Dr. Mark Gold's Research You Can Use Management of prescription stimulants can be complex due to the risk for misuse. Recently published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, a paper addressed the prevalence and correlates of prescription stimulant use, abuse, use disorders and the motivations for misuse among adults in the U.S. through a nationally [...]
Dr. Mark Gold's Research You Can Use Warren Bickel, the director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) Addiction Recovery Research Center, and Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor in psychiatry and behavioral science at Stanford University, have called attention and action in an article published in JAMA Psychiatry, a journal of the [...]
An individual can be addicted to any number of things such as sex, gambling, pornography, drugs, alcohol, and so forth. In this article, we will focus on how drugs and alcohol affect an individual and the family. Globally, more than 29.5 million individuals suffer from a drug use problem and 76 million people suffer from [...]
Dr. Mark Gold's Research You Can Use A recent study, published in Biological Psychiatry, identified a critical role of the orexin system in the expression of an addicted state in rats. This work may help bridge the gap between addiction to drugs and eating disorders. The orexin system and its importance The orexin system comprises [...]
Dr. Mark Gold's Research You Can Use Internet gaming disorder has currently been included in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a potential mental disorder that requires further research to be confirmed for inclusion in the main manual. The term addiction has largely been reserved for drugs [...]MEDICAL ADVICE DISCLAIMER: The service, and any information contained on the website or provided through the service, is provided for informational purposes only. The information contained on or provided through this service is intended for general consumer understanding and education and not as a substitute for medical or psychological advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All information provided on the website is presented as is without any warranty of any kind, and expressly excludes any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.