J D Killen

..However, it may be appropriate to make gender comparisons for new therapies for nicotine dependence. The authors recommend against analyses of gender differences in studies that do not account for gender in their research designs...

..The evidence indicates that those who treat nicotine dependence must be prepared to monitor and respond to the emergence of depression associated with treatment...

..As in previous research with adults, expectancies concerning the effects of nicotine replacement also influenced perceptions of withdrawal...

..These findings are encouraging and suggest new avenues for research. For example, treatments of the kind examined in this report, augmented by extended maintenance therapies, may yield higher long-term success rates...

..001; week 25: 48% vs. 31%, p = .001; week 52: 39% vs. 27%, p = .01). Because most smokers suffer relapse with any current cessation treatment, the comparatively high abstinence percentages achieved in this trial are of interest...

..PRIMARY AIM: Examine the effectiveness of extended cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in promoting longer-term smoking abstinence...

..To examine the effectiveness of transdermal selegiline for producing cigarette smoking abstinence...

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..The differences between paroxetine groups and placebo at Week 4 were statistically significant. Although paroxetine may add value to the current standard of care in excess of potential risk, more conclusive evidence is needed...

..The results of this trial do not support the routine use of higher dose nicotine patch therapy in the treatment of nicotine dependence...

..90; 95% confidence interval: 1.41-5.96). This study suggested that it may become possible to use both baseline and treatment information to "titrate" interventions...

..Although nicotine replacement therapy has improved our ability to produce smoking cessation, the production of sustained, longer term abstinence remains an elusive goal...

..001). Our findings provide a warrant for an increased research effort designed to provide a better understanding of the factors that control following smoking cessation and the processes by which craving influences smoking relapse...

..003). Nicotine dependence and age predicted nonrelapse at 6 months. The results suggest that nicotine replacement may improve chewers' chances of abstinence...

..This finding is consistent with both theoretical and clinical perspectives and may represent a useful step toward the establishment of a rational basis for the choice of a prevention intervention target...

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..Research and treatment implications of the continuity perspective are discussed...

..The data suggest that future research is needed to examine potential gender differences that may have implications for the next generation of smoking-prevention programs...

..These risk factors were also evaluated for predicting onset of major depression to test their specificity...

..These associations differed in food-secure and food-insecure households. Overall, pressure to eat was highly associated with children's weight, but the temporal nature of these relationships cannot be discerned...

..This study provides support for a multifactorial and developmentally informed understanding of adolescent social anxiety...

..Craving was rated as the most problematic symptom at the baseline assessment. The results of this study may help guide the development of future research on diagnostic and cessation treatment strategies for teens...

..Our results suggest that there is a relationship between perceived drug assignment and treatment outcome. Future studies using multiple treatment outcome measures and assessments of beliefs over time are warranted...

..To identify distinct subgroups of treatment responders and nonresponders to aid in the development of tailored smoking-cessation interventions for long-term maintenance using signal detection analysis (SDA)...

..Television viewing is associated with childhood obesity. Eating during viewing and eating highly advertised foods are 2 of the hypothesized mechanisms through which television is thought to affect children's weight...

..To identify parent-reported risk factors for adolescent panic attacks...

..Food insecurity is a critical variable for understanding the nutritional status of low-income populations. However, limited research is available on the relation between household food insecurity and children's nutritional status...

..To test the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of after-school dance classes and a family-based intervention to reduce television viewing, thereby reducing weight gain, among African-American girls...

..This study explores whether asking minors about risky weight control behaviors and attitudes increases the frequency of those behaviors and attitudes...

..To test a 2-year community- and family-based obesity prevention program for low-income African American girls: Stanford GEMS (Girls' health Enrichment Multi-site Studies)...

..Dieting and negative affectivity predicted onset of binge eating and purging. Findings suggest that late adolescence is a high-risk period for onset of bulimic behaviors and identify modifiable risk factors for these outcomes...

..01). CONCLUSION: Student engagement in community-advocacy activities that addressed environmental influences of cigarette smoking resulted in significant decreases in regular smoking...

..This study examined whether a diet-plus-exercise weight-loss program improved psychological outcomes more than a diet-only weight-loss program or an assessment-only control group...

..Longitudinal studies are required to determine those qualities of nonclinical panic (severity, context, interpretation/attribution), which render some episodes as clinically meaningful...

..However, adolescents with agoraphobia symptoms and those with panic disorder have similar clinical correlates consistent with a panic/agoraphobia spectrum model...

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..Young Latina and African American girls manifest equivalent or higher levels of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors as white and Asian American girls...

..Protective influences of cultural maintenance deserve further attention in longitudinal studies and in relation to the physical and mental health of youth...

..Measurements will be collected within one month of completing the interventions and at six months and one year follow-ups. ..

..Third, this will be one of the first prospective trials of smoking cessation techniques in which genetic data are included as predictors of outcome. ..

..The study will provide important practical information to the medical and health communities concerning the usefulness of anti-smoking medication and psychological treatment in helping adolescent smokers to quit. ..

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..The study will provide important practical information to the medical and health communities concerning the usefulness of anti-smoking medication and psychological treatment in helping adolescent smokers to quit. ..

..PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem. This study is designed to study the efficacy of an extended smoking cessation treatment. ..

..The primary outcome variable will be body mass index. The secondary outcome will be children's fruit and vegetable consumption and energy intake. ..

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..The study will provide important practical information to the medical and health communities concerning the usefulness of anti-smoking medication and psychological treatment in helping adolescent smokers to quit. ..