This article raises a number of interesting issues regarding the diagnosis and the very nature of substance use disorders (SUDs) (1). The field has much to learn about whether SUDs and their symptoms are best understood in terms of reflective, formative, network, or other models. These issues are important in other areas of psychiatric diagnosis as well. However, studying such models of psychop...

1Department of Cardiology and Department of Research and Education, General Hospital Celje, Oblakova 5, 3000 Celje, Slovenia 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 3Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, 6 Semmelweis Street, Szeged 6725, Hungary 4AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpit...

Marine Laroche [email protected] Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique, RD128, 91127 Palaiseau, France François Marquier Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique, RD128, 91127 Palaiseau, France Cédric Vandenbem Laboratoire d’Optique Physique, LPEM UPR5 CNRS, E...

Comorbidity of substance abuse disorders (SUD) and psychiatric disorders is one of the most important areas of investigation in contemporary drug abuse treatment research. This study examined the impact of psychiatric comorbidity on the treatment of 182 adolescent drug abusers in a randomized clinical trial comparing family and individual cognitive-behavioral therapy. Three distinct groups of a...

Debate has ensued about whether substance use disorder (SUD) patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) participate in and benefit from 12-step groups. One hundred fifty-nine SUD-PTSD and 1,429 SUD-only male patients were compared on participation in 12-step activities following an index episode of treatment. Twelve-step participation was similar for SUD patients with and witho...

Inclusion of horse-assisted therapy (HAT) in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is rarely reported. Our previous studies show improved treatment retention and the importance of the patient-horse relationship. This qualitative study used thematic analysis, within a social constructionist framework, to explore how eight patients experienced contextual aspects of HAT's contribution to their SU...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (2008) expand substance use disorder (SUD) care services in the USA into general medical settings. Care offered in these settings will engage substance-using patients in an integrated and patient-centered environment that addresses physical and mental health comorbidities and follows a ch...

Pregnant women with substance use disorder (SUD) can face varying degrees of negative interactions healthcare providers, including judgment the individual’s value and involvement in their infant’s care. This research explored potential stigma attitudes among medical providers within a maternal/fetal setting towards maternal SUD. An electronic survey was administered to 117 health care social wo...

An ASEP with two species of particles and different hopping rates is considered on a ring. Its integrability is proved and the Nested Algebraic Bethe Ansatz is used to derive the Bethe Equations for states with arbitrary numbers of particles of each type, generalizing the results of Derrida and Evans [10]. We present also formulas for the total velocity of particles of a given type and their li...

AIMS There is a scarcity of clinical trials on psychological treatments for concurrent borderline personality disorder (BPD) and substance use disorder (SUD). Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) have shown efficacy in several trials on BPD. The aim of the present study was to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of MBT for concurrent BPD and SUD. METHODS Patients (n = 46) with concurrent...