UNT Disposition, Emotion, & Addiction Research - DEAR Lab

03/06/2026

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03/06/2026

The treatments appeared to help prevent a wide range of substance use disorders and reduce serious harms from existing ones

01/06/2025

Socially awkward young adults are more prone to regularly binge drink, but they back off their boozing bouts as they become older and more secure.

FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Socially awkward young adults are more prone to regularly binge drink, but they back off their boozing bouts as they be

11/08/2024

Heavy ex-smokers needed over 25 years of cessation to lower cardiovascular risk.

Ex-smokers with a light lifetime smoking burden had a CVD risk shortly after quitting similar to those who have never smoked, results from a cohort analysis showed.However, findings from the retrospective study suggest that ex-smokers who smoked heavily may need to restrain from smoking for more tha...

10/23/2024

"Understanding the genetics of how Oriental wasps stomach so much ethanol could eventually lead to better treatments for alcohol-use disorders, which affects nearly 30 million Americans."

Oriental wasps may have evolved a genetic mutation to handle their liquor, thanks to a beneficial relationship with yeast.

02/13/2024

Supporting and improving mental health could have a direct impact on substance use among teens in the United States, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

02/09/2024

12 Senate Democrats, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, urged the DEA in a letter to remove ma*****na from the Controlled Substances Act altogether.

02/09/2024

Ma*****na is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed from the nation’s most restrictive category of drugs, federal scientists have concluded.

Ma*****na is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed from the nation’s most restrictive…

02/09/2024

NIH-supported analysis finds just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine.

02/09/2024

New research would determine the benefit of psychedelics for treating PTSD and depression in veterans.

The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a request for applications (RFA) for proposals from its network of VA researchers (in collaboration with academic institutions) to study the use of certain psychedelic compounds in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.

01/16/2024

Thirdhand smoke was detected in every home tested in a new study, even those where no one smoked indoors.

THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of homes tested in a new study contained toxic byproducts of cigarette smoke.Known as thirdhand smoke, th

01/13/2024

The Department of Health and Human Services confirms Schedule III recommendation for cannabis based on accepted medical use.

The U.S. government has released hundreds of pages of documents related to its ongoing review of ma*****na’s status under federal law, officially confirming for the first time that health officials have recommended the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) place cannabis in Schedule III of the Con...