PSY-8156: Research in Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Athamneh, L. N., DeHart, W. B., Pope, D., Mellis, A. M., Snider, S. E., Kaplan, B. A., & Bickel, W. K. (2019). The phenotype of recovery III: Delay discounting predicts abstinence self-efficacy among individuals in recovery from substance use disorders. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 33(3), 310–317.
The article provides a discussion of theories that explain addiction recovery behaviors. This article focuses on the role of abstinence self-efficacy in a successful recovery. Pay special attention to how the theory of behavioral economics is applied in this process.

Nicholson, R., Mackenzie, C., Afifi, T. O., & Sareen, J. (2019). Effects of gambling diagnostic criteria changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5 on mental disorder comorbidity across younger, middle-aged, and older adults in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Gambling Studies, 35(1), 307-320.
This resource provides a discussion of the evolution of the diagnosis of gambling disorder. This article focuses on the addition of gambling disorder to the DSM-V. Pay special attention to how the changes in the criteria for gambling disorder impacted the diagnosis.

Robinson, S. M., & Adinoff, B. (2016). The classification of substance use disorders: Historical, contextual, and conceptual considerations. Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 6(3), 1-23.
The resource provides a well-crafted discussion of the development of substance use disorder criteria. This article focuses on the history of the development of the diagnosis of SUD. Pay special attention to the controversies surrounding the development of the diagnosis of substance use disorder.

Stevens, J. E., Steinley, D., McDowell, Y. E., Boness, C. L., Trull, T. J., Martin, C. S., & Sher, K. J. (2019). Toward more efficient diagnostic criteria sets and rules: The use of optimization approaches in addiction science. Addictive Behaviors, 57-64.
This resource provides information on changes in the diagnostics process.
This article focuses on why there should be a common substance use disorder category. Pay special attention to the discussion of subjectivity in the diagnostic process.

Petry, N., Blanco, C., Auriacombe, M., Borges, G., Bucholz, K., Crowley, T., Grant, B., Hasin, D., & O’Brien, C. (2014). An overview of and rationale for changes proposed for pathological gambling in DSM-5. Journal of Gambling Studies, 30(2), 493–502.
This resource presents information on how gambling disorder was added to the addictive disorders category. This article focuses on the addition of Gambling Addiction in the DSM-V. Pay special attention to the anticipated effect the changes will have on diagnosis and treatment.