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 …

Substance use disorders commonly co-occur with one another and with other psychiatric
disorders. They share common features including high impulsivity, negative affect, and lower …

Background Although psychoactive substances vary in many ways, they have important
commonalties, particularly in their ability to lead to an addiction syndrome. The field lacks an …

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. Genetic
variation contributes to initiation, regular smoking, nicotine dependence, and cessation. We …

Introduction: To better inform the development of smoking cessation programs for
adolescents and young adults, a prospective study was employed to systematically examine …

Lifetime and temporal co-occurrence of substance use disorders (SUDs) is common and
compared with individual SUDs is characterized by greater severity, additional psychiatric …

Objectives Resting EEG is sensitive to transient, acute effects of nicotine administration and
abstinence, but the chronic effects of smoking on EEG are poorly characterized. This study …

Importance Because of shared characteristics, pathological gambling (PG) has been
variously conceptualized as an obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum disorder or as an …

Abstract Background Health risk behaviors (HRBs) are common, yet not well understood in
young adult smokers. Purpose We examined HRB profiles over 12 months in young adult …

INTRODUCTION: Alternative tobacco use among adolescents who smoke cigarettes is a
growing public health concern, and evidence suggests that patterns of alternative tobacco …