Addictive, Compulsive, and Impulsive Disorders Lab

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This website is intended for the prevention, education and treatment of Addictions, Impulse-Control Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Our goal with this website is to create a place where patients and their families can search for the up-to date scientific information that will help them make informed decisions.

Featured Articles

Click on the drop down bars below to find links to a few spotlighted articles.

Behavioral Addictions and Criminal Responsibility

Blum, A. W., & Grant, J. E. (2017). Behavioral Addictions and Criminal Responsibility. The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 45(4), 464-471.

Cold Pressor Task in Skin Picking Disorder

Grant, J. E., Redden, S. A., & Chamberlain, S. R. (2017). Cold pressor pain in skin picking disorder. Psychiatry research, 249, 35-38.

Validation of the MIDI

Chamberlain, S. R., & Grant, J. E. (2018). Minnesota Impulse Disorders Interview (MIDI): Validation of a structured diagnostic clinical interview for impulse control disorders in an enriched community sample. Psychiatry research, 265, 279-283.

Access the PDF here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985960/pdf/main.pdf

Differences in the cognitive profile of depression between racial groups

Grant, J. E., Harries, M., & Chamberlain, S. R. (2018). Differences in the cognitive profile of depression between racial groups. Annals of clinical psychiatry: official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, 30(1), 32.

Access the PDF here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788274/pdf/emss-75588.pdf

Reading Suggestions

BFRB Research

Dr. Grant speaks on recent research on Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB’s) at the Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC) Annual Conference, April 2014.