Background: Alcohol craving is psychological condition related to motivation. Craving risk factor for relapse in alcohol dependence syndrome. No gold standard therapy available; many therapeutic agents are under various evaluation stages. Objectives: To evaluate role of anti-craving drugs baclofen and topiramate maintenance abstinence syndrome Methods: From March October 2018, an open-label int...

Liking and craving for chocolate and related substances were surveyed in a sample of University of Pennsylvania undergraduates (n = 249) and their parents (n = 319). Chocolate was highly liked in all groups, with a stronger liking by females. Chocolate is the most craved food among females, and is craved by almost half of the female sample (in both age groups). Although this craving is related ...

BACKGROUND In functional brain imaging studies, exposure to cues related to cocaine, opiates, and alcohol in dependent individuals is associated with activation of the anterior cingulate gyrus, amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Craving for these substances positively correlates with activity in the orbitofrontal cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and anter...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was examination the relationship between mindfulness and drug craving in addicts undergoing methadone maintenance treatment. METHODS The subjects of this research were 80 addicts undergoing methadone maintenance treatment selected through available sampling from four addiction treatment center in Ahvaz from March 2012 to September 2012. Two questionnaires to e...

AIMS Recurrent detoxifications have been suggested to be associated with elevated alcohol craving. The aim of this investigation was to study the influence of preceding detoxifications on craving in patients with alcoholism classified according to Lesch's typology. METHODS We examined 192 patients (154 men, 38 women) after admission for detoxification treatment. Craving was assessed using the...

The aim of the article was to assess how the perception of alcohol craving, which is one of the symptoms of alcohol dependence, evolved, as well as how it was reflected in the diagnostic classifications. The purpose of this article was also a discussion of the models of the origins of craving, explaining the etiology of this phenomenon and the tools for measuring this concept. The concept of cr...

AIM To assess the scalability, reliability and validity of a newly constructed self-report questionnaire on craving for benzodiazepines (BZs), the Benzodiazepine Craving Questionnaire (BCQ). SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The BCQ was administered once to a sample of 113 long-term and 80 former long-term general practice BZ users participating in a large BZ reduction trial in general practice. MEA...

To visualize brain activity associated with mental states, such as craving for alcohol and other drugs (AODs), researchers have begun to use functional imaging techniques. Three commonly used techniques are single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Studies using these three approaches have been revie...

LITERATURE One prominent symptom in addiction disorders is the strong desire to consume a particular substance or to display a certain behaviour (craving). Especially the strong association between craving and the probability of relapse emphasises the importance of craving in the therapeutic process. Neuroimaging studies have shown that craving is associated with increased responses, predominan...

Background: Clients visiting methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics frequently relapse during the course of treatment. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between family communication patterns and resiliency and craving for drugs through the mediatory role of difficulty in cognitive emotion regulation among clients being treated by methadone. Methods: It was a descri...