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NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
Volume 141, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104805
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Methamphetamine; Amphetamine; Violence; Aggression; Hostility; Behaviour; Mood; PSAP; TAP
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The relationship between amphetamine use and aggressive or violent behavior remains unclear. A review of laboratory data in humans suggests that acute doses of amphetamine or methamphetamine did not increase aggression according to traditional laboratory measures.
The relationship between amphetamine use and aggressive or violent behaviour is unclear. This review examined laboratory data collected in humans, who were administered an acute dose of amphetamine or methamphet-amine, in order to investigate the link between amphetamines and aggression. It is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42019127711). Included in the analysis are data from twenty-eight studies. Behavioural and/or subjective measures of aggression were assessed in one thousand and sixty-nine research participants, with limited amphetamine-use histories, following a single amphetamine dose (0-35 mg). The available published evidence indicates that neither amphetamine nor methamphetamine acutely increased aggression as assessed by tradi-tional laboratory measures. Future research should assess supratherapeutic amphetamine doses as well as include a broader range of multiple aggression measures, facilitating simultaneous assessment of the various components that comprise this complex, multifaceted construct.
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