Vol. 15 • Na. 1 • March 2013

In this issue:

• Aggressive behaviour in heroin addicts at treatment entry
  Bacciardi S., Maremmani A.G.I., Rovai L., Rugani F., Pacini M., Lamanna F., Dell'Osso L., Maremmani I.
• Benzodiazepine misuse in heroin addicts: results of a post-mortem study.
  Licata M., Palazzoli F., Verri P., Beduschi G., Pajusco B., Lugoboni F.
• “A School for Life”. Monitoring of a multidisciplinary prevention intervention experience in four Neapolitan Schools
  Curcio F., Capraro C., D'Ascoli G., Focaccio F., Gaveglia M., Longobardo A., Losasso C., Masucci S., Parente M., Petti M., Plenzik M., Villano G., Veneruso C., Molinaro S., Siciliano V., De Rosa G.
• Drug related mortality in Slovenia: differences between deceased treated and untreated illicit drug users
  Lovrečič B., Šemerl J.Š., Lovrečič M., Selb J., Tavcar R., Pacini M., Rovai L., Maremmani A.G.I., Maremmani I.
• Changes in Sleep Quality and Alertness in Opiate-Dependent Subjects after 23 months stable Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment. A pilot exploratory report
  Sarram S., Debrabant R., Fatseas M., Daulouède J.-P., Sagaspe P., Aillard J.T., Philip P., Auriacombe M.
• The effects of a novel take-home treatment strategy in patients with opioid-dependence receiving long-term opioid replacement therapy with buprenorphine/naloxone in Italy: a cost analysis
  Montesano F., Mellace V., on behalf of ATC-DPC project group
• The treatment goal in maintenance treatment of heroin addiction, ought to be more than retention
  Öhlund L.S., Gunne L.
• Is opioid agonist treatment the only way to treat the psychopathology of heroin addicts?
  Maremmani A.G.I.
• Comparing medications used in opioid addiction treatment in Greece
  Newman R.
• Can outcomes monitoring of opioid maintenance treatment be improved in Europe? A statement by some European experts with interests in opioid maintenance treatment and its safety
  Alho H., Auriacombe M., Fischer G., Maremmani I., Scherbaum N., Torrens M.

Vol. 15 • Na. 2 • June 2013

In this issue:

• The Psychopathology of Addiction
  Maremmani I., and Pani P. P.
• It's time to admit the existence of a psychopathology of addiction
  Pani P. P., Maremmani A. G. I., Trogu E., Ruiz P., Akiskal H. S., and Maremmani I.
• Drug addiction: affective temperaments as risk factor.
  Rovai L., Maremmani A. G. I., Bacciardi S., Rugani F., Pacini M., Perugi G., Dell'osso L., Akiskal H., and Maremmani I.
• Drug (heroin) addiction, bipolar spectrum and impulse control disorders
  Bacciardi S., Maremmani A. G. I., Rovai L., Rugani F., Pani P. P., Pacini M., Dell'osso L., Akiskal H. S., and Maremmani I.
• Psychopathological symptoms of heroin addicts at treatment entry
  Maremmani I., Pani P. P., Maremmani A. G. I., Pacini M., Bizzarri I. V., Trogu E., Rovai L., Bacciardi S., Rugani F., Perugi G., Gerra G., and Dell'osso L.
• The effects of agonist opioids on the psychopathology of opioid dependence
  Maremmani A. G. I., Pani P. P., Rovai L., Bacciardi S., Rugani F., Dell'osso L., Pacini M., and Maremmani I.
• Intentional self-poisoning versus other methods of suicide in illicit dug users, according to gender
  Lovrečič M., Lovrečič B., Šemerl J. Š., Maremmani A. G. I., and Maremmani I.
• The Italian Manifesto for the treatment of heroin addiction. The mixed care model. A proposed layout for a new healthcare system for citizens with heroin addiction
  Maremmani I., Barra M., Burton-Phillips E., Cecchini I., Di Chiara G., Gerra G., Mantovani L., Pani P. P., Pitts G., Rossi A., Somaini L., and Starace F.

Vol. 15 • Na. 3 • September 2013

In this issue:

• Malleus maleficarum...
  Pacini M., and Maremmani I.
• Malleus maleficarum... the superstition of psychosocially centred intervention in addictive diseases. Heroin Addiction as case study
  Pacini M., and Maremmani I.
• Transfer to buprenorphine from daily doses of methadone greater than 30mg – initial review of transfers
  Conroy S., and Hill D.
• Safety assessment of low doses of methadone in combination with benzodiazepines in real occasions during methadone maintenance treatment – a pilot study
  Mijatović V., Dickov A., Petković S., Popov T., and Samojlik I.
• Psychosis, trauma, and opioid hypoactivity in the thalamus: a hypothesis
  Vukadinovic Z.
• Successful long-term (3-year) treatment of gambling with naltrexone. A case report
  Piz L., Maremmani A. G. I., Rovai L., Bacciardi S., Rugani F., and Maremmani I.
• Recommendations for measuring treatment outcomes in opioid dependence management: consensus from the GLADD meeting
  Subata E., Gilman M., Alho H., and Maremmani I.
• Vivitrol - A new modality for the treatment of opioid addiction
  Parrino M.

Vol. 15 • Na. N1S • September 2013

In this issue:

• Manifesto Italiano per la Cura delle Tossicodipendenze: Il Modello di Cura Misto. Un manifesto per una nuova organizzazione dell'assistenza sanitaria a soggetti tossicodipendenti da oppiacei
  Maremmani I., Barra M., Burton-Phillips E., Cecchini I., Di Chiara G., Gerra G., Mantovani L., Pani P.P., Pitts G., Rossi A., Somaini L., Starace F.

Vol. 15 • Na. N2S • September 2013

In this issue:

• Effetto di una nuova strategia di take-home in pazienti dipendenti da oppiacei in trattamento di mantenimento con buprenorfina/naloxone in Italia: un'analisi dei costi
  Franco Montesano e Vincenzo Mellace per conto del gruppo “Progetto-ATC-DPC”

Vol. 15 • Na. 4 • December 2013

In this issue:

• Opioid Maintenance in Primary Care: a case register based comparison
  Broers B., Cassis I., Cerutti B.
• Mean platelet volume is elevated in patients with heroin addiction
  Akpinar A., Varol E., Yalniz H., Guven M., Gecici O.
• Long-term replacement of methadone by equipotent buprenorphine for male heroin addicts with methadone-induced hyperprolactinemia and sexual dysfunction. A case report.
  Pacini M., Maremmani A.G.I., Rovai L., Bacciardi S., Rugani F., Maremmani I.
• Do bipolar patients use street opioids to stabilize mood?
  Maremmani A.G.I., Bacciardi S., Rovai L., Rugani F., Akiskal H.S., Maremmani I.
• Self-presentation and health issues of anonymous heroin addicts asking for a free internet medical consultation
  Pacini M., Maremmani A.G.I., Rovai L., Rugani F., Bacciardi S., Maremmani I.
• The intentionality of fatal poisonings among illicit drug users, and predictors for intentional intoxication in Slovenia during the years 2002-2007.
  Lovrecic M., Lovrecic B., Selb Semerl J., Maremmani A.G.I., Maremmani I.
• A controversial side of addiction: new insight in eating behavior
  Piccinni A., Costanzo D., Vanelli F., Franceschini C., Cremone I., Conversano C., Veltri A., Dell'Osso L.