Addiction

Does Salt Addiction Exist?

Scientific article

ABSTRACT Background: Salt consumption activates the brain reward system, inducing cravings and the search for salted food. Its excessive intake is associated with high blood pressure and obesity. The high quantity of salt in processed food...

Trends in Mortality Rates Where Alcohol Was a Necessary Cause of Death in Brazil, 2000–2013

Scientific article

Abstract [ABSTRACT]. Objective: To analyze trends in mortality due to diseases and conditions fully attributable to alcohol in Brazil. Methods: This was an ecological time-series study. Proportional, specific, and age-standardized mortality...

Alcohol Outlet Availability and Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Breast Cancer Survivors

Scientific article

18 April 2012

Abstract Background: Breast cancer survivors who consume alcohol excessively are at increased risk of recurrence and have worse prognosis. Because the environments in which people live shape many health behaviors, there has been increased...

Association of Cigarette, Cigar, and Pipe Use With Mortality Risk in the US Population

Scientific article

19 February 2018

Key Points Question: What is the association of cigar, pipe, and cigarette use with mortality risk in the US population? Findings: In this nationally representative longitudinal cohort study of 357 420 participants comparing exclusive cigar...

Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda

News

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda. The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed in...

Reduced Orbitofrontal Gray Matter Concentration as a Marker of Premorbid Childhood Trauma in Cocaine Use Disorder

Scientific article

15 February 2018

Background: Childhood trauma affects neurodevelopment and promotes vulnerability to impaired constraint, depression, and addiction. Reduced gray matter concentration (GMC) in the mesocorticolimbic regions implicated in reward processing and...

Cocaine Effects on Dopaminergic Transmission Depend on a Balance between Sigma-1 and Sigma-2 Receptor Expression

Scientific article

12 February 2018

Sigma σ1 and σ2 receptors are targets of cocaine. Despite sharing a similar name, the two receptors are structurally unrelated and their physiological role is unknown. Cocaine increases the level of dopamine, a key neurotransmitter in CNS...

A Pocket Guide: investigation of the abuse of alcohol and a brief intervention

Book

1 January 2005

This Pocket Guide was summarized Guide 34 pages of the NIAAA, helping patients who drink too much: A guide clinical. Materials include: Educational brochures for patients Already formatted progress notes Animated slideshow for training...

Guide for health care professionals - helping patients who drink too much

Book

1 January 2007

Guide aimed at professionals of health to work with people from drinking alcohol in excess This guide has been written for primary care health and mental health professionals. It has been produced by the National Institute on the Alcohol...

2018 Recovery Capital Conference of Canada

13 September 2018

Toronto

Canada

Recovery Capital conference is a two-day event designed to provide accessible, accredited, and multi-disciplinary professional education on recovery capital and will bring together stakeholders in the recovery and addiction space to share and collaborate on the many facets of what recovery means today. The conference will feature international researchers, clinicians, policy makers and impactful key-note speakers.