Addiction
Objective To study the anticraving efficacy of high‐frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the right dorsolateral pre‐frontal cortex (DLPFC) in patients with alcohol dependence.
Methods We performed a prospective, single‐blind, sham‐controlled study involving 45 patients with alcohol dependence syndrome (according to ICD‐10 DCR), with Clinical Institute of Withdrawal Assessment...
Background There is a lack of evidence regarding the effect of dose, pattern and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure and behaviour problems in children aged 2 years and older.
Methods A 10% random sample of women delivering a live infant in Western Australia (1995–96) were invited to participate in an 8‐year longitudinal survey (78% response rate n = 2224); 85% were followed‐up at 2 years, 73% at...
Background ‘Recreational’ use of ketamine is spreading rapidly among young people. In healthy individuals an acute dose of the N‐methyl D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist ketamine induces marked psychosis‐like effects and cognitive impairments, but little is known about the long‐term effects of the drug.
Aims To evaluate the long‐term neuropsychiatric or cognitive consequences.
Methods A total...
Background No medications have been proven to be effective for cocaine and methamphetamine addiction. Attenuation of drug reward has been the main strategy for medications development, but this approach has not led to effective treatments. Thus, there is a need to identify novel treatment targets in addition to the brain reward system.
Aim To propose a novel treatment strategy for stimulant addiction...
Aims This experiment was conducted to determine the impact of cigarette deprivation and cigarette availability on reactivity measures to cigarette cues.
Participants Smokers were recruited who were 18 years of age or older, not attempting to quit or cut down on their smoking, smoked at least 20 cigarettes daily, had been smoking regularly for past year and had an expired carbon monoxide level of...
Aims In order to examine the degree to which heavy drinking contributes to risks for problems among college drinkers this paper develops and tests a dose–response model of alcohol use that relates frequencies of drinking specific quantities of alcohol to the incidence of drinking problems.
Methods A mathematical model was developed that enabled estimation of dose–response relationships between drinking...