Relationship between dispositional mindfulness and substance use: Findings from a clinical sample

S Bowen, MC Enkema - Addictive behaviors, 2014 - Elsevier
There has been rapidly increasing interest over the past decade in the potential of
mindfulness-based approaches to psychological and medical treatment, including a recent …

Harm related to recreational ketamine use and its relevance for the clinical use of ketamine. A systematic review and comparison study

J Van Amsterdam, W Van Den Brink - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Backgrounds Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that is currently considered for several
new indications. Aim To deduce the safety of long-term ketamine treatment using the harm of …

Psychometric properties of the CAST and SDS scales in young adult cannabis users

AM Cuenca-Royo, A Sánchez-Niubó, CG Forero… - Addictive …, 2012 - Elsevier
AIM: To assess the validity of two cannabis use severity scales among young cannabis
users and to evaluate their ability to detect Substance Use Disorders (SUD) …

Targeted oral naltrexone for mild to moderate alcohol use disorder among sexual and gender minority men: a randomized trial

GM Santos, J Ikeda, P Coffin, J Walker… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors sought to determine the efficacy of targeted naltrexone in sexual and
gender minority men (SGM) who binge drink and have mild to moderate alcohol use …

Validity and reliability of a Severity of Dependence Scale for khat (SDS-khat)

S Kassim, S Islam, R Croucher - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
AIMS OF THE STUDY:(1) To assess psychological khat dependence and (2) to assess the
validity and reliability of the Severity Dependence Scale (Gossop et al., 1995) amended for …

Motivational factors modulate left frontoparietal network during cognitive control in cocaine addiction

A Barrós‐Loscertales, V Costumero… - Addiction …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cocaine addiction is characterized by alterations in motivational and cognitive processes
involved in goal‐directed behavior. Recent studies have shown that addictive behaviors can …

Depression among regular heroin users: the influence of gender

L Sordo, M Chahua, MJ Bravo, G Barrio, MT Brugal… - Addictive …, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of recent (last 12months) depression
in regular young heroin users and to ascertain factors associated with depression in this …

Left frontoparietal network activity is modulated by drug stimuli in cocaine addiction

V Costumero, P Rosell-Negre, JC Bustamante… - Brain imaging and …, 2018 - Springer
Cocaine addicts present reduced activity in the left frontoparietal network, a brain network
associated with cognitive control, during the processing of non-drug reward related stimuli …

Patterns of Substance Use among Patients in Addiction Rehabilitation in Jordan.

H Yasin, N Bulatova, M Wazaify - Substance Use & Misuse, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: This study aimed to identify pattern of substance use among patients at two
public addiction rehabilitation centers in Amman. It provided a description of substance use …

The effect of methamphetamine and heroin price on polydrug use: A behavioural economics analysis in Sydney, Australia

J Chalmers, D Bradford, C Jones - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A key aim of supply-side drug law enforcement is to reduce drug use by
increasing the retail price of drugs. Since most illicit drug users are polydrug users the …