in non-obese people.
Stefania Chiappini, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Daniel Harris, G. Duccio Papanti Pelletier, John Martin Corkery, Amira Guirguis, Giovanni Martinotti, Stefano L. Sensi, Fabrizio Schifano   +8 more
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Recreational use, analysis and toxicity of tryptamines [PDF]

, 2015
The definition New psychoactive substances (NPS) refers to emerging drugs whose chemical structures are similar to other psychoactive compounds but not identical, representing a "legal" alternative to internationally controlled drugs.
Mannocchi, Giulio, Pantano, Flaminia, Romolo, Francesco Saverio, Tittarelli, Roberta   +3 more
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Understanding the Opioid Epidemic through Pharmacovigilance Signals: an Analysis of Pharmacovigilance Datasets collecting Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) reported to EudraVigilance (EV) and the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) over 10 Years

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Introduction: In the past twenty years, the consumption of opioid medications has reached significant proportions, leading to the so-called opioid epidemic, characterized by cyclical waves of heroin use and the non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids ...
S. Chiappini, R. Vickers-Smith, A. Guirguis, J. Corkery, G. Martinotti, D.R. Harris, F. Schifano   +6 more
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The Psychonauts’ World of Cognitive Enhancers

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
BackgroundThere is growing availability of novel psychoactive substances (NPS), including cognitive enhancers (CEs) which can be used in the treatment of certain mental health disorders.
Flavia Napoletano, Flavia Napoletano, Fabrizio Schifano, John Martin Corkery, Amira Guirguis, Amira Guirguis, Davide Arillotta, Davide Arillotta, Caroline Zangani, Caroline Zangani, Alessandro Vento, Alessandro Vento, Alessandro Vento   +12 more
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Recent Changes in Drug Abuse Scenario: The Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Phenomenon [PDF]

, 2019
copyright 2019 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are ...
Catalani, Valeria, Chilcott, Robert, Corazza, Ornella, Corkery, John, Guirguis, Amira, Marrinan, Shanna, Martinotti, Giovanni, Zloh, Mire   +7 more
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