Roy Mendel Stein

Journal Article Alcohol Clin Exp Res · September 2004 BACKGROUND: Executive dysfunction is among the cognitive impairments that may persist after abstinence in alcohol-dependent persons. The type(s) and extent of executive dysfunction early in abstinence have not been well characterized, but they may have imp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impairment of semantic and figural memory by acute ethanol: age-dependent effects.

Journal Article Alcohol Clin Exp Res · October 1998 Alcohol drinking is prevalent among young adults in the U.S. Moreover, heavy drinking is acknowledged by a substantial percentage of young adults in both college and military subpopulations, despite the known cognitive demands associated with these endeavo ... Full text Link to item Cite

The development of substance-abuse curricular content by five North Carolina schools.

Journal Article Acad Med · October 1998 In 1992, the four medical schools in North Carolina and that state's dental school initiated a four-year project to more thoroughly integrate content about substance abuse into their curricula. The project was based on the premise that medical schools are ... Full text Link to item Cite

Curriculum survey of substance abuse teaching

Journal Article Journal of Investigative Medicine · January 1, 1996 Substance abuse is the leading cause of preventable death in our society. In this project we surveyed the faculty at one university medical school to describe the substance abuse curriculum. We employed a two-stage mail survey: of 1340 surveys mailed, 754 ... Cite

Combined administration of agonist-antagonist as a method of regulating receptor activation.

Journal Article Ann N Y Acad Sci · May 10, 1995 Full text Link to item Cite

Mecamylamine combined with nicotine skin patch facilitates smoking cessation beyond nicotine patch treatment alone.

Journal Article Clin Pharmacol Ther · July 1994 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate concurrent administration of mecamylamine (nicotine antagonist) with nicotine skin patch treatment for smoking cessation. METHODS: This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Forty-eight healthy smokers who smoked ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nicotine skin patch treatment increases abstinence, decreases withdrawal symptoms, and attenuates rewarding effects of smoking.

Journal Article J Clin Psychopharmacol · February 1994 A variety of studies have shown that nicotine skin patches are effective in promoting smoking cessation. This study replicated this effect, in addition, nicotine skin patches were found to decrease a variety of withdrawal effects, including craving for cig ... Link to item Cite

Combined Effects of Nicotine and Mecamylamine in Attenuating Smoking Satisfaction

Journal Article Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology · January 1, 1994 Separate and combined effects of nicotine and the nicotinic antagonist mecamylamine were studied. Twelve smokers rated test cigarettes after administration of mecamylamine versus placebo capsules and nicotine versus nonnicotine preload. Smoking withdrawal ... Full text Cite

Predicting response to amitriptyline in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · July 1993 OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the relation between baseline clinical phenomena and response to amitriptyline in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: Data were obtained from an 8-week placebo-controlled, double-blind study of combat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Roy Mendel Stein

Selected Publications

Executive functioning early in abstinence from alcohol.