2021
Substance Use, Gambling, Binge‐Eating, and Hypersexuality Symptoms Among Patients Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapies
Carr MM, Ellis JD, Saules KK, Page JL, Staples A, Ledgerwood DM. Substance Use, Gambling, Binge‐Eating, and Hypersexuality Symptoms Among Patients Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapies. American Journal On Addictions 2021, 30: 343-350. PMID: 33783065, PMCID: PMC8243775, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.13149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyAgonist therapySeverity of symptomsDrug useTobacco useAlcohol useOpioid use disorderPoor treatment outcomesAdverse childhood eventsBinge-eating symptomsMost patientsOutpatient clinicPsychiatric comorbiditySignificant symptomsTreatment outcomesAddictive behaviorsUse disordersPatientsNegative binomial regressionSymptomsTherapyBinge eatingHigher depressionSubstance useSeverity
2018
Overeating, Overweight, and Substance Use: What Is the Connection?
Saules K, Carr M, Herb K. Overeating, Overweight, and Substance Use: What Is the Connection? Current Addiction Reports 2018, 5: 232-242. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-018-0208-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain reward pathwaysSubstance use disordersRisk factorsReward pathwayExcessive eatingFood addictionWeight loss surgeryGut-brain communicationCommon risk factorsGut-brain connectionAddictive behaviorsGastric bypassNocturnal eatingSUD onsetUse disordersBrain circuitrySubstance useDrug addictionEatingObesityEmotional eatingReviewThis paperBehavioral phenotypesAddictionDysregulation