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Advances in the pharmacological treatment of pathological gamblingJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1495, USA
J Gambl Stud 19:85-109. 2003..We also discuss dosage strategies, the duration of treatment, issues surrounding medication compliance, and approaches to treatment-refractory pathological gambling, such as pharmacological and behavioral augmentation...
Serotonin 1B receptor imaging in pathological gamblingMarc N Potenza
Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
World J Biol Psychiatry 14:139-45. 2013....
Neural Correlates of Stress- and Food Cue-Induced Food Craving in Obesity: Association with insulin levelsAnia M Jastreboff
Corresponding author Marc N Potenza
Diabetes Care 36:394-402. 2013..Improving insulin sensitivity and in turn reducing corticolimbic-striatal reactivity to food cues and stress may diminish food craving and affect eating behavior in obesity...
Characteristics of older adult problem gamblers calling a gambling helplineMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Room S 104, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
J Gambl Stud 22:241-54. 2006..Given data from older adult problem gamblers in treatment, we hypothesized that older as compared with younger adult problem gamblers calling a gambling helpline would be less likely to report gambling-related problems...
Neural correlates of stress-induced and cue-induced drug craving: influences of sex and cocaine dependenceMarc N Potenza
Yale Unive rsity Schoolof Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
Am J Psychiatry 169:406-14. 2012....
Review. The neurobiology of pathological gambling and drug addiction: an overview and new findingsMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Room S 104, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:3181-9. 2008..Implications for prevention and treatment strategies will be discussed...
Characteristics of tobacco-smoking problem gamblers calling a gambling helplineMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Am J Addict 13:471-93. 2004..The high proportion of callers reporting daily tobacco smoking highlights the need for enhanced smoking cessation efforts in problem gamblers...
Advancing treatment strategies for pathological gamblingMarc N Potenza
Connecticut Mental Health Center, Problem Gambling Clinic, Women s Health Research at Yale, Yale University School of Medicine, Room S 104, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
J Gambl Stud 21:91-100. 2005..g., those with co-occurring alcohol use disorders) explored. Treatment for pathological gambling might be advanced most rapidly through collaborative multi-center efforts...
A gender-based examination of past-year recreational gamblersMarc N Potenza
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Gambl Stud 22:41-64. 2006..Most adults gamble recreationally yet few studies have systematically investigated for gender-related differences in recreational gamblers...
Should addictive disorders include non-substance-related conditions?Marc N Potenza
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Addiction 101:142-51. 2006..In anticipation of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), to consider whether addictive disorders should include non-substance use disorders...
Characteristics of gambling helpline callers with self-reported gambling and alcohol use problemsMarc N Potenza
Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Room S 104, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
J Gambl Stud 21:233-54. 2005....
Quantitative trait locus analysis identifies rat genomic regions related to amphetamine-induced locomotion and Galpha(i3) levels in nucleus accumbensMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2735-46. 2008..These findings suggest that common genetic mechanisms influence certain biochemical and behavioral aspects of stimulant responsiveness...
An FMRI Stroop task study of ventromedial prefrontal cortical function in pathological gamblersMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Room S 104, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:1990-4. 2003..The authors used the Stroop paradigm to test attention and response inhibition during the presentation of congruent and incongruent stimuli in male pathological gamblers and a group of comparison subjects...
Shared genetic contributions to pathological gambling and major depression in menMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:1015-21. 2005..Although pathological gambling (PG) and major depression (MD) frequently co-occur, little is known regarding the relative contributions of environmental and genetic factors to the codevelopment of the disorders...
The neurobiology of pathological gamblingM N Potenza
Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry 6:217-26. 2001....
Gender-related differences in the characteristics of problem gamblers using a gambling helplineM N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven 06519, USA
Am J Psychiatry 158:1500-5. 2001..The characteristics of male and female gamblers utilizing a gambling helpline were examined to identify gender-related differences...
Drug Insight: impulse control disorders and dopamine therapies in Parkinson's diseaseMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Nat Clin Pract Neurol 3:664-72. 2007....
The neurobiology of pathological gambling: translating research findings into clinical advancesMarc N Potenza
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
J Gambl Stud 19:7-10. 2003
Illegal behaviors in problem gambling: analysis of data from a gambling helplineM N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 28:389-403. 2000..The results of the present study highlight the importance of the identification and treatment of individuals with gambling problems with respect to legal issues...
Neuroscience of behavioral and pharmacological treatments for addictionsMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Neuron 69:695-712. 2011..We then propose new directions for treatment development and targets that are informed by recent evidence regarding the heterogeneity of addictions and the neurobiological contributions to these disorders...
Correlates of at-risk/problem internet gambling in adolescentsMarc N Potenza
Yale School of Medicine, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:150-159.e3. 2011..However, relatively few studies have examined Internet gambling in adolescents. This study sought to investigate the correlates of at-risk or problem gambling in adolescents acknowledging or denying gambling on the Internet...
Gambling urges in pathological gambling: a functional magnetic resonance imaging studyMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:828-36. 2003..An improved understanding of the neural correlates of gambling urges in PG would advance our understanding of the brain mechanisms underlying PG and would help direct research into effective treatments...
Psychiatric correlates of gambling in adolescents and young adults grouped by age at gambling onsetWendy J Lynch
Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research and the Division of Substance Abuse of the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:1116-22. 2004..More research is needed to investigate the relationships and inform prevention and treatment strategies...
Relationship of nicotine dependence, subsyndromal and pathological gambling, and other psychiatric disorders: data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 70:334-43. 2009..Nicotine dependence frequently co-occurs with subsyndromal and pathological levels of gambling. The relationship of nicotine dependence, levels of gambling pathology, and other psychiatric disorders, however, is incompletely understood...
Excitement-seeking gambling in a nationally representative sample of recreational gamblersMichael V Pantalon
Department of Psychiatry Division of Substance Abuse, Yale University, 34 Park Street, Room S 104, New Haven, CN 06519, USA
J Gambl Stud 24:63-78. 2008..e., at-risk gambling). Together, these findings indicate that EGs are more likely than NEGs to demonstrate problems in multiple areas characterized by impaired impulse control...
The neurobiology and genetics of impulse control disorders: relationships to drug addictionsJudson A Brewer
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Biochem Pharmacol 75:63-75. 2008..Here, we review the genetic and neuropathological bases of the impulse control disorders and consider the disorders within these non-mutually exclusive frameworks...
Binge drinking in undergraduates: relationships with sex, drinking behaviors, impulsivity, and the perceived effects of alcoholIris M Balodis
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Behav Pharmacol 20:518-26. 2009..These results have implications for sex-specific prevention strategies for binge drinking on university campuses...
Sexual orientation of men with pathological gambling: prevalence and psychiatric comorbidity in a treatment-seeking sampleJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Compr Psychiatry 47:515-8. 2006..04). Psychiatric comorbidity and impairment are high in gay and bisexual men with PG. Research is needed to optimize patient care for gay and bisexual men with PG...
The neurobiology of substance and behavioral addictionsJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
CNS Spectr 11:924-30. 2006....
Predicting response to opiate antagonists and placebo in the treatment of pathological gamblingJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 200:521-7. 2008..No studies have systematically examined predictors of medication treatment outcome in PG. Understanding clinical variables related to treatment outcome should help generate treatment algorithms for PG...
Late-onset pathological gambling: clinical correlates and gender differencesJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Psychiatr Res 43:380-7. 2009..Late-onset PG is relatively common and has distinct clinical characteristics suggesting that this population might benefit from unique prevention and treatment strategies...
Multicenter investigation of the opioid antagonist nalmefene in the treatment of pathological gamblingJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:303-12. 2006..The authors examined the efficacy and tolerability of the opioid antagonist nalmefene in the treatment of adults with pathological gambling...
Gender differences in adolescent gamblingRani A Desai
Department of Psychiatry and Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 17:249-58. 2005..Gender considerations are important in understanding youth gambling and the relationship between gambling and psychiatric disorders in adolescents...
[The neurobiology of impulse control disorders]Wendol A Williams
Departamento de Psiquiatria, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 30:S24-30. 2008..To review the neurobiological substrates of impulse control disorders. Pathological gambling is a main focus of the review in that most biological studies of the formal impulse control disorders have examined this disorder...
A cross-sectional study of problem and pathological gambling in patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorderRani A Desai
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 70:1250-7. 2009..However, gambling behaviors in large samples of patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder have not been systematically examined to date...
Neurobiology of adolescent substance use disorders: implications for prevention and treatmentHelena J V Rutherford
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 19:479-92. 2010..First, the authors review the neurobiology of adolescent substance use disorders and, second, the authors consider the implications of these findings for prevention and treatment...
Video-gaming among high school students: health correlates, gender differences, and problematic gamingRani A Desai
Department of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Pediatrics 126:e1414-24. 2010..However, the existing literature on gaming is inconsistent and often has focused on aggression rather than the health correlates of gaming and the prevalence and correlates of problematic gaming...
Differential associations between problem and pathological gambling and psychiatric disorders in individuals with and without alcohol abuse or dependenceJudson A Brewer
Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic, New Haven, CT, USA
CNS Spectr 15:33-44. 2010..However, prior studies have not investigated the relative influence of AUDs on the associations between PPG and other psychiatric disorders,..
Differences in the associations between gambling problem severity and psychiatric disorders among black and white adults: findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsDeclan T Barry
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519 1187, USA
Am J Addict 20:69-77. 2011....
Gambling, health and age: data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsRani A Desai
Yale University and Veteran s Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 21:431-40. 2007..g., obesity) but also with some positive measures (e.g., better physical and mental functioning). Longitudinal studies are needed to clarify the relationship between gambling and health in older adults in the context of healthy aging...
Cognitive function and treatment response in a randomized clinical trial of computer-based training in cognitive-behavioral therapyKathleen M Carroll
Division of Substance Abuse, Yale University School of Medicine, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:23-34. 2011..Those with higher levels of risk taking completed fewer sessions and homework assignments and had poorer substance use outcomes...
Perceptual load-dependent neural correlates of distractor interference inhibitionJiansong Xu
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e14552. 2011..g., in the frontostriatal circuits) is also smaller at high rather than low perceptual load, as might be predicted based on the load theory...
Behavioral and neurological foundations for the moral and legal implications of intoxication, addictive behaviors and disinhibitionRobert F Leeman
Yale University School of Medicine, Substance Abuse Center, CMHC, 34 Park Street, Room S200, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Behav Sci Law 27:237-59. 2009..Such findings may have important implications in multiple legal and psychiatric domains...
Pretreatment brain activation during stroop task is associated with outcomes in cocaine-dependent patientsJudson A Brewer
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Biol Psychiatry 64:998-1004. 2008..No prior studies have systematically examined the neural correlates of cognitive control as related to treatment outcomes for cocaine dependence...
Gender-related influences of parental alcoholism on the prevalence of psychiatric illnesses: analysis of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsPeter T Morgan
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1759-67. 2010..In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the gender of the parent with alcoholism and the gender of offspring affect the association between parental alcoholism and offspring psychiatric illness...
Smoking expectancies, weight concerns, and dietary behaviors in adolescenceDana A Cavallo
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Pediatrics 126:e66-72. 2010....
Validation of the questionnaire for impulsive-compulsive disorders in Parkinson's diseaseDaniel Weintraub
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mov Disord 24:1461-7. 2009..A positive screen should be followed by a comprehensive, clinical interview to determine the range and severity of symptoms, as well as need for clinical management...
Risk/reward decision-making in schizophrenia: a preliminary examination of the influence of tobacco smoking and relationship to Wisconsin Card Sorting Task performanceSarah W Yip
Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 2 Church Street South, Suite 215, New Haven, CT, United States
Schizophr Res 110:156-64. 2009..Studies of risk/reward decision-making in individuals with schizophrenia have yielded mixed results, and few studies have examined systematically the relationship between these domains and their relationship with clinical factors...
Differences in characteristics of Asian American and white problem gamblers calling a gambling helplineDeclan T Barry
Department of Psychiatry, Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women s Health Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
CNS Spectr 14:83-91. 2009..The characteristics of Asian American and white problem gamblers using a gambling helpline were examined to identify race-related differences...
The relationship between recreational gambling and substance abuse/dependence: data from a nationally representative sampleTimothy Liu
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 100:164-8. 2009..Although recreational gambling is prevalent and co-occurs with substance abuse/dependence, few studies have investigated the relationship between the two...
Gender differences in the association between body mass index and psychopathologyRani A Desai
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06516, USA
CNS Spectr 14:372-83. 2009..The objective of the study was to examine gender differences in the relationship between weight group (under-weight to severely obese), and Axis I and Axis II psychopathology...
Mindfulness training and stress reactivity in substance abuse: results from a randomized, controlled stage I pilot studyJudson A Brewer
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Subst Abus 30:306-17. 2009..This pilot study provides evidence of the feasibility of MT in treating SUDs and suggests that MT may be efficacious in targeting stress...
Characteristics of black and white callers to a gambling helplineDeclan T Barry
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, CMHC SAC, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:1347-50. 2008..Characteristics of black and white callers to a gambling helpline for southern New England were examined for racial differences...
Mindfulness-based treatments for co-occurring depression and substance use disorders: what can we learn from the brain?Judson A Brewer
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Addiction 105:1698-706. 2010..Finally, we discuss how advances in our understanding of potential mechanisms of mindfulness training may offer not only unique effects on depression and substance use, but also offer promise for treatment of co-occurring disorders...
Impulse-control disorders in adolescent psychiatric inpatients: co-occurring disorders and sex differencesJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1584-92. 2007..To examine in a sex-sensitive manner the frequencies, clinical correlates, and patterns of co-occurrence of impulse-control disorders in adolescent psychiatric inpatients...
Self-perception of gambling problems among adolescents identified as at-risk or problem gamblersJessica M Cronce
Department of Psychology, Yale University, P O Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520 8205, USA
J Gambl Stud 23:363-75. 2007..To advance prevention and treatment strategies, the apparent discrepancy between adolescents' self-perceptions and objective reports of problem gambling behaviors warrants further investigation...
Cue-induced brain activity changes and relapse in cocaine-dependent patientsThomas R Kosten
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 31:644-50. 2006..This physiological activation was a better predictor of relapse than subjective reports of craving, and may be a useful target for treatment development...
Behavioral impulsivity predicts treatment outcome in a smoking cessation program for adolescent smokersSuchitra Krishnan-Sarin
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 88:79-82. 2007..To examine the relationship between impulsivity and smoking cessation treatment response among adolescents...
Gender differences in the associations between past-year gambling problems and psychiatric disordersRani A Desai
Dept of Psychiatry and Women and Addictive Disorders, Core of Women s Health Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:173-83. 2008..Psychiatric disorders frequently co-occur with pathological gambling. The extent to which co-occurence extends to subsyndromal levels of gambling or differs between women and men is incompletely understood...
Developmental neurocircuitry of motivation in adolescence: a critical period of addiction vulnerabilityR Andrew Chambers
Connecticut Mental Health Center, the Problem Grambling Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06508, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:1041-52. 2003..The authors describe basic and clinical data supporting adolescent neurodevelopment as a biologically critical period of greater vulnerability for experimentation with substances and acquisition of substance use disorders...
Problematic Internet use: clinical implicationsTimothy Liu
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
CNS Spectr 12:453-66. 2007..Clinicians should be familiar with the extent of problematic Internet use and the data regarding the efficacies and tolerabilities of available treatments...
Self-reported gambling-related suicidality among gambling helpline callersDavid M Ledgerwood
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 19:175-83. 2005..The findings suggest that increased gambling severity is associated with gambling-related suicidality...
Gender differences among recreational gamblers: association with the frequency of alcohol useRani A Desai
Health Research and the Division of Substance Abuse of the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:145-53. 2006..There were few gender differences in the correlations between alcohol consumption and health. Future research should consider gender-related influences when examining alcohol use and gambling behaviors...
Tobacco use and pathological gamblingJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 17:237-41. 2005..An improved understanding of the relationship would be helpful in treating individuals with co-occurring pathological gambling and nicotine dependence...
Neurodevelopment, impulsivity, and adolescent gamblingR Andrew Chambers
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
J Gambl Stud 19:53-84. 2003..An exploration of the developmental changes in neural circuitry involved in impulse control has significant implications for understanding adolescent behaviors and treating problem and pathological gambling among youths...
Perfusion abnormalities and decision making in cocaine dependenceKaren A Tucker
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Biol Psychiatry 56:527-30. 2004..This study examined whether cocaine-dependent patients have perfusion abnormalities associated with poor decision-making ability as measured by the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT)...
Gambling: an addictive behavior with health and primary care implicationsMarc N Potenza
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:721-32. 2002....
Health correlates of recreational gambling in older adultsRani A Desai
Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women s Health Research at Yale, Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:1672-9. 2004..The objective of this study was to identify health and well-being correlates of past-year recreational gambling in adults age 65 years and older, compared to adults age 18-64 years...
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial of oral selegiline hydrochloride for smoking cessation in nicotine-dependent cigarette smokersAndrea H Weinberger
Program for Research in Smokers with Mental Illness PRISM, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 107:188-95. 2010..The primary aim of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of the monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitor selegiline hydrochloride (SEL, l-Deprenyl; Eldepryl) as an aid for smoking cessation in cigarette smokers...
The Gambling Symptom Assessment Scale (G-SAS): a reliability and validity studySuck Won Kim
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Psychiatry Res 166:76-84. 2009..The correlations between the G-SAS and the PG-YBOCS and Clinical Global Impression rating were excellent. Findings suggest that the G-SAS is reliable and valid in assessing changes in symptoms during a drug treatment study...
Long-term follow-up of impulse control disorders in Parkinson's diseaseEugenia Mamikonyan
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mov Disord 23:75-80. 2008....
Impulse control disorders in adult psychiatric inpatientsJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, 2450 Riverside Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454
Am J Psychiatry 162:2184-8. 2005..The authors' goal was to examine the prevalence of impulse control disorders in psychiatric inpatients...
Genetic studies of pathological gambling: a review of methodology and analyses of data from the Vietnam Era Twin RegistryKamini R Shah
St Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington University School of Medicine, 915 North Grand Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63106, USA
J Gambl Stud 21:179-203. 2005....
Preliminary validity and reliability testing of a structured clinical interview for pathological gamblingJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Psychiatry Res 128:79-88. 2004..The SCI-PG demonstrated excellent reliability and validity in diagnosing PG in subjects presenting with gambling problems. These findings require replication in other groups to examine their generalizability...
A framework for reporting outcomes in problem gambling treatment research: the Banff, Alberta ConsensusMichael Walker
University of Sydney, Australia
Addiction 101:504-11. 2006..Such conditions will facilitate the development of empirically validated best practice guidelines for use by clinicians in the management of problem gambling...
Gender-related differences in individuals seeking treatment for kleptomaniaJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
CNS Spectr 13:235-45. 2008..Few empirical investigations have been performed in kleptomania, particularly with respect to gender-related influences...
Commentary: illegal behavior and pathological gamblingJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 35:302-5. 2007..Although the article by Ledgerwood and colleagues provides additional insight into the relationship between pathological gambling and illegal behavior, many questions remain unanswered and warrant further investigation...
Impulse control disorders: clinical characteristics and pharmacological managementJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 16:27-34. 2004....
Association of dopamine agonist use with impulse control disorders in Parkinson diseaseDaniel Weintraub
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, and Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center, USA
Arch Neurol 63:969-73. 2006..Because dopamine agonists are increasingly being used for other indications, future research should assess the dopamine agonist-associated risk for ICDs in other populations...
To do or not to do? The complexities of addiction, motivation, self-control, and impulsivityMarc N Potenza
Am J Psychiatry 164:4-6. 2007
Characteristics of adolescent past-year gamblers and non-gamblers in relation to alcohol drinkingAmy M Duhig
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN, USA
Addict Behav 32:80-9. 2007..01). Among past-year gamblers, MHF drinkers were more likely than ALF ones to report frequent gambling. These results suggest a complex relationship between gambling alcohol use, drug use, and mental health in adolescents...
A scale-free systems theory of motivation and addictionR Andrew Chambers
Lab for Translational Neuroscience of Dual Diagnosis and Development, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Indiana University School of Medicine, 791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 31:1017-45. 2007..This model may inform integrative research in defining more effective prevention and treatment strategies for addiction...
Genomic regions controlling corticosterone levels in ratsMarc N Potenza
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA
Biol Psychiatry 55:634-41. 2004..The identification of genetic factors controlling stress-responsiveness should advance the understanding of susceptibility to psychiatric illness...
Simulated apoptosis/neurogenesis regulates learning and memory capabilities of adaptive neural networksR Andrew Chambers
Division of Substance Abuse, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 29:747-58. 2004..The implications of these elementary simulations for future biological and neural modeling research on apoptosis and neurogenesis are discussed...
Paroxetine treatment of pathological gambling: a multi-centre randomized controlled trialJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1495, USA
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 18:243-9. 2003..Paroxetine consistently demonstrated an advantage over placebo on the Clinical Global Impressions scale; however, a larger sample size may have registered significant differences...
Compulsive aspects of impulse-control disordersJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, 2450 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 29:539-51, x. 2006..The construct of compulsivity as related to ICDs and OCD warrants additional investigation to identify the similarities and differences and to examine the implications for prevention and treatment strategies...
Escitalopram treatment of pathological gambling with co-occurring anxiety: an open-label pilot study with double-blind discontinuationJon E Grant
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 21:203-9. 2006..Larger, longer, placebo-controlled, double-blind studies are needed to evaluate further the safety and tolerability of escitalopram in the treatment of PG and co-occurring anxiety...
Impulse control disorders in Parkinson's diseaseDaniel Weintraub
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Room 3003, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 6:302-6. 2006..As empirically validated treatments for ICDs are emerging, it will be important to examine their efficacy and tolerability in individuals with co-occurring PD and ICDs...
Addicted to hair pulling? How an alternate model of trichotillomania may improve treatment outcomeJon E Grant
Psychiatry Department, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Harv Rev Psychiatry 15:80-5. 2007
Medication-related impulse control and repetitive behaviors in Parkinson's diseaseValerie Voon
Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1428, USA
Curr Opin Neurol 20:484-92. 2007..In patients on dopamine agonists, these behaviors as a group are relatively common, can have potentially devastating psychosocial consequences and are commonly hidden...
A placebo-controlled trial of bupropion combined with nicotine patch for smoking cessation in schizophreniaTony P George
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biol Psychiatry 63:1092-6. 2008..We determined whether the combination of sustained-release (SR) bupropion (BUP) with the transdermal nicotine patch (TNP) was well-tolerated and superior to placebo (PLO)+TNP for smoking cessation in schizophrenia...
Impulsivity and compulsivity in pathological gambling and obsessive-compulsive disorderMarc N Potenza
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 29:105-6. 2007
Acute tryptophan depletion in schizophrenic patients treated with clozapineTony P George
Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:291-2. 2002
Research Grants
- fMRI of CBT and CM for Cocaine DependenceMARC POTENZA; Fiscal Year: 2009..Successful completion of this project would lay the foundation for future studies (e.g., those combining behavioral and pharmacological treatments) in cocaine dependence and other addictive disorders. ..
- fMRI of Craving in Addictions: Gender DifferencesMARC POTENZA; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
- Selegiline for Smoking CessationMARC POTENZA; Fiscal Year: 2007..Positive results from this trial would add further support for the safety and efficacy of selegiline for the treatment of nicotine dependence. ..
