and substance use among a nationally representative sample of the US civilian, noninstitutionalized population in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, (CBHSQ), 2020; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),...
Sexual abuse of children is disturbingly frequent, making it critical to understand the behavior of sexual offenders against children. The etiology is not well understood, but likely involves biological, cognitive, and personality factors as well as offenders’ early life experiences. Offender typologies...
Slavin MN, Scoglio AAJ, Blycker GR, et al.Child sexual abuse and compulsive sexual behavior: A systematic literature review.Curr Addict Rep. 2020;7(1):76-88. doi:10.1007/s40429-020-00298-9 Mok MCL, Schwannauer M, Chan SWY.Soothe ourselves in times of need: A qualitative exploration of...
volumes, with adversity (abuse, neglect, and family stress) These areas also demonstrate significant sex differences in both structure and function into adulthood, and may be related to varying rates of maturation between males and females. Recent findings from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmen- tal ...
Drugs abused by humans preferentially increase synaptic dopamine concentrations in the mesolimbic system of freely moving rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 1988;85:5274–8. Article Google Scholar Fiorino DF, Phillips AG. Facilitation of sexual behavior and enhanced dopamine efflux in the nucleus accumbens ...
It was considered an abused drink if > 30 g/day for men and > 20 g/day for women [26]. The definition of hypertension was systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, and/or self-reported previous diagnosis of hypertension by physicians [...
In rats (similar to in humans), stress enhances self-administration and reinstatement of drug-seeking for several types of drugs of abuse in both males and females [142]. Sex-differences in the effects of stressors on reinstatement are also seen in rats, with females having greater stress-ind...
According to “the Physicians’ Guide to Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems,” which released by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in 1995 [26], alcohol intake in this study was defined as categorical variables (“Non-drinking”, “Former drinking” and “...
the girls tended to be sexually abused at younger ages and were more likely to have been abused by multiple perpetrators.127–131There appears to be multiple origins, including abuse history, family stability, and psychiatric disturbances in the development of SBPs in adolescence; however, for ...
potentially stressful interactions because of their sex). Second, women are twice as likely to experience stress-related disorders (MDD, anxiety, PTSD, obesity (also eating disorders and most phobias)) and more likely to develop them after trauma, physical abuse, or maternal distress during infancy...