ORIGINAL PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

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• Aoun EG, Porta G, Melhem NM, Brent DA. Prospective Evaluation of the DSM-5 Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Criteria in Adults: Dimensional and Diagnostic Approaches. Psychological Medicine. 2020; 16; 1-10

 

• Aoun EG, Appelbaum PS. Ten Years after the ADA Amendment Act (2008): The Relationship Between ADA Employment Discrimination and Substance Use Disorders. Psychiatric Services. 2019; 70 (7); 596-603

 

• Wall BW, Aoun EG. Diversity and Inclusion Within AAPL. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2019; 47 (3); 274-277

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• Aoun EG, Bazzi L. Addiction and the Law. American Journal on Addictions. 2018; 27; 56-57

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• Virani S, Aoun EG, Genova N, Brainch N, Albuquerque Gomes C, Hurley B, Bazzi R. Decoding New York State’s Prescription Monitoring Program. Psychiatric Services. 2018 (in press) 

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• Aoun EG, Jimenez VA, Vendruscolo LF, Walter NAR, Barbier E, Ferrulli A, Haass-Koffler CL, Darakjian P, Lee MR, Addolorato G, Heilig M, Hitzemann R, Koob GF, Grant KA, Leggio L. Relationship Between the Aldosterone – Mineralocorticoid Receptor Pathway and Alcohol Drinking: Preliminary Translational Findings Across Rats, Monkeys and Humans. Molecular Psychiatry. 2017 May; doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.97. [Epub ahead of print]

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                 Press Releases:

• November 2017 paper of the month. A relationship between the aldosterone-mineralocorticoid receptor pathway and alcohol drinking: preliminary translational findings across rats, monkeys and humans. (irp.drugabuse.gov)

• NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder. (NIAAA.NIH.gov)

• NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder. (NIH.gov)

                 Article featured in (selected websites):

• NIH Findings Link Aldosterone with AUD,. (NIAAA Spectrum) 

• Aldosterone-Mineralocorticoid Pathway Linked To Craving For Alcohol. (MedicalResearch.com) 

• Hormone  in the Body May Contribute  to Alcohol Abuse. (CT Post) 

• Increasing Aldosterone Levels Drives Alcohol Seeking Behavior. (Technology Networks) 

• Aldosterone Hormone Linked to Alcohol Use, Cravings, (Medscape Medical News) 

• NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder, (Technology.org)

• Findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder, (Medical Press) 

• The Handoff: Your Week in Endocrinology News - 7/21/17 (Endocrinology Advisor) 

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• Haass-Koffler CL, Aoun EG, Swift RM, De La Monte SM, Kenna GA, Leggio L. Leptin Levels are Reduced by Intravenous Ghrelin Administration and Correlated with Cue-Induced Alcohol Craving. Translational Psychiatry. 2015 Sep; 29(5):e646

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                 Article featured in

• Appetite-Regulating Hormones May Block Cravings (Medscape Medical News)

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• Aoun EG, Haass-Koffler C, Swift RM, Addolorato G, Kenna GA, Leggio L. Relationship Between the Thyroid Axis and Alcohol Craving. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2015 Jan; 50(1):24-29.

 

• Aoun EG, Swift RM. Pharmacotherapy of Alcohol and Drug Dependence. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports. 2015 Mar; 2(1):30-39

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• Aoun EG, Christopher PP, Ingraham JW. Emerging Drugs of Abuse: Clinical and Legal Considerations. Rhode Island Medical Journal. 2014 Jun; 97(6):41-45. 

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• Aoun EG, Minhas HM, Hunt J. Synthetic Cannabinoids Use in the Adolescent Population. The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter. 2014 Jan;30(1):1-4.

 

• Saba S, Mehdi H, Shah H, Islam Z, Aoun E, Termanini S, Mahjoub R, Aleong R, McTiernan C, London B. Cardiac Levels of NOS1AP RNA from Right Ventricular Tissue Recovered During Lead Extraction. Heart Rhythm Journal. 2012 Mar; 9(3):399-404. 

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• Musallam KM, Abi Saad GS, Majdalani MM, Muwakkit SA, Bou-Khalil PK, Aoun EG, Sawaya RA, Khalil I, Taher A. Use of Recombinant Activated Factor VII for Intractable Bleeding in Patients Without Hemophilia: A Developing Country Tertiary Care Center's Experience. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2010 Dec; 16(6):658-662.

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• Hashash JG, Zakhary L, Aoun EG, Refaat M. Heterotropic Mesenteric Ossification. Colorectal Disease Journal. 2012 Jan; 14(1):e29-30.

 

• Hashash JG, Refaat M, Aoun EG, Baidoo L. Cytomegalovirus Colitis. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Internal Medicine. 2012 Jan; 79(1):12-13.

 

• Musallam KM, Aoun E, Mahfouz R, Khalife M, Taher A. JAK2V617F and Prothrombin G20210A Gene Mutations in a Patient With Budd-Chiari Syndrome and Essential Thrombocythemia. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2010 Aug; 16(4):472-474.

 

• Aoun EG, Musallam KM, Abou-Ghazal M, Taher AT. Malignancy and hypercoagulability: a two-way association revisited. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2010 Oct; 30(3):340-341.

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• Aoun EG, Musallam KM, Uthman I, Beydoun A, El-Hajj T, Taher AT. Childhood Stroke in a Child with Familial Mediterranean Fever Carrying Several Prothrombotic Risk Factors. Lupus. 2009 Aug; 18(9):845-847.