Anger and depressive states among treatment-seeking drug abusers: testing the psychopharmacological specificity hypothesis

E. AHARONOVICH ; H. T. NGUYEN ; E. V. NUNES | 2001
Périodique

The aim of this study was to examine the self-medication hypothesis (SMH) of substance abuse. The SMH suggests that drug abuse is driven by an attempt to alleviate specific psychological distress. One prediction from the SMH hypothesis is that d[...]

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Is cannabis being used as a substitute for non-medical opioids by adults with problem substance use in the United States? A within-person analysis

L. R. GORFINKEL ; M. STOHL ; E. GREENSTEIN ; E. AHARONOVICH ; M. OLFSON ; D. HASIN | 2021
Dans Addiction (Vol.116, n°5, May 2021) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Ecological studies have suggested that Cannabis legalization might have led to a decrease in opioid overdose deaths. Such studies do not provide information about whether individuals are substituting Cannabis for opioids at [...]

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Utility of lead-in period in cocaine dependence pharmacotherapy trials

A. BISAGA ; E. AHARONOVICH ; GARAWI F. ; F. R. LEVIN ; E. RUBIN ; W. N. RABY ; S. K. VOSBURG ; E. V. NUNES | 2005
Périodique

ENGLISH : We examined whether drug use behaviors during a 2-week lead-in for a pharmacotherapy trial were predictive of retention in treatment and of the level of cocaine use during the subsequent 12 weeks of treatment. Fifty cocaine dependent[...]

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