Substance use modulates stress reactivity: Behavioral and physiological outcomes

Physiological Stress Reactivity in Late Pregnancy

Hellgren, C. 2013. Physiological Stress Reactivity in Late Pregnancy. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 887. 70 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-8636-5. During pregnancy, the basal activity is increased in both of our major stress response systems: the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrena...

PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS (RE)ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS Physiological stress (re)activity in adolescents from the general population

The Effectiveness of Behavioral Family Therapy on Substance Use Craving in Substance Abuse Quitting Adolescents

 Objective: The current study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral family therapy on substance use craving in substance use quitting adolescents. Method: The present study was a single-case experimental study of the multiple baseline type. Using the purposeful sampling method, five adolescents and their families were selected in the city of Ahvaz. Behavioral family‌ therapy was imp...

Physiological reactivity to infant crying: a behavioral genetic study.

In this study, we examined adults' cardiac reactivity to repeated infant cry sounds in a genetically informative design. Three episodes of cry stimuli were presented to a sample of 184 adult twin pairs. Cardiac reactivity increased with each cry episode, indicating that subjects were increasingly sensitized to repeated infant distress signals. Non-parents showed more cardiac reactivity than par...

A cognitive behavioral therapy for co-occurring substance use and posttraumatic stress disorders.

Co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent in addiction treatment programs and a risk factor for negative outcomes. Although interventions have been developed to address substance use and PTSD, treatment options are needed that are effective, well tolerated by patients, and potentially integrated with existing program services. This paper describes a cognitive behavioral the...