MEDICAL READINGS ON DRUG ABUSE

The Social and Medical Aspects of Drug Abuse

The work of Abraham Wikler (1973) over the past three decades has called attention to the importance of conditioned responses in the addictive process. Drugs act as powerful forces in shaping behavior, both by their direct pleasant effects (positive reinforcement) and by their effects in relieving withdrawal symptoms (negative reinforcement). Wikler theorized that the environmental cues which h...

Psychostimulant drug abuse and personality factors in medical students.

BACKGROUND Psychostimulants have a high abuse potential and are appealing to college students for enhancing their examination performance. AIM This study was designed to examine the prevalence of psychostimulant drug abuse among medical students and to test the hypothesis that medical students who use psychostimulant drugs for non-medical reasons are characterized by a sensation seeking and a...

Impact of Drug Abuse on Family Quality of Life

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Genetics’ Influence on Drug Abuse & Addiction Interactions of Endophenotypes & Genotypes

A B S T R A C T “Addiction” is a multifaceted complicated disorder with many interrelated causes, as well as environmental and genetic features. Several hereditary variables that have an effect on these features might work in together to influence vulnerability and the extent of being an addict. Molecular re-sequencing of the latest and formerly researched genes holds a crucial place with regar...

New national strategy on prescription drug abuse.