[Reprinted in Annual Review
of Addictions Research and Treatment, 1991, 331 - 336.]
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.»
Their work, in many ways, would set the stage for the revolution now overtaking the field
of addiction research.
Led by Monika Seltenhammer of MedUni Vienna's Department of Forensic Medicine (Head: Daniele U. Risser) it has now been shown in a study published in the «Journal
of Addiction Research & Therapy» that the effects of this chronic stimulus can even be identified post-mortem as «dependence memory.»
Amy C. Janes, PhD, directs the Functional Integration
of Addiction Research Laboratory at the McLean Imaging Center.
Not exact matches
The decree also calls for
research into all the potential health benefits
of marijuana, as well as programs that prevent children and adolescents from having access to marijuana and programs for those who develop
addictions.
According to a study published this week by the Pittsburgh - based market
research group CivicScience, digital device
addiction is at an all - time high: 59 percent
of U.S. online consumers over the age
of 13 consider themselves at least «somewhat» addicted to their digital devices.
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.
For instance, Gingrich is a strong advocate for funding scientific
research and has even endorsed doubling the budget for the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) and medication - assisted treatment for opioid
addiction.
The call to execute certain drug traffickers is drawing the most attention, but another part
of the plan could make a big difference: The White House will support
research into developing a vaccine for opioid
addiction.
There are already plenty
of reasons to keep your caffeine
addiction alive and kicking: habitual coffee drinkers are less likely to die
of heart failure as those who don't indulge, and
research has suggested that caffeine may help prevent cancer, diabetes, stroke, and Parkinson's disease.
«I realized I wanted to be one
of the people creating and defining organizational strategy, not just implementing it,» explains the University
of Minnesota's Audrey Klein, a foundation head whose
research examines treatments for alcohol and drug
addiction.
Her
research pulls the veil off
of this dark and mysterious realm — and explains why teens are so vulnerable to
addiction, whether that
addiction is to drugs or to their smartphones.
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.
About MaRS Innovation MaRS Innovation is the commercialization agent for Ontario's exceptional discovery pipeline from 15 leading academic institutions, including Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), MaRS Discovery District, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario Institute for Cancer
Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Ryerson University, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay Regional
Research Institute, University Health Network, University
of Toronto, Women's College Hospital and York University.
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.
MaRS Innovation is delighted to announce that two
of its commercialization projects — notably an umbilical cord stem cell technology from Mount Sinai Hospital and nicotine
addiction therapy from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)-- have received Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Proof of Principle (PoP)
addiction therapy from the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)-- have received Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Proof of Principle (PoP)
Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)-- have received Canadian Institutes
of Health
Research (CIHR) Proof
of Principle (PoP) funding.
During the 1970s, DuPont worked to expand Endo's line
of analgesics and to develop treatments for drug
addiction, but Endo proved unable to accommodate the expansion and squabbling among
research groups slowed development
of new drugs.
Only a small percentage
of marijuana users, according to recent
research, move on to heroin
addiction.
A few years ago I conducted a survey
of 350 people with sex and porn
addiction as part of my research for my first book, Understanding and Treating Sex Addiction (Ro
addiction as part
of my
research for my first book, Understanding and Treating Sex
Addiction (Ro
Addiction (Routledge).
The latest
research on women with
addictions, particularly on those who are chemically dependent, shows that these women's concerns and needs differ from those
of male addicts.
Relieve society
of the belief that money thrown into prohibition, pledges, therapy, penalization, incarceration, Treatment programs, medical
research, clergy conferences, alcoholism and
addiction studies, new «self - help» groups, new church - centered catchall programs, and government intrusion can possibly replace the voluntary, determined, recovery efforts
of hurting alcoholics and addicts themselves.
The program
of the Ontario
Addiction Research Foundation illustrates one approach.
Recent
research has shown that workaholism is one
of the more socially accepted
addictions.
After Cyndy learned
of the condition, which causes parts
of the brain to slowly die, she began
researching some
of the symptoms, and suddenly, Grant's plunge into
addiction following his retirement at age 32 started to make sense.
The spokeswoman added that the storyline was
researched thoroughly with the help
of Addaction - a British charity that supports people with alcohol and drug
addictions.
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.»
Bullying has reached epidemic proportions and, according to at least forty years
of psychological, psychiatric, sport, and neuroscientific
research, is directly correlated with
addiction, low self - esteem, depression, failure to reach potential, self - harm, athletes quitting sports, eating disorders, chronic illness and suicide.
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 the
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 the
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 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.
Is it considered an
addiction if I now spend most
of my computer time
researching cloth diapers?
A study commissioned by the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers
of America — the trade organization representing the drug industry — warns that Cuomo's plan will drive up health care costs, harm New York consumers and could worsen the
addiction crisis.
«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.
The use
of alcohol is often believed to be linked to college sexual assaults, but a study issued by the University at Buffalo
Research Institute on
Addictions reveals new findings.
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.
But
research shows that new casinos do not so much alter gamblers» destinations as create new gamblers and more gambling, with all the attendant problems
of debt,
addiction and crime.
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.»
From her
research, she concludes that the idea
of a general «addictive personality» is a myth and that
addiction is essentially a kind
of coping mechanism gone awry.
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.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is pursuing a mix
of approaches that include developing non-opioid pain medicines, conducting
research on vaccines that may blunt the impact
of fentanyl and its related offshoots, getting public health organizations to increase the availability and use
of medications already available to treat opioid
addiction and getting medications such as buprenorphine and naloxone, which suppress withdrawal symptoms and ease cravings, into the hands emergency room doctors dealing with patients with opioid
addictions.
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.
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.