The Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: Recent Developments and New Perspectives [PDF]
Substance-related disorders are complex psychiatric disorders that are characterized by continued consumption in spite of harmful consequences. Addiction affects various brain networks critically involved in learning, reward, and motivation, as well as ...
Beck, Anne+4 more
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On the relation between disorder and homogeneity in an amorphous metal [PDF]
Disorder and homogeneity are two concepts that refer to spatial variation of the system potential. In condensed-matter systems disorder is typically divided into two types; those with local parameters varying from site to site (diagonal disorder) and those characterized by random transfer-integral values (off-diagonal disorder).
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BACKGROUND: Adolescence is the most risky part of life for beginning of substance abuse. Substance use in adolescence can affect the rest of the person's life in addition to his youth. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of substance
Pooya Valizadeh-Ardalan
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DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders: recommendations and rationale. [PDF]
Since DSM-IV was published in 1994, its approach to substance use disorders has come under scrutiny. Strengths were identified (notably, reliability and validity of dependence), but concerns have also arisen.
Auriacombe, Marc+11 more
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Introduction: This study used the Rasch model to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Substance Problem Scale (SPS) of the “Global Appraisal of Individual Needs - Initial” for use in Brazil.
Heloísa Garcia Claro+6 more
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Background This study measured emergency department (ED) use and hospitalization for medical reasons among patients with substance-related disorders (SRD), comparing four subgroups: cannabis-related disorders, drug-related disorders other than cannabis ...
Bahram Armoon+4 more
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Spatial clustering of mental disorders and associated characteristics of the neighbourhood context in Malmö, Sweden, in 2001 [PDF]
Study objective: Previous research provides preliminary evidence of spatial variations of mental disorders and associations between neighbourhood social context and mental health. This study expands past literature by (1) using spatial techniques, rather
Chaix, B.+6 more
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Investigating Cognitive Functions in Methadone Users in Comparison with Methadone and Methamphetamine Users and Control Group [PDF]
Background: Cognitive impairment in drug users is a marker for predicting recurrence and poorer adherence to treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the cognitive function in three groups of methadone users methadone maintenance treatment ...
Mahin Eslami-Shahrbabaki+5 more
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Overcoming bashfulness: how cocaine aided Freud to summon the courage to meet Charcot [PDF]
Jean-Martin Charcot, the most celebrated neurologist of the 19th century, had a profound influence on Sigmund Freud's career. Freud spent the winter of 1885-1886 working in Charcot's neurology department in Paris. During this period, he went to Charcot's
Hélio A. G. Teive+5 more
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Strong disorder renormalization group study of S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet layers/bilayers with bond randomness, site dilution and dimer dilution [PDF]
Using a numerical implementation of strong disorder renormalization group, we study the low-energy, long-distance properties of layers and bilayers of $S = 1/2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnets with different type of disorder: bond randomness, site and dimer dilution.
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