The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Cancer Institute convened a symposium in June 1996 on tobacco addiction. Additional support for the symposium was provided by the American Medical Women's Association and the American Society of Preventive Oncology. The goals of this conference were to describe the burden and public health consequences of tobacco addiction, to describe ...

annually, 4.7% of people aged 15-64 (184 million people) consume illegal drugs globally which is associated with numerous social and individual harms. according to expanded physical, psychological and social complications of addiction, treatment methods must include a combination of medical, psychological and social care. in terms of oral health, addiction aggravates direct or indirect oral pro...

This research discusses the effects of the integrated resorts centered around casinos being implemented in Korea. It particularly focuses on the symptoms and most recent definitions of gambling addiction such as physiological or psychological dependence from excessive gambling. This paper suggests that there is a high prevalence rate of pathological gambling in Korea. It provides an argument fo...

Opioid misuse and addiction is an ongoing and rapidly evolving public health crisis, requiring innovative scientific solutions. In response, and because no existing medication is ideal for every patient, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is joining with private partners to launch an initiative in three scientific areas: developing better overdose-reversal and prevention interventions to r...

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Both pre-clinical and clinical studies make feasible the use of vaccines as novel therapeutic medications to treat drug addiction. No reports to date have shown the development of structural models of opiate candidate vaccines for treating human addiction to such compounds. Here we report on the initial development of a novel structural formulation of a bi-valent vaccine against morphine/heroin...

Drug addiction is a chronically relapsing disorder characterized by compulsion to seek and take drugs and has been linked to dysregulation of brain regions that mediate reward and stress. Activation of brain stress systems is hypothesized to be key to the negative emotional state produced by dependence that drives drug seeking through negative reinforcement mechanisms. This review explores the ...

Psychiatry has only recently developed training in the area of substance-related disorders. Nevertheless, these illnesses are highly prevalent and are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Patients with these disorders often do not encounter or have access to effective treatment. Because of this, the American Psychiatric Association recommends developing improved training to assu...

Although the beneficial aspects of web platforms such as Facebook are recognized, excessive social media use can lead to problematic or addictive behavior among a minority users. Because anxious attachment has usually been analyzed in relation Internet addiction, and intensity use, main aim present study was investigate relationship between addiction. A multiple-mediation model proposed includi...