The field of behavioral economics has made important inroads into the understanding of
substance use disorders through the concept of reinforcer pathology. Reinforcer pathology …

Research on the neural substrates of drug reward, withdrawal and relapse has yet to be
translated into significant advances in the treatment of addiction. One potential reason is that …

Genetic liability to substance use disorders can be parsed into loci that confer general or
substance-specific addiction risk. We report a multivariate genome-wide association meta …

Summary Since 1997 the US National Institute on Drug Abuse has advocated a brain
disease model of addiction (BDMA). We assess the strength of evidence for the BDMA in …

The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical
Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible …

El consumo de sustancias entre jóvenes y adolescentes representa un importante problema
de salud que se relaciona con lesiones y accidentes graves, discapacidad, trastornos por …

Neurodevelopmental maturation takes place in a social environment in addition to a
neurobiological one. Characterization of social environmental factors that influence this …

Background and aims Young adult college students in the United States are likely to be
affected by marijuana liberalization trends. However, changes in students' marijuana use …

Abstract Aims Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a chronic psychiatric illness characterized by
harmful drinking patterns leading to negative emotional, physical, and social ramifications …

Clear evidence supports a genetic basis for substance use disorders (SUD). Yet, the search
to identify individual gene contributions to SUD has been unsuccessful. Here, we argue for …