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Jun 16th, 2021 - Long-Range Temporal Correlations (LRTCs) index the capacity of the brain to optimally process information. Previous research has shown that patients with chronic schizophrenia present altered LRTCs at alpha and beta oscillations. However, it is cu...

Jan 13th, 2021 - Clarifying the relationship between depression symptoms and cardiometabolic and related health could clarify risk factors and treatment targets. The objective of this study was to assess whether depression symptoms in midlife are associated with t...

Jan 12th, 2021 - The relationship between economic conditions and substance abuse is unclear, with few studies reporting drug-specific substance abuse. The present study examined the association between economic conditions and drug-specific substance abuse admissi...

Nov 28th, 2020 - Many factors influence women's use of alcohol and other drugs while pregnant and postpartum. Substance use impacts the maternal-child relationship during the critical neonatal period. The first days and months of human development lay the foundati...

Jul 24th, 2020 - Data on rates of prescription opioid use disorder (pOUD) in European countries is limited. The aim of this investigation was to analyze a representative population sample regarding the 1-year prevalence of opioid use disorder in patients who recei...

Mar 19th, 2020 - The specific aim for this study is to conduct a placebo-controlled trail (RCT) of XR-NTX among HIV+ persons in jails and prisons meeting DSM-IV criteria for opioid dependence who are transitioning to the community. HIV treatment outcomes (HIV-1 RN...

Jul 2nd, 2017 - Addiction to drugs and alcohol is increasingly becoming a worldwide trend that is prevalent in both rich and poor countries . Substance abuse shows a significant warming to the health, social and economic build of families, communities and nations...

Feb 20th, 2017 - The study is a six month open-label treatment with Vyvanse, a novel preparation of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication dextroamphetamine in which the drug is inactivated and only becomes reactivated when digested. Vyvans...

Jan 24th, 2017 - The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), conducted between 2001 and 2003, reported U.S. lifetime prevalence estimates for anxiety disorders (28.8%), mood disorders (20.8%), impulse-control disorders (24.8%), substance use disorders (14...

Jan 12th, 2017 - Participants seeking treatment at the participating CTPs will be randomly assigned to either "standard" or "MET/MI" treatment, with a 1- and 3-month follow-up. Primary outcome measures will include (1) treatment retention (e.g., number of sessions...

May 22nd, 2013 - The investigators were inspired to do the current study by previous data suggesting that patients were less likely to be referred for a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) if they had mental illness (approximately a 40% chance of.

May 3rd, 2012 - WASHINGTON – More than one in 10 admissions to an acute psychiatric inpatient geriatric psychiatry service was associated with an alcohol or drug use disorder in a retrospective examination of admissions for 1,788 patients over age 65 who were see.

Apr 29th, 2005 - On March 29, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University released a comprehensive "white paper" documenting some alarming health risks and an epidemic in the making. Specifically, parents who use illegal drug...

NEW YORK — Stigma surrounding mental illness continues to complicate treatment for veterans with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, according to experts. The stigma exists not just in the military culture but also as an issue among young m.

More than one-quarter of the nation's school students say drugs and gangs are rampant in their middle and high schools, and almost half report that they are aware of drugs being sold or used on school grounds, a Columbia University report shows. T.