NIDA's Featured Publications

Other NIDA Resources on Stress & Drug Abuse

• Stress and Drug Abuse. A brief message from NIDA's director.
• Stress and the Brain Symposium. Videocast of papers given at a 2003 conference on the developmental, neurobiological, and clinical implications of stress.


• NIDA NOTES:
  
  • Volume 22, No. 3 - Low Dopamine Receptor Availability May Promote Cocaine Addiction
  • Volume 22, No. 2 - Imaging Studies Elucidate Neurobiology of Cigarette Craving
  • Volume 21, No. 4 - Experience Restructures Chromatin
  • Volume 21, No. 2 - Stress Cues Also Signal Relapse Risk
  • Volume 20, No. 4 - Studies Identify Factors Surrounding Rise in Abuse of Prescription Drugs by College Students
  • Volume 20, No. 4 - Combination Treatment for One Year Doubles Smokers' Quit Rate
  • Volume 20, No. 2 - Trauma-Related Substance Abuse Persists After Mental Health Symptoms Abate
  • Volume 20, No. 2 - NIDA Research Illuminates Associations Between Psychiatric Disorders and Smoking
  • Volume 20, No. 1 - Cocaine-Related Environmental Cues Elicit Physiological Stress Responses
  • Volume 19, No. 3 - Behavioral Modification Changes the Brain's Biochemical Response to Cocaine, Curbs Relapse Caused by Stress
  • Volume 18, No. 5 - Addictive Drugs and Stress Trigger Similar Change in Brain Cells, Animal Study Finds
  • Volume 17, No. 4 - Depression, PTSD, Substance Abuse Increase in Wake of September 11 Attacks
  • Volume 14, No. 1 - Studies Link Stress and Drug Addiction
  • Volume 11, No. 4 - Anxiety and Stress Found to Promote Cocaine Use in Rats


• News Releases:
  
  • 7/30/09 - NIH and VA Announce $7 Million Partnership for Substance Abuse Research among Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families
  • 1/6/09 - NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses
  • 1/2/09 - Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
  • 6/5/08 - NIDA Explores Exercise as Drug Abuse Prevention Tool
  • 6/2/08 - NIDA Highlights Best Drug Abuse Treatment Approaches at Blending Conference
  • 1/22/08 - NIH Announces New Initiative in Epigenomics (NIH web site)
  • 3/5/07 - NIDA Begins Its First-Ever Public Discussion on Pain Relief and Addiction
  • 11/6/06 - Incentive-Based Therapy Improves Outlook For Methamphetamine Abusers
  • 7/26/06 - Efforts of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to Prevent and Treat Prescription Drug Abuse - Congressional Testimony
  • 5/15/06 - Behaviors May Indicate Risk of Adolescent Depression
  • 10/1/03 - NIDA Grants Will Fill Research Gaps on Stress and Drug Use
  • 5/28/02 - Substance Abuse Increases in New York City In Aftermath of September 11th
  • 3/27/02 - Study Assesses Impact of September 11th Events on Manhattan Residents

See Also:

Other Recommended Reading

• The Effects of Stress on Drug Abuse - Message from the NIDA Director
• Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
• Nationwide Trends
• Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities
• Monitoring the Future Survey. Results from a yearly survey of teenagers.
• Commonly Abused Drugs. Chart showing street names, medical uses, health consequences, etc.

NIDA's Publication Series

• Research Reports
• InfoFacts (fact sheets)
• NIDA Notes (newsletter)
• Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (journal for researchers & health care providers)
• Mind Over Matter: Drug info for grades 5-9
• Topics in Brief

Other Web Sites

• CDC - Federal Disaster Mental Health Resources
• MEDLINEplus Health Information on Substance Abuse - National Library of Medicine, NIH
• freevibe.com - Office of National Drug Control Policy