2022
Childhood Adversity, Addiction Severity, and Comorbidity Among Patients Receiving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Carr M, Ellis J, Saules K, Ledgerwood D. Childhood Adversity, Addiction Severity, and Comorbidity Among Patients Receiving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2022, 211: 150-156. PMID: 36112518, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorder treatmentUse disorder treatmentClinical severityChildhood adversityDisorder treatmentOpioid agonist treatmentChildhood adversity exposureGreater childhood adversityOUD treatmentAgonist treatmentTreatment strategiesEmotion dysregulationEmotion regulationCurrent psychopathologyAddiction severityPatientsAdversity exposureSymptom typeSeverityWomenStrongest predictorTreatmentHigh rateDysregulationGreater exposure
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