Browsing by Subject "drug abuse"

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    • Are reasons for the first use of drugs and family circumstances predictors of future use patterns? 

      De Micheli, D.; Formigoni, MLOS (Elsevier B.V., 2002-01-01)
      The objective of this study was to investigate whether the level of drug dependence in adolescents can be predicted by any of the following factors: the reasons to which the first use or non-use of drugs is attributed, ...

    • Atividade física na adolescência e sua relação com índices de qualidade de vida, autoimagem corporal e uso de drogas 

      Pinheiro, Bruno de Oliveira [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2015-09-30)
      The growing use / abuse of legal and illegal substances among adolescents has been the subject of numerous studies, focusing not only on the prevalence of use, but also on factors associated with the risk and protection, ...

    • Concepts of dependence among Brazilian alcohol- and drug-dependent patients 

      Silva, Eroy A. da; Noto, Ana R.; Faria, Regina FS; Formigoni, Maria LOS (Haight-ashbury Publ, 2000-10-01)
      Studies suggest that the concepts that drug dependent persons have about their problems could influence adherence to treatment and outcome. The objective of this study was to compare these concepts in different groups of ...

    • Contributions of Neuroimaging to Understanding Sex Differences in Cocaine Abuse 

      Andersen, Monica L. [UNIFESP]; Sawyer, Eileen K.; Howell, Leonard L. (Amer Psychological Assoc, 2012-02-01)
      A consistent observation in drug abuse research is that males and females show differences in their response to drugs of abuse. in order to understand the neurobiology underlying cocaine abuse and effective treatments, it ...

    • High mortality among young crack cocaine users in Brazil: a 5-year follow-up study 

      Ribeiro, M.; Dunn, J.; Laranjeira, R.; Sesso, R. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004-09-01)
      Aims Follow-up studies show that smokers, alcoholics and heroin addicts have high mortality rates, but there is little information on crack users. We have investigated the mortality rate among this population, including ...

    • Influência da reconsolidação na sensibilização locomotora induzida por morfina em camundongos 

      Maluf, Ana Cristhina Sampaio [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-02-26)
      Drug addiction, although a complex process, can be seen as a remote memory that is constantly retrieved and reconsolidated, becoming stronger. A prominent risk to relapse is the presentation of environmental cues that have ...

    • Modafinil Induces Rapid-Onset Behavioral Sensitization and Cross-Sensitization with Cocaine in Mice: Implications for the Addictive Potential of Modafinil 

      Wuo-Silva, Raphael [UNIFESP]; Fukushiro, Daniela Fukue [UNIFESP]; Hollais, André Willian [UNIFESP]; Santos-Baldaia, Renan [UNIFESP]; Mari-Kawamoto, Elisa [UNIFESP]; Berro, Laís Fernanda [UNIFESP]; Yokoyama, Thais Suemi [UNIFESP]; Lopes-Silva, Leonardo Brito [UNIFESP]; Bizerra, Carolina Souza [UNIFESP]; Procopio-Souza, Roberta [UNIFESP]; Hashiguchi, Debora [UNIFESP]; Figueiredo, Lilian A. [UNIFESP]; Costa, Jose L.; Frussa-Filho, Roberto [UNIFESP]; Longo, Beatriz Monteiro [UNIFESP] (Frontiers Media Sa, 2016)
      There is substantial controversy about the addictive potential of modafinil, a wake promoting drug used to treat narcolepsy, proposed as pharmacotherapy for cocaine abuse, and used indiscriminately by healthy individuals ...

    • NMR Spectroscopy Metabolomics Applied to Crack Cocaine Users and Patients with Schizophrenia: Similar Behavior but Different Molecular Causes 

      Tasic, Ljubica; de Moraes Pontes, Joao Guilherme; de Souza, Rafael Nogueira; Marreiro Brasil, Antonio Jadson; de Faria Cruz, Guilherme Crispim; Asevedo, Elson; Dal Mas, Caroline; Poppi, Ronei Jesus; Brietzke, Elisa [UNIFESP]; Furuie Hayashi, Mirian Akemi [UNIFESP]; Tavares Lacerda, Acioly Luiz [UNIFESP] (Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh, 2017)
      Crack-cocaine abuse and dependence is a severe public health problem. Sometimes, the crack-cocaine smokers show behavioral changes and symptoms very similar to those observed for severe mental disorders, like schizophrenia. ...

    • Relationship between Stress Symptoms and Drug use among Secondary Students 

      Frade, Iracema Francisco [UNIFESP]; De Micheli, Denise [UNIFESP]; Monezi Andrade, Andre Luiz [UNIFESP]; Oliveira de Souza-Formigoni, Maria Lucia [UNIFESP] (Cambridge Univ Press, 2013-01-01)
      The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between drug use and four kinds of stress symptoms in 954 Brazilian students from the 6th to the 11th grades, in 4 public and 5 private schools in the city of São ...

    • Use of drugs among street children in Brazil 

      Noto, Ana R.; Nappo, Solange A.; Galduroz, José CF; Mattei, Rita; Carlini, Elisaldo A. (Haight-ashbury Publ, 1997-04-01)
      The purpose of this study has been to assess drug consumption among children in five Brazilian state capitals during 1993. The sample was composed of street children who were given assistance in institutions, and data was ...