PURPOSE Compulsive Internet Use (CIU) has increasingly become an area of research among process addictions. Largely based on data from cross-sectional studies, a positive association between CIU and substance use has previously been reported. This study presents gender and country-specific longitudinal findings on the relationships between CIU and substance use. METHODS Data were drawn from y...

In 1995 Addiction published an editorial on prospects for substance abuse control in South Africa. This paper reflects on where the country is 10 years later.

Co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent in addiction treatment programs and a risk factor for negative outcomes. Although interventions have been developed to address substance use and PTSD, treatment options are needed that are effective, well tolerated by patients, and potentially integrated with existing program services. This paper describes a cognitive behavioral the...

Digital addiction is becoming a prevalent societal concern and persuasive design techniques used in digital platforms might be accountable also for the development maintenance of such problematic behavior. This paper theoretically analyses relationship between system principles light theories on behavioral substance-based addictions. The findings suggest that some principles, specific contexts,...

In last week's issue, we wrote about the recent study of telehealth services for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in Psychiatric Services (see “Telehealth effectiveness addiction; Jury is still out,” ADAW , Oct. 18, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adaw.33227 ). A comment from National Association Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) that came too late press shows many pr...

background due to the chronic and recurrent nature of addiction, many people who quit drug addiction may slip back into the pattern of using drugs shortly after the detoxification period. emotion-regulation strategies and resilience play an important role in preventing the recurrences of substance abuse. objectives this study aimed to compare the effects of methadone-maintenance therapy (mmt) a...

This article identifies and describes several methodologic challenges encountered in economic evaluations of substance abuse interventions for adolescents. Topics include study design, the choice of perspective, the estimation of costs and outcomes, and the generalizability of results. Recommendations are offered for confronting these challenges using examples from research on adolescent substa...

introduction: addiction is a habit or behavior that is often hard to quit. it is estimated that 190 million persons are substance users around the world. substance abuse creates tolerance after a while. shortly after taking the drug, a person will not enjoy as the beginning of its use that is why the amount of substance used is gradually increased. the purpose of this study was to find the reas...