Mount Sinai researchers pinpoint when cocaine-addicted individuals are most vulnerable to relapse

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) New research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai using electroencephalography, or EEG, indicates that adults addicted to cocaine may be increasingly vulnerable to relapse from day two to one month of abstinence and most vulnerable between one and six months. The findings, published online today in JAMA Psychiatry, suggest that the most intense periods of craving for illicit substances often coincide with patients' release from addiction treatment programs and facilities.

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