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Aggression Linked to Substance Use

Scientific article

8 May 2017

New Research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry has found that people with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) – a condition with a significant genetic component characterised by regular outbursts of aggression, whether...

Can We ‘Switch Off’ Our Need to Drink Alcohol?

Scientific article

23 April 2017

New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may lead to the development of personalised treatments for alcohol dependence. The study evaluated how people’s responses in the brain differ to various therapeutic...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Psychosocial Therapies in the Treatment System

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19 April 2017

This is one of 25 cells in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. The cell discusses key research relating to the roles of psychosocial therapies in local treatment systems. In particular, their role in creating a cost-effective mix of services...

Should Opioid Dependent Patients Receive Immediate Access to Medical Treatment?

Scientific article

18 April 2017

New research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found through a comparison of treatment approaches for opioid dependence that, in an emergency setting, combining the medication buprenorphine with on-going care is...

Can Abstaining from Alcohol Help to Fight the Spread of HIV?

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Studies have shown that alcohol may play a role in more that 13% of deaths resulting from infectious diseases, including HIV. Evidence suggests that alcohol consumption negatively affects the fight against HIV primarily by: Increasing the...

Could LSD Have a Role in New Therapeutic Treatments?

Scientific article

10 April 2017

New research published in the journal Translational Psychiatry has found that LSD reduces activity in the region of the brain responsible for negative emotions such as fear. The researchers call this the drug’s ‘de-frightening effect’ and...

Organisational Influences on Psychosocial Therapies

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5 April 2017

Latest instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research. See if you agree with influential US researchers that “organizational climate underlies the entire process of innovation adoption”, appreciate the effect of high staff...

Tweet2Quit: The Social Media Intervention Helping People to Quit Smoking

Scientific article

3 April 2017

The social media quit-smoking intervention – Tweet2Quit – sends automated daily communications to private self-help groups, encouraging high-quality peer-to-peer discussions online. It is very low cost and has a potential global reach. A...

A Scientific Development for the Treatment of Cocaine Addiction?

Scientific article

A new study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry claims that one’s desire for cocaine may be reduced by blocking signalling from a specific system in the brain primarily responsible for promoting wakefulness and appetite. The lead...

Understanding the Brain’s Role in Drug Addiction

Scientific article

14 March 2017

Findings recently revealed in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews and the Journal of Neuroscience suggest the cerebellum is co-responsible for the alterations in the brain that are linked with excessive substance abuse. This goes against...

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