ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Cathinone Use Disorder in the Context of Slam Practice: New Pharmacological and Clinical Challenges.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of synthetic cathinone use and psychosis.Psychopharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- Addictive disorders and correlates in the context of chemsex practices: A French online survey.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
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- Mental Health and Drug Use Patterns Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Engaging in Chemsex in the UK.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of access condition on substance use disorder-like phenotypes in male and female rats self-administering MDPV or cocaine.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Types of psychoactive substance and manifested risky sexual behaviors among men - a review.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2024Review
- Lethal Lust: Suicidal Behavior and Chemsex-A Narrative Review of the Literature.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Chemsex and Psychosis: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Psychoactive Drugs-From Chemical Structure to Oxidative Stress Related to Dopaminergic Neurotransmission. A Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
background"Slam" has emerged since 2008 as a new international phenomenon among men who have sex with men (MSM); it consists of the intravenous injection of drugs before or during planned sexual activity. The practice of slam is associated with the use of psychostimulants, including synthetic cathinones.
methodsAll spontaneous notifications (Nots) of slam practice reported between January 2012 and October 2019 at the Nantes addictovigilance center in France were collected and analyzed. The purpose of this work was to analyze cases of slam to characterize cathinone use disorder according to the diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and to further our knowledge of slam practice based on data on drug use, risk taking and harmful consequences.
resultsWe collected 39 slam Nots. The severity of cathinone use disorder was mild, moderate and severe for 18%, 12%, and 58% of the patients, respectively. "Much time spent using cathinone" was the diagnostic criterion most often cited (82%).
conclusionsTo the best of our knowledge, our study is the first to evaluate the presence of a cathinone use disorder. Cathinone use disorder seems particularly important in this population of users, and negative consequences of slam practice appear quickly.
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