Sentences with phrase «in addiction research»

This open letter is from scientists and leaders in the addiction research community.

The researchers also found increased activity between areas of the prefrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens, a center for reward sensitivity that is often implicated in addiction research.

«It helps us to understand puzzles in addiction research such as why recovered addicts often relapse after they have broken free of withdrawal symptoms.»

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Maybe we're not calling it phone addiction yet, but there's now a ton of research about how we receive a small amount of dopamine in the brain when we browse the web or receive an email.

Choi readily admits that smartphone addiction research is still in its infancy.

Prior research has shown that the use of social media may detract from face - to - face relationships, reduce investment in meaningful activities, increase sedentary behavior by encouraging more screen time, lead to internet addiction, and erode self - esteem through unfavorable social comparison.

Provincial governments devote some portion of gambling revenue to gambling addiction research and treatment (for example, in B.C., the total is 0.5 %; in Ontario, it's 2.6 %; and in Quebec, it's 2.3 %) but it appears that Canadians would like to see more done.

I share the latest research on sugar addiction, cravings, and habit change in a format that's easy to swallow.

We can also show you research that says in states where medical cannabis is legal, opioid overdose deaths and addiction treatment admissions have fallen, providing a glimmer of hope to perhaps solving an American epidemic.

Through education, support, advocacy and research, API's principal goal is to heighten global awareness of the profound significance of secure attachment — not only to invest in our children's bright futures, but to reduce and ultimately prevent emotional and physical mistreatment of children, addiction, crime, behavioral disorders, mental illness and other outcomes of early unhealthy attachment.

Have you ever heard of any actual medical research studies that link pacifier use in babies under 3 to drug addiction later in life?

Through education, support, advocacy and research, API's principal goal is to heighten global awareness of the profound significance of secure attachment - not only to reduce and ultimately prevent emotional and physical mistreatment of children, addiction, crime, behavioral disorders, mental illness, and other outcomes of early unhealthy attachment, but to invest in our children's bright futures.

Tough presents striking research from neuroendocrinology and other fields revealing that childhood psychological traumas — from physical and sexual abuse to physical and emotional neglect, divorce, parental incarceration, and addiction, things found more often (though by no means exclusively) in impoverished families — overwhelm developing bodies» and minds» ability to manage the stress of events, resulting in «all kinds of serious and long - lasting negative effects, physical, psychological, and neurological.»

Michel Odent, in his review of research on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from theresearch on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from theResearch by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from the mother.

Both the new research findings and the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth are fascinating and of great significance in all our lives.

This research reveals that drug addiction has produced a crisis in Iran, with surprising effects.

«Many types of important research could potentially be affected by the bill, particularly in the field of neuroscience, where substances with psychoactive properties are important tools in helping scientists to understand a variety of phenomena, including consciousness, memory, addiction and mental illness,» the letter reads.

One of the problems facing the council is the «woefully inadequate» investment in drug addiction research in the UK, something the MPs warn must be immediately addressed.

Drs. Jentsch, London, and Ringach are researchers at UCLA who used non-human primates in their research on schizophrenia, addiction, and visual processing.

Randolph Nesse and Kent Berridge, psychiatric investigators with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, reported in Science that medicine may never win the war against drug addiction because «it is rooted in the fundamental design of the human nervous system.»

Perhaps most exciting for addiction research is that these processes may be similar in the transition to cocaine, alcohol and opioid addictions.

Animals in the research setting may not mimic the full complexity of human addiction.

Mays explained that although indoor tanning is becoming less common overall in the United States, research indicates that it can be a problematic behavior for some young women similar to other forms of addiction.

China is considered by many to be both an epicenter of Internet addiction and a leader in research of the problem.

As another crucial part of the new study on Internet addiction, the research team zeroed in on tissue deep in the brain called white matter, which links together its various regions.

«Tobacco use in 1997 is not just some bad habit, but a powerful addiction that warrants appropriate medical treatment,» says Michael Fiore, M.D., director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

While average life expectancy has been rising steadily in most countries over the past century, new research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that life expectancy declined significantly and rapidly in three countries where policy changes increased access to prescription opioids, alcohol or illicit drugs.

As part of a collaborative effort, clinical researchers Rebecca Ashare, PhD, an assistant professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, and Robert Schnoll, PhD, an associate professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction, are studying the effects of metformin on smokers to see if it attenuates negative mood and cognitive deficits during withdrawal — symptoms known to be associated with the ability to quit.

Volkow was named the best medical student of her class in 1981 at the National University of Mexico, and she went on to break new ground in the field of addiction research.

But, says Sen, now an assistant professor at Georgia Regents University, «what we can not deny is that this study provides a new hope in the field of addiction research.»

In addition, neither condition emerges in the first years of life, but rather both appear years or even decades later, says senior author Dr. Arturas Petronis, head of the Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMHIn addition, neither condition emerges in the first years of life, but rather both appear years or even decades later, says senior author Dr. Arturas Petronis, head of the Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMHin the first years of life, but rather both appear years or even decades later, says senior author Dr. Arturas Petronis, head of the Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMHin the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

«The idea is that a small reduction in alcohol — such as beer with four per cent ethanol content versus six per cent — would reduce alcohol intake per drinker even if the same overall amount of beverage is consumed,» says Dr. Jürgen Rehm, lead author and Director of the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Canada.

As the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which spent more than $ 664 million on research grants in fiscal year 2014, how have you tried to improve addiction treatment?

Neuroscience research on addiction has largely focused on the role of reward centers in the brain, and increasingly, the role of the hippocampus.

«It really now calls upon the research field to start focusing on this area,» he says, «to look at drug effects in this area, to look at the types of changes that go on during addiction in this area, to understand what the basic function of this area is and why it would be important in this kind of context.»

Researchers at the Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research (SERAF) in Oslo are examining sustained - release naltrexone — a non-addictive opioid antagonist that blocks the effects of opiates in the brain.

The scientists are now expanding their research to larger numbers of animals and they are also planning a study to look at addiction - like behaviours in obese people to see how well their results translate to humans.

Devi took postdoc positions at the Addiction Research Foundation in Palo Alto, California, and then at the Vollum Institute in Portland, Oregon.

Their work, in many ways, would set the stage for the revolution now overtaking the field of addiction research.

«Use of psychosocial treatments in conjunction with medication for opioid addiction: Recommended, but supporting research is sparse.»

«However,» Dr. Dugosh and coauthors add, «there is limited research addressing the efficacy of psychosocial interventions used in conjunction with medications to treat opioid addiction.»

But while research generally supports the effectiveness of psychosocial treatments, there are major gaps in the evidence on their use in conjunction with medications, according to a review and update in the January / February Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

At least $ 500 million in new funds will be targeted to research on opioid addiction.

We all ought to consume resveratrol for good brain health; our research suggests it may also prevent the changes in the brain that occur with the development of drug addiction.»

Their research targets treatments for methamphetamine abuse and has focused on the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine in drug addiction.

People in addiction treatment programs around the world use tobacco at two to three times the rate of people who are not being treated for addiction, according to a review of research studies from 20 countries other than the United States.

In a paper published online in the journal Psychiatry Research this month, investigators examined the association between parental addictions and adult depression in a representative sample of 6,268 adults, drawn from the 2005 Canadian Community Health SurveIn a paper published online in the journal Psychiatry Research this month, investigators examined the association between parental addictions and adult depression in a representative sample of 6,268 adults, drawn from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survein the journal Psychiatry Research this month, investigators examined the association between parental addictions and adult depression in a representative sample of 6,268 adults, drawn from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survein a representative sample of 6,268 adults, drawn from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey.

Using rodent models of opiate addiction, Dr. Laviolette's research has shown that opiates affect pathways of associative memory formation in multiple ways, both at the level of anatomy (connections between neurons) and at the molecular levels (how molecules inside the brain affect these connections).

The results have just been published in the International journal Addiction Research and Theory, and are one of several studies from Aarhus University focusing on medical doctors» consumption of substances and substance use disorders.

«This is a timely contribution about one of the most important, if not the most important risk factor for liver cirrhosis globally, because our overall knowledge about drinking patterns and liver cirrhosis is sparse and in part contradictory,» said noted expert Jürgen Rehm, PhD, Director of the Social and Epidemiological Research Department of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto.