Psychotherapy
September 1, 2022
David H Rosmarin, Steven Pirutinsky, Eleanor M Schuttenberg et al.
4 citations
Previous research suggests that patients receiving spiritual psychotherapy may have better outcomes when treatment is provided by nonreligious clinicians, compared to religious clinicians. We examined these effects within a large and clinically heterogeneous sample of patients (N = 1,443) receiving Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential, and Intensive Treatment (SPIRIT; Rosmarin et...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
October 1, 2015
Yasmin Mashhoon, S Sava, Jennifer T Sneider et al.
The prevalence of marijuana (MJ) use among youth and its legalization for medical or recreational use has intensified public health endeavors of understanding MJ effects on brain structure and function. Studies indicate that MJ use is related to impaired cognitive performance, and altered functional brain activation and chemistry in adolescents and adults, but MJ effects on brain morphology in...
Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
April 24, 2013
Jennifer T Sneider, Yasmin Mashhoon, Marisa M Silveri
Marijuana (MJ) remains the most widely used illicit drug of abuse, and accordingly, is associated with adverse effects on mental and physical health, and neurocognitive decline. Studies investigating the neurobiology of underlying MJ effects have demonstrated structural and functional alterations in brain areas that contain moderate to high concentrations of cannabinoid (CB1) receptors and that...
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
June 2011
Staci A Gruber, Marisa M Silveri, Mary Kathryn Dahlgren et al.
Difficulty monitoring and inhibiting impulsive behaviors has been reported in marijuana (MJ) smokers; neuroimaging studies, which examined frontal systems in chronic MJ smokers, have reported alterations during inhibitory tasks. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides a quantitative estimate of white matter integrity at the microstructural level. We applied DTI, clinical ratings, and...
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
November 2006
Jennifer T Sneider, Harrison G. Pope, Marisa M Silveri et al.
The quantitative measurement of cerebral perfusion is crucial for the study of both normal and impaired human brain function. Although cannabis is the most commonly abused illicit substance in the United States, its effects on cerebral blood volume (CBV) have not been fully examined. The objective of the present study was to examine differences in relative regional blood volume in focal regions...