Amphetamine-Related Disorders

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Nothing Is Free": A Qualitative Study of Sex Trading Among Methamphetamine Users in Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • "Speed" warps time: methamphetamine's interactive roles in drug abuse, habit formation, and the biological clocks of circadian and interval timing. 
  • A qualitative study of methamphetamine initiation in Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • Addiction and treatment experiences among active methamphetamine users recruited from a township community in Cape Town, South Africa: A mixed-methods study. 
  • Depressive symptoms, substance use, and HIV-related high-risk behaviors among opioid-dependent individuals: results from the Clinical Trials Network. 
  • Evaluating brief screeners to discriminate between drug use disorders in a sample of treatment-seeking adults. 
  • Gender and Sex Trading Among Active Methamphetamine Users in Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • HIV Risk Behavior Among Methamphetamine Users Entering Substance Abuse Treatment in Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • HIV testing and sero-prevalence among methamphetamine users seeking substance abuse treatment in Cape Town. 
  • Heterogeneity of stimulant dependence: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study. 
  • Infrequent illicit methadone use among stimulant-using patients in methadone maintenance treatment programs: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study. 
  • Intimate partner violence among men and women who use methamphetamine: A mixed-methods study in South Africa. 
  • Letter to the editor: Critique of Bahorik et al. (2013)--'Under-reporting of drug use among individuals with schizophrenia: prevalence and predictors'. 
  • ML314: A Biased Neurotensin Receptor Ligand for Methamphetamine Abuse. 
  • Mediators of interpersonal violence and drug addiction severity among methamphetamine users in Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • Methamphetamine neurotoxicity: necrotic and apoptotic mechanisms and relevance to human abuse and treatment. 
  • Methamphetamine use is associated with childhood sexual abuse and HIV sexual risk behaviors among patrons of alcohol-serving venues in Cape Town, South Africa. 
  • Misuse of methamphetamine and prescription stimulants among youths and young adults in the community. 
  • Preliminary findings: Contingency management targeting psycho-stimulant use results in secondary decreases in smoking for severely mentally ill adults. 
  • Respondent driven sampling is an effective method for engaging methamphetamine users in HIV prevention research in South Africa. 
  • The high prevalence of substance use disorders among recent MDMA users compared with other drug users: Implications for intervention. 
  • The role of substance use coping in the relation between childhood sexual abuse and depression among methamphetamine users in South Africa. 
  • α4β2 Nicotinic receptor desensitizing compounds can decrease self-administration of cocaine and methamphetamine in rats. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Merli, M. Giovanna, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke Global Health Institute
  • Wu, Li-Tzy, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine