https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/the-tobacco-industry-is-globally-changing-the-way-we-use-tobacco The Spanish TV channel 3 Cat has produced a report in Sweden about the new tobacco and nicotine market. The report, which is now completed, is comprehensive and covers various aspects, including the perspective of researchers as well as that of the tobacco industry. Wed, 28 May 2025 07:43:59 +0200 https://news.ki.se/how-the-parkinsons-drug-levodopa-causes-psychiatric-complications Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a mechanism responsible for a serious psychiatric complication caused by dopamine replacement therapy in Parkinson’s disease. The results of these findings were recently published in Molecular Psychiatry. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:50:19 +0200 https://news.ki.se/nicotine-in-a-new-guise The use of new nicotine products such as white snus and e-cigarettes has increased significantly among young people in Sweden. Marketed as tobacco-free, these products often contain high levels of nicotine and are flavoured in ways that attracts new target groups. But what do we really know about the risks? Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:28:18 +0200 https://news.ki.se/a-prescription-for-quitting-nicotine Tanja Tomson and her colleagues have developed a support tool for healthcare professionals whose patients want to quit nicotine. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:19:15 +0200 https://news.ki.se/gambling-addiction-may-increase-the-risk-of-long-term-sick-leave Gambling addiction can increase the risk of long-term sick leave for several years, according to a new study published in Psychological Medicine. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet behind the study point to the need to detect people with gambling addiction in time to avoid financial and health problems. Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:11:13 +0100 https://news.ki.se/intellectual-disability-more-common-in-families-with-substance-use-disorder Children of a parent with alcohol or drug use disorder have a greater risk of intellectual disability, even if the problem only lies with the father, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report. According to the study, which is published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, preventive measures should be directed at both parents. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:06:23 +0200 https://news.ki.se/internet-cbt-to-prevent-child-sexual-abuse-launched-in-several-languages An online anonymous cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment program for individuals with a sexual interest in children showed good results in an English language pilot study. Now the CBT program for crime prevention also opens in Swedish, German, and Portuguese. The treatment program, which has been developed by researchers and psychologists at Karolinska Institutet, will be evaluated within the framework of an international research collaboration funded by the EU. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:00:05 +0100 https://news.ki.se/positive-media-coverage-of-cannabis-studies-regardless-of-therapeutic-effect In cannabis trials against pain, people who take placebos report feeling largely the same level of pain relief as those who consume the active cannabinoid substance. Still, these studies receive significant media coverage regardless of the clinical outcome, report researchers from Karolinska Institutet in a study published in JAMA Network Open. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:00:04 +0100 https://news.ki.se/adhd-medication-for-amphetamine-addiction-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-hospitalisation-and-death The ADHD medication lisdexamfetamine was associated with the lowest risk of hospitalisation and death in people with amphetamine addiction, when medications generally used among persons with substance use disorders were compared. This is shown in a large registry-based study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in collaboration with the University of Eastern Finland and Niuvanniemi Hospital, published in JAMA Psychiatry. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:00:04 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researchers-awarded-funding-for-research-programmes-on-harmful-use-in-working-life Harmful use of, for example, alcohol and drugs in working life can lead to fatigue, increased sick leave and reduced productivity. Eight research projects are now being awarded a total of SEK 30 million by Afa Försäkring in a research programme aimed at reducing sick leave due to the harmful use of alcohol and/or drugs. Four of the researchers are from Karolinska Institutet (KI). Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:10:39 +0100 https://news.ki.se/effects-of-cannabis-use-studied-in-new-doctoral-thesis Cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of other illicit drug use as well as of anxiety and depression – at least among those who have used cannabis during the 2000s, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet. The results also show that cannabis-related diagnoses have gradually increased, especially in young adults and more commonly in men with less education, lower incomes and other psychiatric diseases. Tue, 03 May 2022 09:00:32 +0200 https://news.ki.se/only-a-minority-of-those-with-alcohol-use-disorders-receives-medication Only a minority of Swedes with alcohol use disorders are prescribed alcohol medication, a situation that has remained largely unchanged in the country since the mid-2000. That is according to a study at Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Prescriptions of alcohol medication are also unevenly distributed in the society, the study found. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:30:05 +0200 https://news.ki.se/opioid-prescriptions-remained-elevated-two-years-after-critical-care Nearly 11 percent of people admitted to an intensive care unit in Sweden between 2010 and 2018 received opioid prescriptions on a regular basis for at least six months and up to two years after discharge. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in Critical Care Medicine. The findings suggest some may become chronic opioid users despite a lack of evidence of the drugs’ long-term effectiveness and risks linked to increased mortality. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:00:04 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researcher-awarded-28-million-dollar-nih-prime-grant-for-drug-targeting-the-opioid-systems-in-alcohol-dependence KI researcher Professor Lars Terenius, in collaboration with two US groups, has been awarded a 5-year Prime Project Grant of 2.8 million US dollars from The National Institutes of Health, USA, to study how selected drugs affect the dynamics of opioid systems in Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD). Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:32:16 +0100 https://news.ki.se/web-based-cbt-effective-for-alcohol-use-disorder While alcohol dependency is becoming increasingly common, it is difficult to obtain help. However, new research presented in a doctoral thesis by Magnus Johansson at Karolinska Institutet shows that web-based CBT is no less effective than face-to-face CBT. Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:24:07 +0200 https://news.ki.se/a-molecular-map-of-the-brains-decision-making-area Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have come one step closer toward understanding how the part of our brain that is central for decision-making and the development of addiction is organized on a molecular level. In mouse models and with methods used for mapping cell types and brain tissue, the researchers were able to visualize the organization of different opioid-islands in striatum. Their spatiomolecular map, now in Cell Reports, may further our understanding of the brain’s reward-system. Tue, 24 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0100 https://news.ki.se/wants-to-take-action-before-it-is-too-late Over 2,000 rapes committed against children were reported in 2015. Now, Christoffer Rahm, a specialist doctor in psychiatry and a researcher at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge, is going to investigate whether medication can prevent a person with a sexual attraction to children from offending. 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