Open AccessVisual Image-Induced Craving for Ethanol (VICE): Development, Validation, and a Pilot fMRI Study
Author(s) -
Bharath Holla,
Biju Viswanath,
Sri Mahavir Agarwal,
Sunil V. Kalmady,
Ami Sebastian Maroky,
Deepak Jayarajan,
Rose Dawn Bharath,
Ganesan Venkatasubramanian,
Vivek Benegal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.130984
Subject(s) - craving , cronbach's alpha , psychology , functional magnetic resonance imaging , audiology , orbitofrontal cortex , visual analogue scale , clinical psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , medicine , psychometrics , cognition , addiction , physical therapy , prefrontal cortex
Craving induction in a controlled environment is helpful in the research of craving mechanism and its role in development of alcohol dependence (AD). We describe a novel tool Visual Image-induced Craving for Ethanol (VICE) and its effects on brain activation with pilot functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).