Contemporary urge models assume that urges are necessary but not sufficient for the
production of drug use in ongoing addicts, are responsible for the initiation of relapse in …

Several learning-based theories have been forwarded to account for the problem of drug
relapse, including conditioned withdrawal, conditioned compensatory responding, appetitive …

Losing Control: How And Why People Fail At Self-regulation Simple Exchange of Literature Roy
F Baumeister Todd F Heatherton Dian Page 1 Losing Control: How And Why People Fail At …

We examine in this paper the unfolding of craving concepts within 18 models that span
roughly 60 years (1948–2009). The amassed evidence suggests that craving is an …

Relapse is by far the most likely outcome of any smoking cessation attempt, even those
made with the benefit intensive psychosocial treatment and pharmacotherapy. The present …

This study investigated the impact of the effective content of imagery scripts used in an
imagery paradigm designed to elicit smoking urges in a laboratory setting. Sixty cigarette …

Compulsive drug use, which is typically portrayed as a defining quality of addictive behavior,
has been described as a pattern of drug consumption that is stimulus bound, stereotyped …

The purpose of this study was twofold: to investigate gender differences in alcohol cue
reactivity, and to study the effect of individualized mood induction on cue reactivity. Male (n …

Rationale and objectives: Bupropion has demonstrated efficacy for smoking cessation.
Given the importance of nicotine craving and withdrawal in the smoking cessation process …

The impact of a transdermal nicotine patch on smokers' craving for cigarettes and reactivity
to smoking cues was investigated. Sixty-one smokers were assessed during 2 sessions …