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Disconnecting Neural Networks May Improve Psychopathology

Three studies look at functional connectivity with and without treatment in patients with dysthymia, alcohol dependence, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Religious Beliefs Protect Against Peer Influences on College Drinking

The finding remained significant even when students reported social norms of greater drinking.

Imaging Internet Addiction in Teenagers

Gaming-addicted adolescents show thinning of the orbitofrontal cortex.

Benefits of Caffeine for the Long Haul

Caffeine consumption was associated with lower crash risk in commercial drivers.

Nicotine Reprograms Reward Responses

Some answers to the question of why it is so hard to quit smoking.

A Personalized Approach to Prevention of Alcohol Misuse

With group therapy aimed at personality traits, high-risk teenagers were less likely to progress to more risky drinking.

Benefits of Smoking Cessation Prevail over Risks for Subsequent Modest Weight Gain

Concerns about weight gain should not dissuade clinicians from encouraging patients to quit.

Mentally Ill More Likely to Die by Homicide

Risk for being a homicide victim is elevated in mentally ill individuals, even among those who do not abuse substances.

An Approach to Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Experts have published an exhaustive review, with new algorithms for evaluation and management.

Does School Drug Testing Work?

Yes and no: Testing was often associated with decreased use of marijuana but greater use of other illicit drugs.

An Antinicotine Vaccine?

A proof-of-concept study suggests significant reductions in smoking, desire, and brain nicotine levels after vaccination.

Extending the Benefits of a Smoke-Free Environment to Those Still In Utero

Successive public smoking bans in Belgium were associated with reductions in incidence of preterm deliveries.

Acute Kidney Injury Linked with Smoking Synthetic Cannabinoids

These popular drugs of abuse should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute kidney injury, especially in adolescent and young adult males.

Who Uses Cannabis?

Patients with mental illness accounted for 83% of all U.S. cannabis consumption.

Quadruple Increase in ED Visits Involving ADHD Medications in Young Adults

Between 2005 and 2010, the number of ED visits among 18- to 25-year-olds increased from 2100 to 8000, while increasing only slightly among adolescents.

Ambulance Transport of Inebriated Patients Directly to Detox from the Field

A checklist identified drinkers stable enough to go to a detox facility instead of an ED. (But why bother?)

Alcohol Availability Interacts with Demographic Factors to Predict Violence

The problem is greatest in low-income, crowded areas with a high density of alcohol outlets, especially bars.

Providing Naloxone to Heroin Users to Prevent Overdose Deaths

Modeling results suggest that this practice would be cost-effective.

What Types of Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems Work Best in Primary Care?

A 5- or 20-minute intervention produced the same improvement as assessment plus a booklet.

USPSTF Review of Interventions to Prevent Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents

In a draft statement, the USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide educational or counseling interventions to prevent initiation of tobacco use.

How Cannabis Might Increase Schizophrenia Risk in the Developing Mind

In adolescent mice, a cannabinoid receptor agonist is linked to abnormal prepulse inhibition similar to that found in schizophrenia.

For Lowering MI Risk, Not All Smoke-Free Environments Are Equal

Risk for myocardial infarction was lower only after a complete smoking ban (i.e., in all work settings).

Clean Urines Win the Prize in Patients with Dual Diagnosis

Contingency rewards can reduce co-occurring stimulant use in the seriously mentally ill.

Elevated Liver Enzymes with Naltrexone Might Not Indicate Toxicity

Are we overestimating drug hepatotoxicity?

Using Smokers' Genotypes to Predict Treatment Outcome

A mathematical model using more than 12,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms predicts the likelihood of quitting smoking and of future substance use by teenagers.

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