If implication of field dependence/independence in social processes has been proved, an articulation between psychosocial theories and diffèrential theories is necessary to understand this implication. One study examined a possible link using social ...
Characteristics of Inpatient Bundeswehr Alcoholics Compared to Civil PatientsAims: Inpatient treatment of addictive disorders should be adapted to the needs of target groups. This study investigates specific characteristics of acute inpatient Bundeswehr ...
Decrease in Alcohol-attributable Mortality by Treatment of Alcohol DependentsAims: The aim of this article is to estimate for Germany the health burden attributable to heavy alcohol consumption and to alcohol dependence. In addition, we estimated the ...
Effects of the First Consultation on the In-Patient Treatment Length and the Probability of Out-Patient Treatment ContactsAim: Effects of the first consultation on reducing the in-patient treatment length, reducing the frequency of hospitalization and ...
How Adolescents Describe their Addiction, Facing a First Inpatient Addiction TreatmentAbstract.Aim: This report describes the explanatory models of 34 adolescents using substances. The adolescents were interviewed ...
Prenatal Androgen Influence on Addictive Behaviour in AdolescenceAbstract.Background: Men consume alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs more often than women, and they are more prone to pathological gambling and ...
Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Perspectives on Substance DependenceNeurobiological models of substance dependence hypothesize that addiction results from interplay between positive and negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcing effects of drugs ...
Disorders due to substance use or addictive behaviours in the ICD-11Abstract. This paper concerns the revised classification of Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders in the 11th edition of the International ...
Geriatric PsychiatryAbstract. Psychiatry of old age represents the part of psychiatry with the closest links to the rest of somatic medicine. Several central diagnostic and therapeutic topics with growing importance are summarized in the volume: ...
Zusammenfassung: Obwohl unser Verständnis der Rolle neurobiologischer und kognitiver Mechanismen für die Entstehung und Aufrechterhaltung von Sucht ständig zunimmt, wird dieses Wissen noch wenig in die ärztliche oder psychotherapeutische Ausbildung und ...
In respect of demographic change, the number of older patients with substance abuse and addiction is on the raise. In this review we present important clinical and therapeutic aspects of substance abuse and addiction in the elderly and focus on alcohol, ...
Increasing use of hypnotics obtained on private prescriptions in Germany<span class="fett">Aims:</span> In recent years, have hypnotics, benzodiazepines (BZD), and benzodiazepine receptor agonists (Z-drugs) been prescribed more frequently on private ...
Aim: To investigate remission without formal help (natural recovery; NR) from DSM-IV substance-use disorders among adolescents and young adults. </p><p> Method: A representative community sample of adolescents and young adults from Munich, Germany, who ...
Relationships between cannabis use
patterns and DSM-IV cannabis dependenceAim: To identify associations between cannabis use patterns and DSM-IV cannabis dependence. </p><p> Method: A sample of 3,904 students at German universities was recruited in an ...
Epidemiology of Substance Use, Abuse and Dependence Among Adolescents and Young Adults: The Prospective-Longitudinal EDSP-StudyThis paper gives an overview (objectives, design, methods) of the Early Developmental Stages of Substance Problems study (EDSP)...
Zusammenfassung. Exzessives Essen wird häufig mit süchtigem Verhalten in Verbindung gebracht. Bisher mangelte es im deutschen Sprachraum jedoch an einem Messinstrument, das spezifisch das Konstrukt Nahrungsmittelabhängigkeit erfasst. Um diesen Mangel zu ...
Development and evaluation of a German inventory for assessing cannabis craving (CCS-7)Abstract.Background: Cannabis craving can be assessed on four dimensions using an English-language test (MCQ). Objective: We aimed to develop a German-language ...