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Filter by:The sleep and behavior agendas are today very largely underused while they can be of a considerable contribution in the follow-up of the patients and the reinforcement of the therapeutic alliance. In the management of addictions, sleep disorders are a major comorbidity, these two components maintain indeed complex links: it was highlighted a bidirectional relationship between the effect of the consumption of addictive substances on sleep and conversely, the effect of sleep disorders on the consumption of products, the same is true for overexposure to screens.
The number of smartphone users in Taiwan continues to increase exponentially. Smartphone addiction tends to not only disrupt the ability of social communication but cause physical and psychological problems as well. This study examined the relationship among skin conductance, electroencephalography, heart rate variability (HRV), social interaction anxiety and smartphone addiction among Line apps users, and we also tried to identify associated factors for further interventions.
Food addiction (FA) is a behavioral addiction characterized by a high consumption of palatable foods, which markedly activate the reward system, despite adverse consequences. FA was first described in 1956 but remains controversial. The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), developed by Gearhardt et al. in 2009, is currently regarded as the "Gold Standard" for FA screening. In a previous study, we established a Food Addiction Screening Test using artificial intelligence. The main objective of the present study is to validate the sensitivity, specificity and precision for FA diagnosis in a sample of patient suffering from obesity and healthy volunteers.
This was a two-staged study undertaken in entertainment-sector workers in Spain: the first part was transversal and observational, and the second was semi-experimental. A short group-based motivational intervention session was implemented by nursing staff, and a before and after evaluation was completed. By reducing the patients' perception of their quality of life, this brief nursing intervention facilitated a favourable increase in the motivation for change among these workers and was effective in 12% of cases.
The study is a realistic evaluation of the Expériences Animées school-based programme. The aim is to precisely characterize i) the effects in terms of alcohol and cannabis consumption, the use of health professionals in case of problematic use of those two substances; ii) the context and underpinning mechanisms triggered by the program in terms of changes of alcohol and cannabis representations and life skills development. This evaluation could allow to produce the key functions of the programme: how the intervention works, in which conditions.
The current study experimentally investigates whether reducing highly processed (HP) foods (defined in this study as foods high in added sugars) leads to, psychological and / or behavioral indicators of withdrawal. The following hypotheses are tested: 1. To test the hypothesis that reducing highly processed food intake will result in higher daily reports of physical (e.g. headaches), cognitive (e.g. difficulty concentrating), and affective (e.g., irritability) withdrawal symptoms). 2. To test the hypothesis that reducing highly processed food intake will result in increased negative affect (e.g., irritability, depression) as indicated by and psychological (self - reported distress ratings; daily emotion / mood reports) measures. 3. To test the hypothesis that reducing highly processed food intake will result in increased food craving as indicated by psychological (self - report craving ratings; daily craving report) measures. All activities are completed remotely. Participants complete 4 phone appointments with a trained member of the research team. Daily questionnaires and ecological momentary assessments are completed at home between phone appointments. The initial call signs electronic consent and gets baseline measurements (questionnaires). After the initial call, participants start an active assessment period (pre / post dietary change assessments). Pre-dietary change includes at home questionnaires and ecological momentary assessments while eating a typical diet. It also includes the second phone appointment. Post-dietary change includes at home questionnaires and ecological momentary assessments while consuming 3 days of food portions lower in highly processed foods. Participants will complete a food journal on the remaining 2 days of post - dietary change assessment to report what food they ate. Post - dietary change also includes the third phone appointment. The second and third phone appointments each include computer tasks and questionnaires. The final phone appointment is a debriefing interview. Participants planning to continue eating a healthier diet may also be invited to complete a follow-up period, which involves answering a short questionnaire at home every other day for two weeks. 7 individuals had in-person data collected prior to the pandemic requiring a shift to virtual data collection.
Heroin addiction is a serious problem and the relapse rate of existing treatment methods is extremely high. Recently, international journals such as Science reported that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can reduce the craving of addicts, alleviate depression and anxiety symptoms, and is expected to become an effective treatment. Our preliminary experiment using rTMS to stimulate the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of heroin addicts also showed similar effects, however, the mechanism is unclear. Previously, the investigators found that the functional connectivity between left executive control network and default mode network was negatively correlated relapse behavior, while the functional connectivity between salience network and default mode network was positively correlated with relapse behavior. Studies have shown that dopamine dysfunction in addicts and brain metabolism is the biological basis of network connectivity. It suggests that elucidating the relationship between the characteristics of large brain network connectivity and the level of dopamine receptor and relapse behavior in addicts is hopeful to further understand the neurological mechanism of rTMS treatment for addiction. In this project, the investigators intend to observe the changes of brain network connectivity, glucose metabolism and dopamine D2 receptor before and after rTMS treatment in addicts from the perspective of large brain network by combining PET/MRI with psychobehavioral approach. The relationship between rTMS and relapse behavior will be deeply analyzed to provide scientific basis for the development of effective treatment programs.
This project will develop and pilot test a new smartphone-based system for AUD patients, their partners, and clinicians called PartnerCHESS. PartnerCHESS will integrate key features of ABCT and A-CHESS. PartnerCHESS will also include a Clinician Report to automatically alert clinicians of patients at risk of relapse and offer other information on how recovery is proceeding. The project has three specific aims: 1. Integrate A-CHESS with key features of ABCT to create PartnerCHESS to serve patients, partners, and clinicians. 2. Conduct a pilot test (a small randomized clinical trial) of PartnerCHESS to estimate effect size and refine the protocol, procedures, recruitment strategy, measurements, and operations for use in a large RCT. 3a. Decide whether to pursue an R01 application, and if so, 3b. plan for the R01.
This study aims to examine the effect of practicing short-bout handgrip and isometric exercises on nicotine craving, smoking urges and withdrawal symptoms in adult smokers undergoing acute tobacco abstinence. The study is a randomized controlled trial to test the effect of practicing a set of short-bout exercises (10-second exercise) on reducing nicotine craving and withdrawals. Smokers, who have been abstinent from tobacco use for 9 hours, will join a guided exercise session using 10s-E or a healthy-diet (HD, control) intervention session, and complete a craving assessment before and 2 assessments after the respective intervention session. Primary outcomes will be nicotine craving, smoking urges and withdrawal symptoms.
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of messages communicating the risks (i.e., health harms, addictiveness) of indoor tanning delivered via mobile text messaging among young adult women ages 18 to 30 years who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction.