2025
Potential roles for vitamin D in preventing and treating impulse control disorders, behavioral addictions, and substance use disorders: A scoping review
Jalilian-Khave L, Kitaneh R, Ysrayl B, Borelli A, Funaro M, Potenza M, Angarita G. Potential roles for vitamin D in preventing and treating impulse control disorders, behavioral addictions, and substance use disorders: A scoping review. Addiction Neuroscience 2025, 14: 100190. DOI: 10.1016/j.addicn.2024.100190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpulse control disordersSubstance use disordersControl disordersBehavioral addictionsTreating impulse control disordersVitamin DClinical studiesAddictive disordersSerotonergic circuitsExposure to vitamin DVitamin D deficiencyVitamin D levelsSymptom presenceDisordersPotential beneficial effectsJoanna Briggs InstituteD deficiencyPotential therapeutic mechanismAddictionD levelsWeb of ScienceTherapeutic mechanismQuality of studiesCochrane LibraryOvid MEDLINE
2022
Helpful or Harmful? The Therapeutic Potential of Medications with Varying Degrees of Abuse Liability in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Martins B, Rutland W, De Aquino JP, Kazer BL, Funaro M, Potenza MN, Angarita GA. Helpful or Harmful? The Therapeutic Potential of Medications with Varying Degrees of Abuse Liability in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders. Current Addiction Reports 2022, 9: 647-659. PMID: 35990796, PMCID: PMC9376579, DOI: 10.1007/s40429-022-00432-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersUse disordersCocaine use disorderWithdrawal symptomsAbuse liabilityMultiple substance use disordersOpioid use disorderRegulatory approval statusFurther clinical researchPotential abuse liabilityNegative subjective effectsClinical trial researchPharmacological treatmentStimulant medicationPossible treatmentReviewThis reviewTherapeutic potentialTrial researchClinical researchSubjective effectsKetamineDecrease useDisordersGabapentinoidsApproval statusRacial and ethnic differences in alcohol, cannabis, and illicit substance use treatment: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of studies done in the USA
Jordan A, Quainoo S, Nich C, Babuscio TA, Funaro MC, Carroll KM. Racial and ethnic differences in alcohol, cannabis, and illicit substance use treatment: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of studies done in the USA. The Lancet Psychiatry 2022, 9: 660-675. PMID: 35752192, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00160-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use outcomesTreatment initiationJoanna Briggs Institute appraisal toolsSystematic reviewSubstance use disordersSignificant differencesSubstance use treatmentDissemination of treatmentUncontrolled trialsClinical trialsBaseline differencesStudy qualityInclusion criteriaUse disordersRCTsNarrative synthesisSocial determinantsUse treatmentAppraisal toolLatinx adultsEthnic differencesEthnic populationsOutcomesTrialsLatinx populations
2021
73936 Developing a Patient-Rated Outcome Measure of Alcohol and Drug Craving: A Systematic Review
Haeny A, Morean M, DeMartini K, Funaro M, O’Malley S. 73936 Developing a Patient-Rated Outcome Measure of Alcohol and Drug Craving: A Systematic Review. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2021, 5: 39-39. PMCID: PMC8827664, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2021.505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient-rated outcome measuresOutcome measuresSystematic reviewClinical trialsDrug useStimulant usePatient rated outcome measuresSubstance use disordersEffective treatmentPRISMA guidelinesUse disordersElectronic databasesDrug cravingPotential targetOpioidsCravingFDANicotineTrialsDisordersResults/CannabisReviewFindingsMedications