Correlates of health-related quality of life in Thai patients with alcohol dependence.

This study aimed to examine the correlates of health related quality of life in Thai patients with alcohol dependence. The amount of alcohol intake was calculated by timeline followback chart and the health related quality of life was determined by Short Form-36 Health Survey. The means of the Short Form-36 Physical Component and Mental Component Summary were 67.

Topiramate treatment for alcoholic outpatients recently receiving residential treatment programs: a 12-week, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Background: Initiation of a relapse prevention medication is crucial at the end of alcohol detoxification. This study aimed to examine the efficacy and safety of topiramate for alcoholism in patients receiving a residential treatment program of alcohol detoxification and post-acute treatment.

Methods: This was a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of topiramate for alcoholism in patients receiving a residential treatment program.

Cognitive changes in topiramate-treated patients with alcoholism: a 12-week prospective study in patients recently detoxified.

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the 12-week cognitive changes in topiramate-treated patients recently detoxified from alcohol.

Methods: Participants were inpatients with DSM-IV alcohol dependence. All of them were discharged within 14 days after the initiation of topiramate treatment.

Treatment for inhalant dependence and abuse.

Background: Inhalants are being abused by large numbers of people throughout the world, particularly socio-economically disadvantaged children and adolescents. The neuropsychological effects of acute and chronic inhalant abuse include motor impairment, alterations in spontaneous motor activity, anticonvulsant effects, anxiolytic effects, sensory effects, and effects and learning, memory and operant behaviour (e.g.