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'Bundle of fun' or 'bunch of problems'? : Case series of khat-related deaths in the UK
Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio; Oyefeso, Adenekan; Ghodse, A. Hamid; Tonia, Thomy; Naidoo, Vinesha; Button, Jennifer (2011)Twenty million people worldwide use khat (Catha edulis). Previously confined to Eastern Africa and Arabia, consumption is spreading to other regions. Chewing khat leaves releases the stimulants cathinone and cathine. Khat ... -
Buprenorphine mortality, seizures and prescription data in the UK, 1980-2002
Schifano, Fabrizio; Corkery, John; Gilvarry, Eilish; Deluca, Paolo; Oyefeso, Adenekan; Ghodse, A. Hamid (2005)Buprenorphine safety in overdose has been debated recently, but no mortality data related to this compound from the UK have been published. To gather together all of the buprenorphine mortality figures, a number of different ... -
Bupropion perceived as a stimulant by two patients with a previous history of cocaine misuse
Vento, A.E.; Schifano, Fabrizio; Gentili, Federica; Pompei, Francesco; Corkery, John; Kotzalidis, Georgios D.; Girardi, Paolo (2013-12)Background and objective. Despite animal studies having shown a generalisation of the bupropion cue to cocaine, this drug has been used in cocaine abuse with mixed results. We here aimed at describing two cases which ... -
Burnout, coping and job satisfaction in service staff treating opioid addicts : from Athens to Zurich
Volker, R.; Bernhard, B.; Kokkevi, A.; Schifano, Fabrizio; Room, R.; Palm, J.; Stohler, R.; DiFuria, L.; Rehm, J.; Holscher, F.; Schwarzer, C. (2010)The Treatment-systems Research on European Addiction Treatment study (TREAT-project) is a longitudinal multicenter study on predominantly opioid-dependent patients and their health-care system in six European cities. As ... -
Buvidal: is it really a ‘game changer’ in the treatment of problematic opioid use?
Holloway, Kate; Schifano, Fabrizio (2023-11-30) -
Can mobile phone technology support a rapid sharing of information on Novel Psychoactive Substances among health and other professionals internationally?
Simonato, Pierluigi; Bersani, Francesco Saverio; Santacroce, Rita; Cinosi, Eduardo; Schifano, Fabrizio; Bersani, Giuseppe; Martinotti, Giovanni; Corazza, Ornella (2017-06-28)Background The diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs), combined with the ability of the Internet to act as an online marketplace, has led to unprecedented challenges for governments, health agencies, and substance ... -
Can reinforcement-based interventions to reduce drug use successfully be adapted to routine opioid maintenance treatment?
Specka, Michael; Öning, Antje; Kluwig, Jürgen; Schifano, Fabrizio; Banger, Markus; Lange, Wolfgang; Lax, Hildegard; Marrziniak, Bärbel; Schüngel, Claudia; Scherbaum, Norbert (2013-12-01)Introduction. Comorbid substance related disorders are a major health problem for patients in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT). It was investigated whether a reinforcement scheme adapted to the regulatory and financial ... -
Cannabidiol (CBD) Use in Psychiatric Disorders; A Systematic Review
Bonaccorso, Stefania; Ricciardi, Angelo; Zangani, Caroline; Chiappini, Stefania; Schifano, Fabrizio (2019-09)Cannabidiol (CBD) and ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the most represented phytocannabinoids in Cannabis sativa plants. However, CBD may present with a different activity compared with the psychotomimetic THC. Most ... -
Cannabis; epidemiological, neurobiological and psychopathological issues: an update
De Luca, Maria Antonietta; Di Chiara, Gaetano; Cadoni, Cristina; Lecca, Daniele; Orsolini, Laura; Papanti, Duccio; Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio (2017-04-13)Cannabis is the illicit drug with both the largest current levels of consumption and the highest reported lifetime prevalence levels in the world. Across different countries, the prevalence of cannabis use varies according ... -
Characteristics of deaths associated with kratom use
Corkery, John; Streete, Peter; Claridge, Hugh; Goodair, Christine; Papanti, Duccio G.; Orsolini, Laura; Schifano, Fabrizio; Sikka, Kanav; Körber, Sophie; Hendricks, Amy (2019-09-01)Background: Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa Korth) use has increased in Western countries, with a rising number of associated deaths. There is growing debate about the involvement of kratom in these events. Aims: This study ... -
The characteristics of deaths involving kratom in the United Kingdom and elsewhere
Corkery, John; Claridge, Hugh; Goodair, Christine; Papanti, Duccio; Orsolini, Laura; Koerber, Sophie; Schifano, Fabrizio (2016-05-31) -
The clinical challenges of synthetic cathinones
Schifano, Fabrizio; Napoletano, Flavia; Arillotta, Davide; Zangani, Caroline; Gilgar, Liam; Guirguis, Amira; Corkery, John; Vento, Alessandro (2019-11-01)Within the new psychoactive substances (NPS) scenario, several hundreds of different molecules, mostly including synthetic cannabinoids and cathinones, have so far been identified. The aims of the paper were to: (a) identify ... -
Clinical handover incident reporting in one UK general hospital
Pezzolesi, Cinzia; Schifano, Fabrizio; Pickles, John; Randell, William; Hussain, Zakar; Muir, Helen; Dhillon, S. (2010)To determine the prevalence and characteristics of clinical handover incidents that occurred across a medium-size UK hospital. -
Clozapine, neutropenia and Covid-19: should clinicians be concerned? 3 months report
Bonaccorso, Stefania; Ricciardi, Angelo; Ouabbou, Sophie; Theleritis, Christos; Ross-Michealides, Arabella; Metastasio, Antonio; Stewart, Neil; Mohammed, Marwa; Schifano, Fabrizio (2021-05)Background: Clozapine is among the most effective antipsychotics used for treatment resistant schizophrenia. Adverse reactions to clozapine include neutropenia. In March 2020, at the start of the Coronavirus -19 pandemic, ... -
Club Drugs and Psychiatric Sequelae: An Issue of Vulnerability and Previous Psychiatric History
Martinotti, Giovanni; Del Villar, Cristina Merino; Cordoba, Andrés Garcia; Tubau, Lluís Andrés; Sánchez, Ivan Castro; Di Carlo, Francesco; Chiappini, Stefania; Pettorruso, Mauro; Schifano, Fabrizio; Di Giannantonio, Massimo (2021-06-29)The pursuit of pleasure among clubbers and disco-goers often involves drug use. However, whether substance use may represent a relevant risk factor contributing to the development of psychiatric symptoms and of mental ... -
Club Drugs: Psychotropic Effects and Psychopathological Characteristics of a Sample of Inpatients
Martinotti, Giovanni; Giorgetti, Raffaele; Schifano, Fabrizio; di Giannantonio, Massimo (2020-08-31)Background: growing evidence supports the possibility of significant psychiatric consequences related to novel and traditional psychoactive substance consumption. The problem of differential diagnosis has hampered research ... -
Cocaine/crack cocaine consumption, treatment demand, seizures, related offences, prices, average purity levels and deaths in the UK (1990-2004)
Schifano, Fabrizio; Corkery, John (2008)A recent trend of escalating use of cocaine/crack cocaine was observed in the UK. The number of mentions on death certificates; last year use of cocaine; treatment demand, number of drug offenders, seizures, prices and ... -
Combined NMDA Inhibitor Use in a Patient With Multisubstance-induced Psychotic Disorder
Caloro, Matteo; Calabrò, Giuseppa; de Pisa, Eleonora; Rosini, Enrico; Kotzalidis, Georgios D; Lonati, Davide; Locatelli, Carlo Alessandro; Papa, Pietro; Schifano, Fabrizio; Girardi, Paolo (2018-05-01): Novel psychoactive substance use is a major social concern. Their use may elicit or uncover unpredictably as yet undescribed clinical pictures. We aimed to illustrate a multisubstance use case indistinguishable from ... -
Coming off prescribed psychotropic medications: insights from their use as recreational drugs
Schifano, Fabrizio (2020-07-02) -
Commentary on: Attafi IM, Albeishy MY, Oraiby ME, Khardali IA, Shaikhain GA, Fageeh MM. Postmortem Distribution of Cathinone and Cathine in Human Biological Specimens in a Case of Death Associated with Khat Chewing. Arab J Forensic Sci Forensic Med. 2018 Jun 7;1(7).
Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio; Guirguis, Amira (2019-12-31)The interpretation of post-mortem human tissue toxicology levels may be affected by the sampling site chosen. It is important to bear this in mind when looking at the psychoactive constituents of khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) ...