Amphetamine-Related Disorders - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Substance misuse and early psychosis.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to review current knowledge about the relationship between substance misuse and early psychosis. METHODS: A literature search was conducted using Medline and restricting the search to articles after 1996. Additional ... Read more...

Chronic preexposure to methylphenidate cross-sensitizes methamphetamine in male Japanese quail.

29 Jun 2009 An increasing debate exists about the potential of exposure to methylphenidate increasing later risk of drug abuse. The objective of this study was to investigate whether chronic preexposure to methylphenidate would induce cross-sensitization to a ... Read more...

Extra-medical stimulant dependence among recent initiates.

7 Jun 2009 New estimates for the risk of becoming stimulant dependent within 24 months after first extra-medical (EM) use of a stimulant drug compound are presented, with a focus on subgroup variations in this risk (e.g., alcohol dependence, male-female ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Substance misuse and early psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• The normalization of paranoia. 29 Jun 2009
• Chronic preexposure to methylphenidate cross-sensitizes methamphetamine in male Japanese quail. 29 Jun 2009
• Extra-medical stimulant dependence among recent initiates. 7 Jun 2009
• Differential changes in mesolimbic dopamine following contingent and non-contingent MDMA self-administration in mice. 2 Jun 2009
• Family conflict and depression in HIV-negative heterosexuals: the role of methamphetamine use. 30 May 2009
• Methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization is enhanced in the HIV-1 transgenic rat. 13 May 2009
• Prenatal lead exposure enhances methamphetamine sensitization in rats. 7 May 2009
• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• Social-cognitive difficulties in former users of methamphetamine. 23 Apr 2009
• Personal values and meaning in the use of methamphetamine among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. 30 Mar 2009
• Depression among methamphetamine users: association with outcomes from the Methamphetamine Treatment Project at 3-year follow-up. 30 Mar 2009
• What's in a label? Ecstasy sellers' perceptions of pill brands. 27 Feb 2009
• Mediating MDMA-related harm: preloading and post-loading among Ecstasy-using youth. 27 Feb 2009
• Initiation into methamphetamine use: qualitative findings from an exploration of first time use among a group of New Zealand users. 27 Feb 2009
• Mapping the experience of drug dealing risk environments: an ethnographic case study. 23 Jan 2009
• Effects of oxytocin on methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference and the possible role of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the medial prefrontal cortex of mice in reinstatement. 19 Jan 2009
• [Driving under the influence of amphetamine and metamphetamine] 13 Jan 2009
• Impaired prefrontal cortical function and disrupted adaptive cognitive control in methamphetamine abusers: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. 10 Jan 2009
• An ethnographic exploration of self-reported violence among rural methamphetamine users. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from use of amphetamines.

Descriptor UI: D019969

Alternative terms: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Amphetamine Related Disorders; Disorder, Amphetamine-Related; Disorders, Amphetamine-Related; Amphetamine Addiction; Addiction, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Dependence; Dependence, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Abuse; Abuse, Amphetamine;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.225; F03.900.225;

History Note: 98