Addiction

Is fetal brain monoamine oxidase inhibition the missing link between maternal smoking and conduct disorders?

Scientific article

8 May 2008

Abstract Smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness in the world today. Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) is a particularly insidious form because so many of its associated health effects befall the unborn child and produce...

2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium

20 May 2022

Online

The 2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium is being held on Tuesday, 20 and Wednesday, 21 September 2022.

Registration: Registration opens June 2022.
Program: Program coming soon.

Intentions and Attempts to Quit Smoking Among Sexual Minoritized Adult Smokers After Exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign

Scientific article

9 May 2022

Abstract Importance Significant disparities exist in smoking behaviors by sexual minority status in the US. Objective To examine potential differences in the associations between exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign and...

Call for Papers- Drug Addiction Research in China

News

Drug addiction has been a major public health problem bringing a heavy burden to patients, families and society in China historically and contemporarily. In the recent two decades, animal and clinical research on mechanisms, trajectories...

Implementing Adolescent SBIRT

Scientific article

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to early intervention of substance use. This mixed-methods evaluation assessed the implementation of an adolescent SBIRT change package across 13...

Words Matter Language Guide

Book

The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use takes many...

Fetal Exposure to Cannabis and Childhood Metabolic Outcomes: The Healthy Start Study

Scientific article

31 March 2022

Abstract Objective To assess the impact of fetal exposure to cannabis on adiposity and glucose-insulin traits in early life. Research Design and Methods We leveraged a subsample of 103 mother-child pairs from Healthy Start, an ethnically...

Assessing the feasibility, usability and acceptability of the MySafeRx platform among individuals in outpatient buprenorphine treatment: Lessons learned from a pilot randomized controlled trial

Scientific article

Abstract Background Increasing buprenorphine/naloxone (B/N) access for opioid use disorder (OUD) is essential yet ensuring adherence and preventing diversion remains challenging. This study examines the feasibility, usability, and...

The Lost Wisdom of Women: Reclaiming Our Recovery

6 May 2022

Online

Friday, May 6, 2022 @ 12:00-1:30pm ET (11CT/10MT/9PT)

Description

The Achilles heel for many women in or seeking

Neurofeedback for opioid dependent patients in an outpatient setting: a pilot feasibility study

Scientific article

15 April 2022

Background When used in combination with other therapies for drug use disorders, neurofeedback (NF) has been classified as "probably effective," according to recent research in the community of people with opioid use disorder. Despite these...