Introduction Problematic substance use is rising, and other mental health conditions like anxiety depression correlate with abuse. Diverse interventions to reduce this effect are emerging. Supportive text messages offer the prospect of improving symptoms drug misuse associated comorbidities. Objectives The study aims evaluate impact Text4Hope-Addiction program in mitigating craving, anxiety, su...

This study examined the impact of state anxiety, trait anxiety, and anxiety sensitivity on physiological and self-report measures of sexual arousal and sexual function in a non-clinical sample of women. Physiological sexual responses to an erotic stimulus were assessed using vaginal photoplethysmography, and subjective reactions were measured using questionnaires. Results suggested a curvilinea...

Endorphins and endorphin agonists play a crucial role in the neural modulation of mood, anxiety, pain and addiction. Recent studies have elucidated the crucial mechanism of enhancing prefrontal cortex influence and dampening limbic and sub cortical influences in depression and remission consistent with the biological profile of endorphin agonists. The historical, biological, experimental and cl...

OBJECTIVE To report structural and functional neuroimaging studies exploring the potential role of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in the pathophysiology of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders (PD). METHOD A non-systematic literature review was conducted by means of MEDLINE using the following terms as parameters: "orbitofrontal cortex", "schizophrenia", "bipolar disorder", "major depress...

INTRODUCTION To analyze factors associated with clinical observation, pharmacotherapy and referral on discharge of patients with anxiety disorder (AD) seeking care at a psychiatric emergency unit. METHOD A total of 5003 consecutive visits were reviewed over a three-year period at a psychiatric emergency service in a tertiary university hospital. Data collected included sociodemographic and cl...

Objective: Personality is the most important infrastructure factor in addiction, and substance abusers have certain personal weaknesses that make them vulnerable to addiction. This study examined the role of sensation-seeking and coping strategies in predicting drug addiction in high school students.  Methods: This study is a descriptive–correlational research. Multi-stage cluster sampling w...