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Polyunsaturated fatty acid status and relapse vulnerability in cocaine addicts.

Low polyunsaturated fatty acids status at baseline was a better predictor of
relapse than cocaine use, sociodemographic or clinical parameters.
More info:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstra\
ct&list_uids=14500111
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New Medications for Drug Abuse (Annals of NY Academy of Sci)
by Stanley D. Glick, Isabelle M. Maisonneuve

Proceedings of a conference: includes new treatments for stimulant and opioid
addiction, neurobiological mechanisms of drug dependence, and development of
treatments for alcoholism and smoking.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573312754/top100
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Polyunsaturated fatty acid status and relapse vulnerability in cocaine addicts.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14500111

How can sociological theory help our understanding of addictions?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14509544

Psychosocial treatments for cocaine dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=13678556

Substance abuse treatment characteristics of probation-referred young adults in
a community-based outpatient program.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14510042

Barriers to the use of medications to treat alcoholism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14504021

Referral paths, patient profiles and treatment adherence of older alcoholic men.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14512105

Comorbid major depressive disorder as a prognostic factor in cocaine-abusing
buprenorphine-maintained patients treated with desipramine and contingency
management.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14510037

The role of relevancy in normative feedback for university students' drinking
patterns.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14512076

High- and low-structure treatments for substance dependence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14510041

Treatment of substance abuse during pregnancy and infant outcome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=13680509

Further refining the stress-coping model of alcohol involvement.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14512075

Marijuana screening inventory (experimental version)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14510044

Substance abuse and associated psychosocial risk factors among Turkish male
adolescents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14512064
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