Brain stimulation,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
14(6), P. 1531 - 1543
Published: Oct. 22, 2021
BackgroundApproximately
half
of
all
people
with
alcohol
use
disorder
(AUD)
relapse
into
reuse
in
the
next
few
weeks
after
a
withdrawal
treatment.
Brain
stimulation
and
cognitive
training
represent
recent
forms
complementary
interventions
context
AUD.ObjectiveTo
evaluate
clinical
efficacy
five
sessions
2
mA
bilateral
transcranial
direct
current
(tDCS)
for
20
min
over
dorsolateral
prefrontal
cortex
(DLPFC)
(left
cathodal/right
anodal)
combined
cue
inhibitory
control
(ICT)
as
part
rehabilitation.
The
secondary
outcomes
were
executive
functioning
(e.g.
response
inhibition)
craving
intensity,
two
mechanisms
strongly
related
to
abstinence.MethodsA
randomized
trial
patients
(n
=
125)
severe
AUD
at
treatment
unit.
Each
patient
was
randomly
assigned
one
four
conditions,
[verum
vs.
sham
tDCS]
x
[alcohol
neutral
ICT]
factorial
design.
main
outcome
abstinence
rate
or
more
(up
year).ResultsVerum
tDCS
improved
2-week
follow-up
compared
condition,
independently
condition
(79.7%
[95%
CI
69.8–89.6]
60.7%
48.3–73.1];
p
.02).
A
priori
contrasts
analyses
revealed
higher
rates
verum
associated
ICT
(86.1%
[31/36;
95%
74.6–97.6])
than
other
three
conditions
(64%
[57/89;
54–74]).
These
positive
effects
on
did
not
persist
beyond
intervention.
Neither
reduction
nor
improvement
resulted
specifically
from
prefrontal-tDCS
ICT.ConclusionsAUD
who
received
applied
DLPFC
showed
significantly
during
following
When
specific
ICT,
brain
may
provide
better
outcomes.Trial
RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov
number
NCT03447054
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03447054.
Annual Review of Psychology,
Journal Year:
2015,
Volume and Issue:
67(1), P. 23 - 50
Published: Aug. 8, 2015
A
decade
ago,
we
hypothesized
that
drug
addiction
can
be
viewed
as
a
transition
from
voluntary,
recreational
use
to
compulsive
drug-seeking
habits,
neurally
underpinned
by
prefrontal
cortical
striatal
control
over
seeking
and
taking
well
progression
the
ventral
dorsal
striatum.
Here,
in
light
of
burgeoning,
supportive
evidence,
reconsider
elaborate
this
hypothesis,
particular
refinements
our
understanding
mechanisms
underlying
goal-directed
habitual
seeking,
influence
drug-associated
Pavlovian-conditioned
stimuli
on
relapse,
evidence
for
impairments
top-down
inhibitory
behavior.
We
further
review
animal
human
studies
have
begun
define
etiological
factors
individual
differences
propensity
become
addicted
drugs,
leading
description
endophenotypes,
especially
cocaine
addiction.
consider
prospect
novel
treatments
promote
abstinence
relapse
use.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
63, P. 223 - 238
Published: Feb. 2, 2016
Relatively
little
is
known
about
the
neuropathophysiology
of
binge-eating
disorder
(BED).
Here,
evidence
from
neuroimaging,
neurocognitive,
genetics,
and
animal
studies
are
reviewed
to
synthesize
our
current
understanding
pathophysiology
BED.
Binge-eating
may
be
conceptualized
as
an
impulsive/compulsive
disorder,
with
altered
reward
sensitivity
food-related
attentional
biases.
Neuroimaging
suggest
there
corticostriatal
circuitry
alterations
in
BED
similar
those
observed
substance
abuse,
including
function
prefrontal,
insular,
orbitofrontal
cortices
striatum.
Human
genetics
that
changes
neurotransmitter
networks,
dopaminergic
opioidergic
systems,
associated
behaviors.
Overall,
suggests
related
maladaptation
regulating
motivation
impulse
control
found
other
disorders.
Further
needed
understand
how
activity
neurocircuitry
pharmacotherapies
influence
these
systems
reduce
symptoms.
World Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
20(2), P. 171 - 193
Published: May 18, 2021
The
Hierarchical
Taxonomy
of
Psychopathology
(HiTOP)
is
an
empirical
effort
to
address
limitations
traditional
mental
disorder
diagnoses.
These
include
arbitrary
boundaries
between
and
normality,
co‐occurrence
in
the
modal
case,
heterogeneity
presentation
within
disorders,
instability
diagnosis
patients.
This
paper
reviews
evidence
on
validity
utility
disinhibited
externalizing
antagonistic
spectra
HiTOP,
which
together
constitute
a
broad
superspectrum.
are
composed
elements
subsumed
variety
disorders
described
recent
DSM
nosologies,
including
most
notably
substance
use
“Cluster
B”
personality
disorders.
superspectrum
ranges
from
normative
levels
impulse
control
self‐assertion,
maladaptive
disinhibition
antagonism,
extensive
polysubstance
involvement
psychopathology.
A
rich
literature
supports
superspectrum,
spectra.
encompasses
common
genetic
influences,
environmental
risk
factors,
childhood
antecedents,
cognitive
abnormalities,
neural
alterations,
treatment
response.
structure
these
validators
mirrors
phenotypic
with
some
correlates
more
specific
or
spectra,
others
relevant
entire
underlining
hierarchical
domain.
Compared
diagnostic
categories,
conceptualization
shows
improved
utility,
reliability,
explanatory
capacity,
clinical
applicability.
one
aspect
general
approach
psychopathology
offered
by
HiTOP
can
make
classification
useful
both
research
clinic.
BioPsychoSocial Medicine,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: Feb. 14, 2019
Previous
large-scale
studies
suggest
that
internet
gaming
disorder
(IGD)
among
children
and
adolescents
has
become
an
important
public
concern.
Minors
are
known
to
be
particularly
susceptible
problematic
use
owing
age-related
underdevelopment
of
cognitive
control.
It
been
shown
precursors
addictions
appear
during
adolescence;
therefore,
prevention
efforts
must
established
targeting
minors
who
have
their
first
experience
with
addictive
substances
behaviors
pubescence.
Since
the
DSM-5
classification
IGD
in
2013,
on
drastically
increased
number.
Thus,
we
performed
updated
review
assess
clinical
implications
IGD.
The
search
included
all
publication
years,
using
PubMed,
MEDLINE,
PsycINFO.
Across
studies,
presence
had
a
negative
effect
sleep
schoolwork
minors.
Additionally,
family
factors,
including
quality
parent-child
relationships,
were
social
factors
Brain
imaging
indicate
impaired
control
is
associated
abnormal
function
prefrontal
cortex
striatum.
Persistent
pathological
online
game
from
childhood
may
aggravate
brain
function;
preventive
care
early
intervention
increasingly
important.
Although
extant
research
supports
effectiveness
behavioral
therapy
for
IGD,
effective
psychological
urgent
issue
requires
further
research.
This
review,
which
presents
findings
minors,
expected
contribute
development
future
useful
practice
field
child
adolescent
psychiatry.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
1394(1), P. 31 - 54
Published: Feb. 5, 2016
Major
depressive
disorder
(MDD)
and
substance
use
disorders
(SUDs)
are
prevalent,
disabling,
challenging
illnesses
for
which
new
treatment
options
needed,
particularly
in
comorbid
cases.
Neuroimaging
studies
of
the
functional
architecture
brain
suggest
common
neural
substrates
underlying
MDD
SUDs.
Intrinsic
activity
is
organized
into
a
set
networks,
two
relevant
to
psychiatry.
The
salience
network
(SN)
crucial
cognitive
control
response
inhibition,
deficits
SN
function
implicated
across
wide
variety
psychiatric
disorders,
including
ventromedial
(VMN)
corresponds
classic
reward
circuit,
pathological
VMN
drug
cues/negative
stimuli
seen
SUDs/MDD.
Noninvasive
stimulation
(NIBS)
techniques,
rTMS
tDCS,
have
been
used
enhance
cortico–striatal–thalamic
through
core
nodes
dorsal
anterior
cingulate
cortex,
dorsolateral
prefrontal
insula.
Improvements
both
SUD
symptoms
ensue,
cases,
via
enhanced
control.
Inhibition
also
appears
promising
preclinical
quenching
incentive
SUDs
MDD.
Evolving
techniques
may
further
efficacy
NIBS
cases
that
unresponsive
conventional
treatments.
Neuropsychopharmacology,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
43(8), P. 1639 - 1650
Published: March 27, 2018
Punishment
involves
learning
about
the
relationship
between
behavior
and
its
adverse
consequences.
is
fundamental
to
reinforcement
learning,
decision-making
choice,
disrupted
in
psychiatric
disorders
such
as
addiction,
depression,
psychopathy.
However,
little
known
brain
mechanisms
of
punishment
much
what
derived
from
study
superficially
similar,
but
fundamentally
distinct,
forms
aversive
fear
conditioning
avoidance
learning.
Here
we
outline
unique
conditions
that
support
punishment,
contents
behavioral
We
consider
evidence
implicating
GABA
monoamine
neurotransmitter
systems,
well
corticostriatal,
amygdala,
dopamine
circuits
punishment.
show
how
maladaptive
processes
are
implicated
addictions,
impulse
control
disorders,
psychopathy,
anxiety,
depression
argue
a
better
understanding
cellular,
circuit,
cognitive
will
make
important
contributions
next
generation
therapeutic
approaches.