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Our results suggest that training addiction counselors to deliver group CBT for depression is a promising integrated treatment approach for co-occurring depression and substance disorders....
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PMID: 21626444
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We have, therefore, analysed the association of six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the three genes belonging to the NR4A orphan nuclear receptor family, NR4A1 (rs2603751, rs2701124), NR4A2 (rs12803, rs834835) and NR4A3 (rs1131339, rs1405209), with the degree of smoking in a sample of...
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PMID: 20659174
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Suicide is a global health priority. It is important to analyse the effects of investment in mental health services on suicide rates. This paper presents and discusses recent changes in suicide rates and diagnostic mix among clients of the mental health service in Auckland during a time of service g...
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PMID: 20863183
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Although anxiety is one of the most prominent psychiatric complaints of methamphetamine (MA) users, little is known about the association between anxiety disorders and treatment outcomes in this population. Using data from 526 adults in the largest psychosocial clinical trial of MA users conducted to...
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PMID: 20716300
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Diagnoses related to mental illness were given in 2.2% (n = 265) of encounters at the casualty clinic and in 8.9% (n = 5799) of encounters at rGP surgeries. Proportions of diagnoses related to suicidal behaviour, substance misuse, or psychosis were twice as large at the casualty clinic than at rGP s...
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PMID: 20575649
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To examine early adolescent outcome of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in local Chinese children.
Cohort study.
A university teaching hospital in Hong Kong.
A cohort of Chinese children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manua...
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PMID: 20683067
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The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of depression on pattern of substance use disorders (SUDs). Consecutive samples of (200) Egyptian male SUD inpatients were examined over 1-year period. Study and control samples were chosen. Study group consisted of 30 patients with comorbid substan...
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PMID: 20687004
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This paper presents the results of a meta-analysis for a single investigator examining the effectiveness of the modified therapeutic community (MTC) for clients with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD). The flexibility and utility of meta-analytic tools are described, although thei...
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PMID: 20687003
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A systematic review of the literature shows that it is possible to reduce homelessness among mentally ill homeless persons, partly by offering access to housing and partly by providing intensive care through Assertive Community Treatment. Assertive Community Treatment can, to some extent, decrease p...
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PMID: 20525465
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The schizo-OCD patients made significantly more errors on a task of attentional set-shifting (ID-ED set-shift task). By contrast, no significant differences emerged on the Stockings of Cambridge task, the Cambridge Gamble Task or the Affective Go/NoGo tasks. No correlation emerged between ID-ED perf...
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PMID: 19818202
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Patients who are exposed to the intervention have similar health outcomes as patients in usual care. In conclusion, the TBR-CM intervention does not lead to relatively improved psychiatric health outcomes. Further research is necessary to examine the efforts needed to extend increased treatment enga...
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PMID: 20575721
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Previous studies have shown that both bipolar disorder (BPD) and psychomotor agitation (PMA) are associated with substance dependence. These two findings have yet to be integrated, despite evidence that PMA is closely linked with the bipolar spectrum. Accordingly, the current study examined whether B...
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PMID: 20565163
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Alcohol-related disorders (ARD) encountered in emergency departments (ED) have a high prevalence and are underestimated. It is necessary to provide professionals with a tool to identify patients in whom there is a risk that alcohol-related and mental health problems may be associated. Kessler's K6/10...
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PMID: 20477768
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Sheng-Yu SY Lee,
Cheng-Yi CY Hahn,
Jia-Fu JF Lee,
San-Yuan SY Huang,
Shiou-Lan SL Chen,
Po-Hsiu PH Kuo,
I Hui IH Lee,
Tzung Lieh TL Yeh,
Yen Kuang YK Yang,
Shih-Heng SH Chen,
Huei-Chen HC Ko and
Ru-Band RB Lu
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We previously hypothesized that anxiety-depressive alcohol dependence (ANX/DEP ALC) was a genetically specific subtype of alcohol dependence. ANX/DEP ALC may be related to dopamine and serotonin, which are catalyzed by monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2). The aim of t...
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PMID: 20477771
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We surveyed 205 Veterans Affairs (VA) staff on treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder (SUD), and the combination (PTSD/SUD). The survey was anonymous and VA-wide. PTSD/SUD was perceived as more difficult to treat than either disorder alone; gratification in the work...
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PMID: 20525033
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The importance of therapeutic alliance in predicting treatment outcomes is well established, but less is known about client characteristics that predict alliance. Clients with co-occurring psychosis and substance misuse (n = 116) who received integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behavi...
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PMID: 20458201
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Bupropion increases the rates of smoking abstinence in smokers with schizophrenia, without jeopardising their mental state....
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PMID: 20435957
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Disability status was more frequent in individuals with obesity and psychological distress than in those with either obesity or psychological distress alone. Adjusted odds ratios increased progressively across BMI and psychological distress categories. Significant interactions were found for (a) obe...
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PMID: 19575138
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Harm reduction is a pragmatic approach to reduce the harmful consequences of alcohol and drug use or other high-risk activities by incorporating several strategies that cut across the spectrum from safer use to managed use to abstinence. The primary goal of most harm-reduction approaches is to meet...
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PMID: 20192791
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These results suggest that DDP is a cost-effective treatment that can lead to broad and sustained improvement for the dually diagnosed subgroup....
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PMID: 20386259
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This study examined the relations between marijuana use and panic attacks and panic disorder using a large representative survey of adults (N = 5,672; 53% women; M(age) = 45.05 years, SD = 17.9) conducted in the United States (Kessler et al., 2004). After adjusting for sociodemographic variables (ag...
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PMID: 20384424
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We created the Methamphetamine Experience Questionnaire (MEQ), and tested its reliability and validity in assessing MA-induced paranoia. We administered the MEQ to 274 MA-dependent subjects. Of the total subjects, 45% (123) first experienced paranoia with MA use; 55% did not. Obtaining or using a we...
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PMID: 20163388
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The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) recently completed a randomized, open label trial comparing treatment as usual (TAU) combined with nicotine patches plus cognitive behavioral group counseling for smoking cessation (n = 153) to TAU alone (n = 72) for patients enrolled in...
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PMID: 20163382
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We compared outpatients (regional facility) with substance use and psychiatric (N = 199) or only substance use (N = 146) disorders on baseline and one-year symptoms (93% follow-up), and treatment and 12-step group participation over the year (2005). We examined whether diagnostic status moderated as...
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PMID: 20141467
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Individuals who have maladaptive patterns of drinking alcohol fall into the category of vulnerable research participants for many reasons, not the least of which includes the stigma often placed on individuals who abuse alcohol. Vulnerable subgroups within the population of people who abuse alcohol...
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PMID: 20128522
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Individuals suffering from drug addiction may also manifest features of bipolar spectrum disorders. Hyperthymic and cyclothymic temperaments may render individuals vulnerable to later development of substance abuse. Bipolar disorders themselves may be altered or precipitated by substance use, most n...
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PMID: 20414155
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The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA, 1993; P.L. 103-62) is the legislative framework that requires federally funded programs to define and report performance objectives. The intent of the GPRA is to improve federal management of multi-program systems, like those treating co-occurring su...
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PMID: 20178021
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Positive Steps is a six month residential program in southeastern Los Angeles County. The program seeks to assist residents in recovery from chemical dependency and to prevent sexual and other risk factors which promote HIV transmission. Positive Steps serves a multicultural population of women and...
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PMID: 20178025
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There is a high prevalence of pathological gambling amongst the general population, but especially amongst subjects with psychiatric comorbidities with mood disorders or dependence on psychoactive substances. Early detection of this problem and a global, psychological, psychiatric and social treatme...
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PMID: 20925191
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We identified five reasons for continuing street drug use. The reasons were: as an 'identity defining vocation', 'to belong to a peer group', due to 'hopelessness', because of 'beliefs about symptoms and how street drugs influence them' and viewing drugs as 'equivalent to taking psychotropic medicat...
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PMID: 21092168
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There is significant documentation in the literature of barriers that may prevent research results from being utilized by agencies to inform and impact practice and policy. Such barriers pertain to several factors as follows: (a) those related to the nature of the research enterprise itself (b) thos...
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PMID: 20560517
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The better outcome of HAT also in comorbid patients suggests that psychiatric comorbidity should be an inclusion criterion for HAT. The weaker advantage of HAT may be due to pharmacological or methodological reasons.
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PMID: 20068379
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Compared to Swiss SUD-PD patients, U.S. SUD-PD patients had more severe substance use and psychosocial problems at admission and follow-up. More intensive treatment and a stronger emphasis on patients' involvement were related to better outcomes for both Swiss and U.S. SUD-PD patients. Conclusion: T...
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PMID: 20141400
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Lack of social support from a special person or significant other was associated with depressive symptoms in both males and females. Our findings suggest that depression and social support should be addressed when developing HIV prevention programs among injection drug users....
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PMID: 20141392
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The prevalence of mental illness and substance use disorders, particularly opioid dependence, was extremely high. HIV infection was significantly correlated with age, ethnicity, marital status, history of injection drug use, lifetime duration of incarceration, substance abuse, and polysubstance drug...
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PMID: 20141394
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Trend for greater decrease in smoking for the bupropion vs. citalopram/escitalopram group [-6.4 vs. -.4 cigarettes/day (p = .276)], although the bupropion decrease was similar to that seen in the no antidepressant group [-5.3 cigarettes/day]. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Data support continued study of...
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PMID: 20141396
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Staff reported a median of 7 years work experience with DD clients, and 80% had received co-morbidity-specific training. Practitioners provided high average ratings on both the DD competency and the therapeutic optimism scale. Nevertheless, 78% of the sample indicated additional support needs in dea...
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PMID: 20110712
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Only four participants had no mental disorder. The 36 who had mental disorders had a mean of 2.5 diagnoses. The most common diagnosis was substance abuse/dependence (n = 31). 30 of the adolescents had serious conduct disorders and nine of them fulfilled the ICD-10 criteria for a dissocial personalit...
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PMID: 19997134
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Few investigators studying alcohol abuse among individuals with a severe mental illness (SMI) have examined predictors of posttreatment alcohol outcomes. In the present study, a multivariate approach based on a theoretical model was used to study the relationship between psychosocial factors and pos...
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PMID: 19968390
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We conducted secondary analyses of data from a randomized trial testing the effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in delivery of integrated dual disorder treatment (IDDT) to explore the impact of IDDT delivered through ACT teams compared with standard clinical case management for dual...
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PMID: 19996720
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Suicidality is one of the great challenges in contemporary psychiatry. Suicidal patients are often misdiagnosed in clinical practice. It is very important to evaluate possible comorbidity in diagnostic assessment of suicidal patients. The high prevalence of comorbid bipolar (BD) and borderline perso...
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PMID: 19794362
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BACKGROUND: The rate of comorbid depression and medical illness varies from 10 to 40%. Patients with depressive disorder compared to general population more often have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, and some types of tumor. Side effects of mental he...
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PMID: 19794363
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For the past several years a numerous studies in the field of forensic psychiatry confirmed a close relationship between violent offenders and comorbid substance abuse. The comorbid substance abuse in violent offenders was usually unrecognized and misdiagnosed. Furthermore, comorbidity in forensic p...
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PMID: 19794370
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Mayumi Tominaga,
Norito Kawakami,
Yutaka Ono,
Yoshibumi Nakane,
Yoshikazu Nakamura,
Hisateru Tachimori,
Noboru Iwata,
Hidenori Uda,
Hideyuki Nakane,
Makoto Watanabe,
Yoichi Naganuma,
Toshiaki A Furukawa,
Yukihiro Hata,
Masayo Kobayashi,
Yuko Miyake,
Tadashi Takeshima and
Takehiko Kikkawa
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The present study confirmed lower prevalence of drug use in Japan than in other countries, such as the United States. However, the non-medical use of psychotropic drugs seems more common in Japan....
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PMID: 19190833
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I and II, while naltrexone is effective in types III and IV. For rendering an expertise in Germany, the referring literature recommends to utilize Lesch's typology additionally to the ICD-10 diagnosis, especially when prognosis or therapeutic strategies are demanded. Since 1999 different expert grou...
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PMID: 19644784
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About 35% of participants used a CPM. Insomnia was the predominant indication (70.3%). CPM users were more likely to be seen in primary care settings (69.3% versus 30.7%), be white, of non-Hispanic ethnicity, married, and have a higher income, private insurance, and certain comorbid disorders. CPM u...
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PMID: 19890231
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Jose Sanchez-Moreno,
Anabel Martinez-Aran,
Francesc Colom,
Jan Scott,
Rafael Tabares-Seisdedos,
Gisela Sugranyes,
Carla Torrent,
Claire Daban,
Antonio Benabarre,
Jose M Goikolea,
Carolina Franco,
Ana González-Pinto,
Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos and
Eduard Vieta
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Cognitive dysfunctions appeared to be more strongly associated with bipolar disorder than with the "history of alcohol abuse or dependence" factor. Bipolar patients with history of alcohol misuse may have greater difficulties of inhibitory control, probably due to higher impulsivity.
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PMID: 19758523
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Several investigations of cognitive functioning in individuals with schizophrenia and co-occurring cocaine use have yielded mixed results when compared with samples with schizophrenia only. However, no studies have specifically compared remitted and current cocaine dependence in schizophrenia. Such...
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PMID: 19684503
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Runaway adolescents engage in high rates of substance use and report significant family and individual problems. However, in general, adolescents report low motivation to change their substance use. Because a higher level of motivation for changing substance use is associated with greater substance...
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PMID: 19411144
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Our findings suggest that the non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids is a part of polydrug use practices that often incorporate illicit use of other prescription drugs. The observed relationship between depressive symptoms and illicit use of pharmaceutical opioids may have important implications...
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PMID: 19398164
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