Rostam-Abadi, Yasna Rafiemanesh, Hossein Gholami, Jaleh Shadloo, Behrang Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
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Harm Reduction Journal
Background People who use drugs (PWUD) are considered as one of the main at-risk populations for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We conducted a systematic review on the prevalence of HBV infection among PWUD in Iran. Methods Consistent with PRISMA guideline, international (Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase) and national (Scientific Inf...
Barnett, Anthony Savic, Michael Pienaar, Kiran Carter, Adrian Warren, Narelle Sandral, Emma Manning, Victoria Lubman, Dan I
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The International journal on drug policy
Forms of artificial intelligence (AI), such as chatbots that provide automated online counselling, promise to revolutionise alcohol and other drug treatment. Although the replacement of human counsellors remains a speculative prospect, chatbots for 'narrow AI' tasks (e.g., assessment and referral) are increasingly being used to augment clinical pra...
Booth, N Saxton, J Rodda, S N
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Addictive behaviors
Caffeine Use Disorder (CUD) is not yet formally recognized in the DSM-5, but emerging evidence suggests CUD could impact up to one in five people. The primary aim of this study was to estimate levels of caffeine consumption and its associations with CUD and withdrawal, taking socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, income) into a...
Balıkçı, Kuzeymen Aydın, Orkun Sönmez, İpek Kalo, Bengü Ünal-Aydın, Pınar
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Scandinavian journal of psychology
Social networking sites (SNSs) enrol new subscribers each day. However, problematic SNS use has undesirable effects on psychological functioning. Therefore, it is important to identify the factors that contribute to the development of problematic SNS use. Very few studies have focused on revealing the underlying mechanisms of problematic SNS use. A...
Mellis, Alexandra M Bickel, Warren K
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Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) provides a crowdsourcing platform for the engagement of potential research participants with data collection instruments. This review (1) provides an introduction to the mechanics and validity of MTurk research; (2) gives examples of MTurk research; and (3) discusses current limitations and best practices in MTurk res...
Xu, Dan-Dan Lok, Ka-In Liu, Huan-Zhong Cao, Xiao-Lan An, Feng-Rong Hall, Brian J. Ungvari, Gabor S. Lei, Si-Man Xiang, Yu-Tao
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Scientific Reports
Internet addiction (IA) is common among adolescents and significantly determined by sociocultural and economic factors. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of IA among adolescents between Macau and mainland China and also examine its association with quality of life. A total of 2892 secondary school students were included. Standardi...
Erzurumluoglu, A Mesut Liu, Mengzhen Jackson, Victoria E Barnes, Daniel R Datta, Gargi Melbourne, Carl A Young, Robin Batini, Chiara Surendran, Praveen Jiang, Tao
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Molecular psychiatry
Smoking is a major heritable and modifiable risk factor for many diseases, including cancer, common respiratory disorders and cardiovascular diseases. Fourteen genetic loci have previously been associated with smoking behaviour-related traits. We tested up to 235,116 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) on the exome-array for association with smoking ...
Kelly, John F Greene, M Claire Hoffman, Lauren A Hoeppner, Bettina B Bergman, Brandon G
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Journal of substance abuse treatment
Nicotine addiction through cigarette use is highly prevalent among individuals suffering from alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems and remains a prominent risk factor for morbidity, mortality, and healthcare utilization. Whereas most people agree that providing smoking cessation services (SCS) to this vulnerable population is vitally important, th...
Wang, Quan Qiu Kaelber, David C Xu, Rong Volkow, Nora D
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Molecular psychiatry
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Schulte, Mieke H.J. Boumparis, Nikolaos Huizink, Anja C. Riper, Heleen
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Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology
Substance use disorders (SUDs) pose a major public health concern. In recent years, technological (i.e., e-health) interventions have emerged and are increasingly offered in a variety of settings, including substance use treatment. E-health interventions encompass a wide variety of advantages depending on the chosen delivery format. This chapter di...
