The End of My Addiction

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Index
    acamprosate (Campral)
    Acomplia, see rimonabant
    acupuncture
    addiction, diagnostic criteria for
    Addolorato, Giovanni
    affective disorders; see also anxiety; depression
    Agabio, Roberta
    AIDS
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Alcoholics Anonymous (AA); avoidance of situations involving alcohol advised by; coping skills taught in; on “drunk dreams,”; equality in; first time at; founding of; honesty in; life lessons learned in; moderate drinking and; outpatient treatment and; prioritization of recovery in; regular attendance at meetings of; rehab and; smoking in; sponsors in; states fostering craving (“HALT”) identified by
    Alcover
    Ameisen, Emmanuel (“Maniek”) (father)
    Ameisen, Eva (sister)
    Ameisen, Fabienne (sister-in-law)
    Ameisen, Janina (“Yanka”) Schanz (mother)
    Ameisen, Jean-Claude (brother)
    American Psychiatric Association
    amiodarone
    amitriptyline
    amphetamine; see also methamphetamine amygdala
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Andrews, M. M.
    anesthetics, abuse of
    animal studies; of baclofen
    Antabuse, see disulfiram
    antidepressants; see also specific drugs
    anxiety; about obtaining addictive substance; alcohol for relief from; alternative methods for relief of; during binges; in children of Holocaust survivors; feedback loop of; genetic predisposition to; medications for ( see also baclofen); neurotransmission in; perception distorted by; in post-traumatic stress disorder; premonition of existence without; talk therapy for
    anxiolytics; see also specific drugs apoptosis
    Appel, Kenneth E.
    Arenas, Reinaldo
    Arizona, University of
    Arnst, Catherine
    Ativan
    aversion therapy
     
    baclofen (Kemstro, Lioresal); animal studies of; for cirrhosis patients; dosage levels of; for dystonia, gait control, and muscular spasm; effect on neurotransmission of; GHB deficiency and; mechanisms of action of; medical profession’s response to reports on; moderate drinking and; for multiple sclerosis; need for randomized trials of; out-of-patient status of; preliminary double-blind study of; for psychiatric disorders; safety of; self-case report on; side effects of; topiramate compared with; use in addiction therapy of
    Balenciaga
    barbiturates
    Barre, Raymond
    Beaurepaire, Renaud de
    Bécaud, Gilbert
    Bechara, Antoine
    benign idiopathic fasciculation
    benzodiazepines; side effects of; for withdrawal symptom control; see also specific drugs
    Bernard, Jean
    beta-blockers
    Bichat Hospital
    Biden, Joseph
    bilirubin, elevated
    “Bill W.,”
    binge eating
    binges; AA attendance during; cycle of abstinence and; diagnostic standards for; euphoria during; falls during; after leaving rehab; liver damage from
    blackouts
    Blin, Maurice
    Bologna, University of
    Borer, Jeffrey
    brain reward mechanisms
    Brandeis University
    Brattleboro Retreat
    Breslow, M. F.
    British Medical Association
    British Medical Council on Alcohol
    Bucknam, William
    bulimia
    buspirone
    B vitamins
     
    Cabrini Hospital
    Cagliari, University of
    California, University of, San Diego
    Campral, see acamprosate
    cancer; asymptomatic
    cannabis
    Caputo, Fabio
    carbamazepine
    cardiology
    Carleton University
    Carroll, Linda
    catecholamines
    Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
    Chantix
    Charcot, Jean-Marie
    Chick, Jonathan
    Childress, Anna Rose
    Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chirac, Jacques
    Ciba-Geigy
    cirrhosis
    citalopram
    cocaine; in animal studies; case reports on baclofen and
    codeine
    cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); baclofen and; basic concepts of; relapse rates in
    Cohn, Alan
    Coleman, Edward
    Colombo, Giancarlo
    Columbia University Medical Center
    comorbidity
    compulsive behavior
    computed tomography (CT) scan
    Conseil National de l’Ordre des Médecins
    Cornell University Medical College; see also Weill Cornell Medical College cortisol
    Cotzias, George
    Coumel, Philippe
    craving; conventional medications for addiction and; effect of baclofen on; GHB and; “reward,”; triggered by anxiety
    creatine phosphokinase isoenzymes (CPKs)
    cross-addiction
    crush syndrome
     
    Damasio, Antonio
    Damasio, Hanna
    Dausset, Jean
    DeAngelis, Catherine
    delirium tremens (DTs)
    Depade, see naltrexone depression; in children of Holocaust survivors; drugs associated with increase in; medications for; neurotransmission in; in post-traumatic stress disorder; talk therapy for
    Descombey, Jean-Paul
    detoxification
    Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders