Addictive Behaviors

Papers
(The median citation count of Addictive Behaviors is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Value-based decision-making in regular alcohol consumers following experimental manipulation of alcohol value112
Acute effects of exercise among individuals with schizophrenia who smoke cigarettes108
The business of recovery: A novel pilot study psychosocial intervention to build self-efficacy and reduce relapse risk in adolescent substance use treatment95
The reliability of attentional biases for gambling-related images in free-viewing eye-tracking paradigms84
Characterizing the dimensions of positive emotion functioning in young adult alcohol use and alcohol-related problems82
Does the time to nicotine dependence vary by internalizing symptoms for young people who use e-cigarettes? An analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, (Waves 1–5; 201379
From active users to passive watchers: Profiles of TikTok engagement and mental health predictors75
Sticking with it? Factors associated with exercise adherence in people with alcohol use disorder74
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Social norms and problematic gaming among adolescents: The role of Internet use coping motives72
Characterizing sociodemographic differences in substance use treatment need and receipt among pregnant women in the U.S.68
The interacting role of fear of missing out in attentional bias dynamics during problematic social media use68
Stealth vaping and associated attitudes, perceptions, and control beliefs among US college students across four tobacco-free campuses63
Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals63
Use of protective behavioral strategies and blackout experience among mandated college students61
The effect of alcohol use disorder symptom and recovery narratives on problem-recognition: A randomized online trial58
Factors associated with changes in flavored tobacco products used: Findings from wave 2 and wave 3 (2014–2016) of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study54
Metacognitions as a predictor of problematic social media use and internet gaming disorder: Development and psychometric properties of the Metacognitions about Social Media Use Scale (MSMUS)52
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Self-perceived impact of COVID-19 and risk behaviors among adolescents: Results from the HBSC 2021/22 study in 21 European countries50
Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic49
Gambling disorder in minority ethnic groups48
Assessing alcohol use in situ: Correlates of self-report vs. objective alcohol consumption46
Decision-making and frontoparietal resting-state functional connectivity among impulsive-compulsive diagnoses. Insights from a Bayesian approach45
Is psychological distress the key factor in the association between problematic social networking sites and poor sleep quality?44
Associations between social media engagement and young adults’ subsequent onset of ENDS dependence symptoms one year later43
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Examining the individual and combined influence of negative affect and nicotine cue provocation on craving to vape nicotine among e-cigarette users42
Goal-directed and habitual decision making under stress in gambling disorder: An fMRI study42
Time since initiation on current vaping among adolescents and associations with adverse health outcomes41
Alcohol and marijuana use predicting next-day absenteeism and engagement at school and work: A daily study of young adults41
The impact of cumulative vulnerabilities on the valuation of cigarettes among veterans seeking to quit smoking40
The effect of Varenicline and Bupropion on smoking cessation: A network meta-analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials40
“I have no control over how much time I play” the metacognitions about online gaming scale: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation among Israeli adolescents39
Unveiling the relationships between solitary experiences and problematic social media use in young adults: a network approach to investigating underlying motivations38
Correlates of youth Poly-E-Cigarette device use38
Compositional associations of time spent in sleep, screen time, and physical activity with polysubstance use in adolescents38
Indirect effects of emotion regulation in the relationship between pain and cannabis use in adults 18–64 years36
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The company you keep: The neglected role of affiliating with delinquent friends in the development of the cannabis-violence link33
Analysis of participant-rated feasibility and acceptability of an online, theory-based pre-drinking behavioural intervention32
In what settings and social contexts do young adults vape or smoke cannabis? Findings from a web-based diary pilot study32
Mediating effect of craving on the impact of buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone treatment on opioid use: Results from a randomized controlled trial31
Daily mindfulness homework completion is associated with reduced drinking during a mindfulness-enriched emotion regulation treatment for alcohol use disorder30
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Trends in US adolescent cannabis use, 1991–202329
Corrigendum to “Use of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) devices among U.S. Youth and adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 1–5” [Addict. Behav. 1329
Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the desire thinking questionnaire in adolescent mobile phone users29
Theoretical components of smoking cessation interventions for persons with physical disabilities: A scoping review29
Associations between insomnia symptoms and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse in a nationally representative sample29
Profiling gamers: The role of mental health, attachment and social factors in gaming behaviors29
Preventing the transitions in poly-tobacco use among young adults: A latent transition analysis of a smoking reduction intervention trial29
Sleep disruption, stress, and craving during inpatient treatment for opioid use disorder28
Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity28
Differentiating action from inaction: Longitudinal relations among impulsive personality traits, internalizing symptoms, and drinking behavior27
Prevalence and risk factors associated with psychostimulant use among Black individuals: A meta-analysis and systematic review27
Was COVID-19 associated with increased cigarette purchasing, consumption, and smoking at home among US smokers in early 2020? Findings from the US arm of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four C27
Online racism, depressive and anxiety symptoms, coping-related drinking motives, and alcohol use severity among Black, Latina/o/x, and Asian emerging adults27
CBD, cannabis, or both? Examining use patterns and associated factors among U.S. youth and adults27
Illicit drug use and associated health risk behaviors among sexual minority youth26
Problematic gaming, psychiatric comorbidities, and adolescence: A systematic review of the literature26
Associations between smoking history, baseline pain interference and symptom distribution, and physical function at discharge, in individuals seeking care for musculoskeletal pain26
The associations between attachment, self-esteem, fear of missing out, daily time expenditure, and problematic social media use: A path analysis model26
Factors influencing perceptions of electronic cigarette and nicotine replacement therapy use among French smokers experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage: A latent class analysis26
Warning label messages about the cancer risk associated with alcohol: Effects of causal language26
Development of an individualized procedure to induce reward-related impulsivity and evaluating its impact on drinking control26
Posttraumatic stress and pain-related anxiety among trauma-exposed adults with chronic pain in terms of opioid misuse and dependence25
Taking alcohol from one’s parents’ home without permission as a risk factor for greater alcohol and marijuana use during the transition into college25
Problematic behaviors can occur without distress: A person-centered analysis of behavioral, substance-related, and mental health indicators25
How well do DSM-5 criteria measure alcohol use disorder in the general population of older Swedish adolescents? An item response theory analysis25
Exposure to Bupropion-SR vs. Placebo is associated with reductions in smoking among persons receiving methadone with no stated interest in smoking cessation25
Diversity in opioid-related stigma interventions: A systematic review25
Is less more? Dismantling imaginal retraining and examining the effects of psychoeducation and embodied cognition on craving and alcohol consumption in problem drinkers: A randomized controlled trial25
Profiles of alcohol and cannabis protective behavioral strategies use across two large, multi-site college student samples of concurrent alcohol and cannabis users25
Corrigendum to “E-cigarette use and change in plans to quit cigarette smoking among adult smokers in the United States: Longitudinal findings from the PATH Study 2014–2019” [Addict. Behav. 124 (2022) 24
Latent profiles of cannabis use patterns and associations with eating pathology outcomes24
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How to pin a compulsive behavior down: A systematic review and conceptual synthesis of compulsivity-sensitive items in measures of behavioral addiction23
A motivational approach to understanding problematic smartphone use and negative outcomes in university students23
Sleep quality and duration as predictors of alcohol and cannabis use motives in daily life23
Profiles of fear of missing out and their social media use among young adults: A six-month longitudinal study23
A latent class approach to understanding longitudinal sleep health and the association with alcohol and cannabis use during late adolescence and emerging adulthood23
Correlates of smoking discarded cigarettes in a sample of low-income adults22
Medication for opioid use disorder among adolescents entering specialty treatment for opioid use disorder and trends in the US, 2017–202222
Cannabis use and neurocognitive performance at 13–14 Years-Old: Optimizing assessment with hair toxicology in the Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study22
Potential risk and protective factors related to problematic social media use among adolescents in Iran: A latent profile analysis22
Association between cannabis use and nicotine use persistence among adolescents21
Trends in vaping and smoking behavior before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Beneficial and potentially detrimental changes21
Meme asset wagering: Perceptions of risk, overconfidence, and gambling problems21
Longitudinal trends in the past 30-day co-use of nicotine/tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis among youth and adults in the PATH study21
People are not becoming “AIholic”: Questioning the “ChatGPT addiction” construct21
Factors associated with intentions to quit vaping and quit attempts among Adolescents: A structural equation modeling approach21
How does health communication on social media influence e-cigarette perception and use? A trend analysis from 2017 to 202020
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the brief Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives among Spanish smokers from the general population20
Emotional dysregulation among English-speaking Hispanic persons who smoke living in the United states20
The effect of heavy smoking on retirement risk: A mendelian randomisation analysis20
License to look? The role of permissive beliefs, desire thinking, and self-control in predicting the use of social networking sites20
Epilogue to the Special Issue on Predrinking and drinking game behaviors among adolescents and young adults in the United States and across the globe: Problems to be addressed in future predrinking re20
Daily-level associations between alcohol use cognitions and normative perceptions among adolescents: An intensive longitudinal study20
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Identifying high school smokers likely to persist in smoking at age 3120
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Cannabis and alcohol co-use: The effects of intensity of cannabis use among heavy drinkers19
Unravelling reciprocal effects among young adults’ binge drinking, stress, and anticipated regret19
Communication attributes modify the anxiety risk associated with problematic social media use: Evidence from a prospective diary method study19
Pandemic-related life changes and adolescent initiation of cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use19
Consumer engagement with the US alcohol health warning: A nationally representative study19
The association between cannabis use and cardiovascular outcomes among U.S. Adults, 2020–202319
Intention to quit or reduce e-cigarettes, cannabis, and their co-use among a school-based sample of adolescents19
Gender differences in the stress-buffering effects of mindfulness facets on substance use among low-income adolescents19
Urgent need for treatment addressing co-use of tobacco and cannabis: An updated review and considerations for future interventions19
Improving assessment and progress monitoring in alcohol use disorder: An implementation evaluation of the instant assessment and personalised feedback system (iAx)19
Device and liquid characteristics used with sweet, menthol/mint, and tobacco ENDS liquid flavors: The population-based VAPER study19
Daily patterns of single and poly-substance use among adolescent and young adult females: A day-level latent class analysis18
The first day of smoking abstinence is more challenging for women than men: A meta-analysis and meta-regression across 12 low- and middle-income countries18
Gender self-concept and hazardous drinking among sexual minority women: Results from the Chicago health and life experiences of women (CHLEW) study18
Social attunement and alcohol use: The role of age and gender18
Alcohol screening tools are not validated for use with transgender and non-binary people18
Biomarkers of secondhand smoke and vaping exposure among U.S. Adolescents18
Examining multiple substance use among Lesbian, Gay, and bisexual US adults17
Cannabis retailer marketing strategies and regulatory compliance: A surveillance study of retailers in 5 US cities17
Longitudinal association between problematic smartphone use and sleep disorder among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic17
Tobacco and cannabis co-use in young people: developing a collaborative research agenda to address an evolving problem17
Is socioeconomic status related to youth e-cigarette use? Examining family affluence and sexual identity17
Problematic pornography use and psychological distress: A longitudinal study in a large US sample17
Risk and protective factors for (internet) gaming disorder: A meta-analysis of pre-COVID studies17
Abnormal structural covariance networks in young adults with recent cannabis use17
Emotion dysregulation in relation to cannabis use and mental health among young adults17
Understanding daily life experiences of women who smoke: The role of smoking-related weight control expectancies17
Metacognitive beliefs and desire thinking as potential maintenance factors of compulsive sexual behavior16
Chronic pain acceptance: Relations to opioid misuse and pain management motives among individuals with chronic low back pain16
Differing time trends for alcohol misuse and alcohol use disorder among Veteran men: A comparison of population surveillance and clinical data16
Associations between blackout drinking and self-reported everyday cognition among young adults16
Exploring the influence of parenting styles and childhood abuse on impulsivity in young and middle-aged patients with new drug dependency: A network analysis16
The desire trap: Metacognitions and the cognitive mechanisms of adolescent online gaming craving16
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“I knew the effects the whole time.” Examination of facilitators and barriers to quit vaping among adolescents16
Correlates of adolescent sole-, dual- and poly-use of cannabis, vaped nicotine, and combusted tobacco16
Correlates of using E-cigarettes with high nicotine concentrations among U.S. adults who exclusively vape E-cigarettes or dual use with cigarettes16
Between- and within-person associations of mobile gaming time and total screen time with sleep problems in young adults: Daily assessment study16
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Association between empathy and drinking among a community sample of heavy drinkers: Sex differences and neural correlates16
Sexual diversity, adolescent mental health, and adult cannabis use: Longitudinal associations through cannabis use motives16
Big five personality traits, gaming motives, and regular and disordered gaming: A cross-national examination among college student gamers in seven countries16
Combinations of electronic nicotine delivery system device and liquid characteristics among U.S. adults16
Separating problem gambling behaviors and negative consequences: Examining the factor structure of the PGSI16
Cigarette and e-cigarette use trajectories and prospective prescription psychotherapeutic drug misuse among adolescents and young adults16
Measuring cannabis use and cannabis-related consequences among college students who engage in simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: Associations by type of cannabis product and mode of use on weekend16
Links between young adults’ reasons for trying electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), smoking history, and prospective cigarette and ENDS use16
Editorial special issue addictive behaviors, networks, complexity and addictive behaviors15
The association between level of personality organization and problematic gaming: Anxiety, depression, and motivations for playing as mediators15
Longitudinal associations between receiving E-cigarette price promotions and subsequent E-cigarette use among U.S. Young adult cigarette smokers15
Exploring potential moderators of depressive symptoms and treatment outcomes among patients with opioid use disorder15
Characteristics of drinking episodes associated with simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use among underage drinkers in the United States15
Hazardous alcohol use among patients with psychiatric disorders: Findings from phosphatidylethanol (PEth) screening in healthcare15
A preliminary investigation of the role of intraindividual sleep variability in substance use treatment outcomes15
Daily adherence to nicotine replacement therapy in low-income smokers: The role of gender, negative mood, motivation, and self-efficacy15
Mental health correlates of quitting cigarette smoking in youth experiencing homelessness15
Mediational pathways of tobacco use among adult daily smokers with psychiatric symptoms in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) survey15
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An exploration of multivariate symptom clusters of cannabis use disorder in young adults15
Derived psychoactive cannabis product perceptions and use among a sample of US young adults14
Problem gambling within sexual and gender minorities: A systematic review14
A pilot randomised controlled trial of abrupt versus gradual smoking cessation in combination with vaporised nicotine products for people receiving alcohol and other drug treatment14
Alcohol consumption patterns and Long-Term Anxiety: The influence of Sex, Age, and income14
Gambling products, gambling problems and gambling involvement: comparative analysis from two cross-sectional surveys, the Gambling Survey for Great Britain and the Health Survey for England series14
E-cigarette access and age verification among adolescents, young adults, and adults14
Association of psychological distress with smoking cessation, duration of abstinence from smoking, and use of non-combustible nicotine-containing products: A cross-sectional population survey in Great14
Risk factors for the development of problem gambling in individuals with ADHD symptoms: The mediating roles of gambling engagement and ADHD characteristics14
Cannabis use among sexual minority adults: insights from recent U.S. nationally representative data13
Drinking to cope and coping strategies in Deaf/Hard of hearing college students13
The association between student loan debt and perceived socioeconomic status and problematic drinking and mental health symptoms: A preliminary investigation13
How gambling problems relate to health and wellbeing in Australian households: Evidence from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia Survey13
Cannabis use disorder severity and sleep quality among undergraduates attending a Historically Black University13
Coping strategies as mediating mechanisms between adolescent polysubstance use classes and adult alcohol and substance use disorders13
Delay discounting demonstrates lower impulsivity linked to a higher likelihood of succeeding at smoking cessation13
Associations between nicotine product use and craving among stable daily and non-daily users13
Switching between vaping devices, nicotine concentration, and flavors among people who use e-cigarettes daily: Results from a 12-Month longitudinal study13
Alternative combusted tobacco product and multiple tobacco product use among individuals with serious mental illness enrolled in a large pragmatic randomized controlled trial13
The longitudinal relationships between problematic smartphone use and anxiety symptoms among Chinese college students: A cross-lagged panel network analysis13
PTSD symptoms and substance use problems in traumatic injury patients: A 24-month follow-up13
Supporting people affected by problematic alcohol, substance use and other behaviours under pandemic conditions: A pragmatic evaluation of how SMART recovery Australia responded to COVID-1913
Correlates of tobacco product initiation among youth and young adults between waves 1–4 of the population assessment of tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2018)13
Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among pregnant women: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis13
Risk of opioid overdose during buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in the fentanyl era13
Functional disability and the risk of subsequent smoking initiation: A prospective cohort analysis13
Youth mental health and nicotine vape use: The moderating role of rural-urban/suburban school environments13
Measurement invariance of the Marijuana Motives Measure among men and women using Stop Cannabis App13
Who’s at greatest risk? Latent profiles of alcohol and cannabis use and related consequences among college students13
State impulsivity amplifies urges without diminishing self-control13
Longitudinal associations between adult-supervised drinking during adolescence and alcohol misuse from ages 25–31 years: A comparison of Australia and the United States13
Long-term effects of alcohol consumption on anxiety in adults: A systematic review13
Distal and proximal risk factors of problematic cannabis use associated with psychotic-like experiences12
Cross-sectional and longitudinal AUD symptom networks: They tell different stories12
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Predictive validity of the original and expanded susceptibility scales for smokeless tobacco12
Factorial validity of the problematic social media use scale among Chinese adults12
Anxiety as a predictor of the age of initiation of tobacco and cannabis use in adolescents and young adults12
Alcohol-related consequences and the intention to seek care in treatment naïve women and men with severe alcohol use disorder12
Prevalence and characteristics of co-occurrence of smoking and increasing-and-higher-risk drinking: A population survey in England12
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Differential neural reward processes in internet addiction: A systematic review of brain imaging research12
Social support, online social support, and problematic social media use: A three-level meta-analysis12
Cannabis and nicotine co-use among primary care patients in a state with legal cannabis access12
Corrigendum to “A qualitative analysis of people who died by suicide and had gambling documented in their coronial file” [Addict. Behav. 163 (2025) 108267]12
Emotion dysregulation, transdiagnostic vulnerabilities, and e-cigarette expectancies in a young adult sample12
Who benefits from alcohol screening and brief intervention? A mini-review on socioeconomic inequalities with a focus on evidence from the United States12
Assessing the association between e-cigarette use and cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis of exclusive and dual use with combustible cigarettes12
What pandemic? A multisite study of drinking motives and drinking games participation among college students during a pandemic (COVID-19) academic year12
The effects of alcohol and marijuana co-use patterns on intimate partner aggression perpetration12
Latent profiles of cannabis use, protective behavioral strategies, and health beliefs in college students12
Symptoms of tobacco dependence among middle and high school tobacco users – Data from the 2019–2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey12
Twisted memories: Addiction-related engrams are strengthened by desire thinking12
Investigation into the psychometric properties of the Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE) in adults with substance use disorder12
Perceptions of e-cigarettes among Australian adolescents, young adults, and adults12
Tobacco and cannabis co-use by route of administration in the United States, 2022/202312
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Intermediate stable states in substance use11
Decreases in smartphone overuse and moderators among adults in general after the COVID-19 outbreak: A three-year prospective study11
Factors associated with attempting and succeeding in smoking cessation following a National Tobacco Control Plan: Analysis of two nationwide surveys (2010 and 2017)11
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Nicotine vaping for relaxation and coping: Race/ethnicity differences and social connectedness mechanisms11
Latent profile analysis of college students’ alcohol and cannabis co-use patterns after recreational cannabis legalization11
Recency measures matter: Variability in reported last use of tobacco and marijuana products among a nationally representative study of U.S. young adults11
Multiple diverse drinking trajectories among sexual minority women: Unique and joint prediction by minority stress and social influence risk factors11
Mental health related adverse events of cytisine and varenicline in smokers with and without mental health disorders: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial11
Prevalence and correlates of positive parental attitudes towards cannabis use and use intention in Australia during 2016 and 201911
The effects of alcohol use on smoking cessation treatment with nicotine replacement therapy: An observational study11
Leveraging social media and large language models for scalable alcohol risk assessment: Examining validity with AUDIT-C and post recency effects11
Factors contributing to the decline in problematic mobile phone use among Chinese emerging adults11
How daily alternative behaviors’ expected value shapes problematic smartphone use? An ecological momentary assessment study11
Investigating the effects of emotion dysregulation and repetitive negative thinking on alcohol hangover anxiety and depression11
A novel smoking cessation behavior based on quit attempts may identify new genes associated with long-term abstinence11
Avoidance biases for vaping stimuli among college students with electronic-cigarette use11
Treating those not ready to quit smoking: Doing harm while trying to help?11
Alcohol-induced blackouts among college student drinkers: A multilevel analysis11
Systematic literature review online gaming addiction among children and young adults: A framework and research agenda11
Cannabis use in context: Relations among impulsive personality traits, context, and cannabis problems11
Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses and gaming preferences in US armed forces veterans receiving inpatient treatment for gambling disorder10
Using Latent Class Analysis to Examine Polysubstance Use Patterns in Adolescents Aged 10-18: A Systematic Review10
Determinants of prescription opioid misuse among Black Americans: Evidence from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health10
The roles of coping style and social support in the experience of harm and distress among people affected by another person’s gambling10
A randomized controlled trial evaluation of a smoking cessation and physical activity intervention delivered via telemedicine in the Norton Sound region of Alaska10
An adaptation and exploratory factor analysis of the smoking-related weight and eating episodes test (SWEET) for electronic cigarette users10
Milestones in the natural course of the onset of e-cigarette dependence among adolescents and young adults: Retrospective study10
Unraveling the core symptoms across distinct trajectories of problematic Internet use among 27,577 adolescents: Cross-lagged panel network analyses10
Further evidence for the bidimensionality of the components model of addiction: a reply to Amendola (2023)10
Mutual-help group participation for substance use problems in the US: Correlates and trends from 2002 to 201810
A bifurcated opioid treatment system and widening insidious disparities10
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