Completion of addiction treatment is one of the most consistent factors associated with a
favorable treatment outcome. Unfortunately, it is more common for a patient to drop-out of …

Impulsivity is strongly associated with substance use disorders (SUDs). Our review
discusses impulsivity as an underlying vulnerability marker for SUDs, and treatment of co …

Originally published in 1979, this title represents a summary of 17 years of research centring
around the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and the theory from which the test was derived …

There is a longstanding association between substance-use disorders (SUDs) and the
psychological construct of impulsivity. In the first section of this review, personality and …

This chapter discusses sensation seeking and risk behavior. Topics discussed include the
following:(1) definitions of risk,(2) risk appraisal,(3) risky behavior, and (4) interaction of …

With the current review, we explore the hypothesis that individual differences in
neurocognitive aspects of impulsivity (ie, cognitive and motor disinhibition, delay discounting …

Issues Impulsivity is a widely studied personality trait and research construct that has been
implicated as a risk factor for substance use, including initiating and continuing use …

Impulsivity is predominant among users of several drugs of abuse including alcohol,
cocaine, and amphetamines, and it is considered a risk factor for later development of …

Cognitive impairments in substance use disorders have been extensively researched,
especially since the advent of cognitive and computational neuroscience and neuroimaging …

Brain imaging studies find evidence of prefrontal cortical dysfunction in cocaine-dependent
subjects. Similarly, cocaine-dependent subjects have problems with behaviors related to …