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Recent Changes in Drug Abuse Scenario The Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Phenomenon [PDF]

, 2019
Over the last decade, the emergence of a vast range of new/novel/emerging psychoactive substances (NPS) has progressively changed drug market scenarios, which have shifted from the ‘street’ to a ‘virtual’/online environment. Several definitions of NPS
Giulia Stocchero, Susanna Vogliardi, Donata Favretto, Luca Menilli, Salvatore Scrivano, Giorgia Miolo, Massimo Montisci, Marianna Tucci   +7 more
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Cortical Thickness and White Matter Surface Morphology in Tourette Syndrome: A Cohort Study

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective To examine cortical thickness and white matter surface morphology in a large sample of individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS) and neurotypical controls across the lifespan, and to assess associations with symptom severity, comorbidities, and medication use.
Sahar Delavari, Adam C. Frank, Ravi Bansal, Flora M. Vaccarino, Robert A. King, Paul Lombroso, Lawrence Scahill, James F. Leckman, Bradley S. Peterson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The challenge of synthetic drugs in East and South-East Asia and Oceania [PDF]

, 2015
The demand for synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia and Oceania continues to rise, while rapid economic integration is creating new opportunities for transnational criminal groups to expand the illicit drug trade, warns the United Nations Office on
Justice Tettey
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Wastewater analysis as a global toxicovigilance tool for the monitoring of new psychoactive substances [PDF]

, 2016
New psychoactive substances are a group of synthetic or naturally occurring drugs that mimic the effects of controlled illicit drugs. With limited information around potency, effects and health risks, there is international concern around their use and ...
Flores Quintana, Harold, Salgueiro González, Noelia, Cresswell, Sarah, Nadarajan, D, Laimou-Geraniou, M, Oh, Jeong-Eun, Burgard, Bijlsma, L, Gracia-Lor, E, Huchthausen, Julia, Bade, Richard, Quintana, HF, Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Mueller, Jochen F., Kassinos, DF, Gracia Lor, Emma, Laimou Geraniou, M., Ceolotto, N, Bade, R., Sodre, FF, Oluseyi, Temilola, Thomaidis, Nikolaos, Van Wichelen, Natan, Burgard, DA, Boogaerts, Tim, Löve, Sue Ching, Wang, Degao, Castiglioni, Sara, Chappell, Andrew, et al., Yargeau, Viviane, Gerber, C, João Matias, Arndís, Ocenaskova, Vera, Bijlsma, Lubertus, Driver, EM, Halden, Rolf U., Fabriz Sodre, Fernando, Laimou-Geraniou, Maria, Psichoudaki, Magda, Baduel, C, Fatta Kassinos, Despo, Pineda Castro, Marco, Burgard, Daniel A., Sodre, Fernando Fabriz, Laimou Geraniou, Maria, Baduel, Christine, Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara, Phung, Kaitlyn, Halden, Rolf, Chappell, A, Gracia Marín, Elisa, Gerber, C., Subedi, Bikram, Sara Castiglioni, Daniel, Boogaerts, T, Driver, Erin M., Yin Lai, Foon, Sousa Nascimento, Fábio Marley, Castiglioni, S, Keller, E.L., Heath, Ester, Keller, Emma L., Silvino Gomes, Cezar, Ceolotto, Nicola, Kassinos, Despo Fatta, Nadarajan, D., Gerber, Cobus, Chappell, A., Baduel, C., Quintana, Harold Flores   +70 more
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Effects of Cannabidiol‐Rich Cannabis Oil on Facial Expression Recognition and Theory of Mind in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To evaluate, in a post hoc subanalysis, the effects of cannabidiol (CBD)‐rich cannabis oil on facial expression recognition and theory of mind in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This post hoc subanalysis included children from a double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial who completed social cognition assessments at ...
Wandersonia Moreira Brito Medeiros, Estácio Amaro da Silva Junior, Katy Lísias Gondim Dias de Albuquerque, Marine Diniz da Rosa, Amanda Gleiciane de Lima Oliveira, Maycon Jônatas da Silva, João Vitor Andrade Fernandes, Emily Caroline Costa Vieira, João Paulo Mendes dos Santos, Thais Cavalcanti Borges, Ana Hermínia Andrade e Silva, Carlos Espínola Neto Segundo, Nelson Torro‐Alves   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel Synthetic Opioids (NSOs) and Their Evolving Crisis: Utilising NPSfinder^® as a Real-Time Predictive Tool

Pharmaceuticals
Background/Objectives: The rapidly evolving crisis of Novel Synthetic Opioids (NSOs) poses a serious and growing threat for global public health. NSOs include prescription/non-prescription opioids (fentanyl, non-fentanyl analogues), herbal derivatives ...
Elena Deligianni, Davide Arillotta, Alessandro Vento, John Martin Corkery, Georgios Papazisis, Antonis Goulas, Lisa Lione, Fabrizio Schifano   +7 more
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Pseudohypertension-Like Presentation: An Exceptionally Rare Presentation in an Athletic Female Patient with Morphea

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2016
Introduction. Pseudohypertension is a condition which mainly occurs due to thickening-calcification of tunica intima of the arterial wall, leading to a faulty measurement of the intra-arterial blood pressure.
Ahmed Al-Imam
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between mental health challenges, sexual activity, alcohol consumption, use of other psychoactive substances and use of COVID-19 preventive measures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by adults in Nigeria

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background The aims of this study were to assess: 1) the associations among sexual activity, alcohol consumption, use of other psychoactive substances and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic; and 2) the associations between COVID-19 preventive ...
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Olanrewaju Ibigbami, Maha El Tantawi, Nourhan M. Aly, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga, Giuliana Florencia Abeldaño, Eshrat Ara, Passent Ellakany, Balgis Gaffar, Nuraldeen Maher Al-Khanati, Ifeoma Idigbe, Anthonia Omotola Ishabiyi, Abeedha Tu-Allah Khan, Zumama Khalid, Folake Barakat Lawal, Joanne Lusher, Ntombifuthi P. Nzimande, Bamidele Olubukola Popoola, Mir Faeq Ali Quadri, Mark Roque, Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor, Brandon Brown, Annie Lu Nguyen   +22 more
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New psychoactive substances: factsheet

, 2015
This factsheet has been produced in response to requests from parents and those working with young people for information on \u27new psychoactive substances\u27 (NPS)
Public Health Agency
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Antidepressant Prescribing Trends for Adults With and Without Autism in the United Kingdom From 1997 to 2023: A Population‐Based Cohort Study Using Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Antidepressant prescribing and autism diagnoses have increased in recent years. We aimed to describe and compare trends in antidepressant prescribing, indications, doses and durations in autistic and non‐autistic males and females in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1997 to 2023.
Aws Sadik, Golam M. Khandaker, Antonio F. Pardiñas, Michael Lundberg, Brian K. Lee, Cecilia Magnusson, Dheeraj Rai, Paul Madley‐Dowd   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source