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  1. Substance Use Disorders Among Forcibly Displaced People: a Narrative Review

    Article • Current Addiction Reports, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  2. Preparation for Detoxification

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  3. High dose Levothyroxine in combination with transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of severe resistant subthreshold rapid cycling bipolar disorder; A case report

    Article • Annals of Psychiatry and Treatment, December 2022, Peertechz.com

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  4. A new approach for the treatment of subthreshold bipolar disorders: Targeted high dose levothyroxine and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for mitochondrial treatment

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, October 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  5. A New Treatment Protocol of Combined High-Dose Levothyroxine and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: A Cohort Evaluation of 55 Patients

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  6. Approaching the field of addictions through the lens of the gender perspective: emerging issues

    Article • Drugs Habits and Social Policy, July 2022, Emerald

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  7. An exploration of identity change in post-detoxification alcohol dependent individuals

    Article • Drugs Habits and Social Policy, June 2022, Emerald

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  8. Harm reduction and abstinence-based models for treatment of substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global perspective

    Article • BJPsych International, February 2022, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  9. The impact of Covid-19 on people under opioid substitution treatment

    Article • Psychiatriki, January 2022, Hellenic Psychiatric Association

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  10. Can intranasal oxytocin reduce craving in automated addictive behaviours? A systematic review

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  11. A feasibility trial of an intervention in alcohol dependence for structured preparation before detoxification versus usual care: the SPADe trial results

    Article • Pilot and Feasibility Studies, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  12. Reorganization of Substance Use Treatment and Harm Reduction Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, April 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Giuseppe Carrà, Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  13. COVID-19 Social Restrictions: An Opportunity to Re-visit the Concept of Harm Reduction in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence. A Position Paper

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, February 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  14. Perspectives of drug treatment and mental health professionals towards treatment provision for substance use disorders with coexisting mental health problems in England

    Article • Drug Science Policy and Law, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  15. Group mindfulness-based therapy for persecutory delusions: A pilot randomised controlled trial

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  16. COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorders as Brain Diseases: Recommendations to a Comprehensive Healthcare Response. An International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Practice and Policy Interest Group Position Paper

    Article • Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal, May 2020, Negah Scientific Publisher

    Dr Giuseppe Carrà, Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  17. A Roadmap for Integrating Neuroscience Into Addiction Treatment: A Consensus of the Neuroscience Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, December 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  18. Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead

    Article • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  19. Prehabilitation in Alcohol Dependence as a Treatment Model for Sustainable Outcomes. A Narrative Review of Literature on the Risks Associated With Detoxification, From Animal Models to Human Translational Research

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, May 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  20. A feasibility study of an intervention for structured preparation before detoxification in alcohol dependence: the SPADe trial protocol

    Article • Pilot and Feasibility Studies, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  21. What Is the Service Users’ Experience of a Woman Only Opioid Replacement Treatment Service?

    Article • Addiction Research, December 2018, SciVision Publishers LLC

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  22. Alcohol use disorders in people with intellectual disability

    Article • BJPsych Advances, May 2018, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  23. The Validity of the Alcohol-Use-Disorder-Identification-Test and a Novel Proxy Test in the Assessment of Alcohol Consumption in the Cognitively Impaired Elderly

    Article • Journal of Addiction Research, April 2018, Opast Group LLC

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  24. Psychotic-like experiences with cannabis use predict cannabis cessation and desire to quit: a cannabis discontinuation hypothesis

    Article • Psychological Medicine, March 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  25. What stops people on long-term opioid substitution from completing treatment?

    Article • Drugs and Alcohol Today, December 2017, Emerald

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  26. Brief therapy for people with Intellectual Disabilities who drink in excess

    Article • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  27. Oxytocin and opioid addiction revisited: old drug, new applications

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  28. Negative expectancies measured with the Substance Use Beliefs Questionnaire can differentiate controls from those in treatment for alcohol dependence

    Article • Drugs and Alcohol Today, June 2015, Emerald

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  29. Are we doing enough to enhance attendance to aftercare? Service users’ evaluation of a group relapse prevention programme for alcohol dependence

    Article • Drugs and Alcohol Today, March 2015, Emerald

    Dr Indiresh Anand, Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  30. Can outcome expectancies be measured across substances? Development and validation of a questionnaire for populations in treatment

    Article • Drugs and Alcohol Today, November 2014, Emerald

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  31. Screening for alcohol misuse within people attending a psychiatric intellectual disability community service

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  32. How important are positive and negative outcome expectancies in the treatment of addiction: a narrative review of the literature

    Article • Drugs and Alcohol Today, August 2014, Emerald

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis

  33. Preparation for alcohol detoxification group programme. Service users’ evaluation of individual sessions

    Article • Journal of Substance Use, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christos Kouimtsidis