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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Heather Ashton was a British psychopharmacologist and physician. She is best known for her clinical and research work on benzodiazepine dependence. Biography Chrystal Heather Champion was born in Dehradun, northern India, to Harry Champion, a British silviculturist, and Chrystal Champion, a secretary. From the age of six, she attended a boarding school in Swanage, Dorset, England. When WWII began, she was evacuated to West Chester, Pennsylvania; during the crossing, her ship was attacked by a U-boat.
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- The diagnosis and management of benzodiazepine dependence (2005) (364)
- Benzodiazepine withdrawal: an unfinished story. (1984) (263)
- Self-titration by cigarette smokers (1979) (192)
- Guidelines for the rational use of benzodiazepines. When and what to use. (1994) (189)
- Guidelines for the Rational Use of Benzodiazepines (1994) (168)
- Benzodiazepine withdrawal: outcome in 50 patients. (1987) (149)
- Puffing Frequency and Nicotine Intake in Cigarette Smokers (1970) (149)
- Protracted withdrawal syndromes from benzodiazepines. (1991) (140)
- Smoking: Psychology and Pharmacology (1982) (123)
- Patterns of alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use in British university students: interfaculty comparisons. (1997) (107)
- The effect of caffeine, nitrazepam and cigarette smoking on the contingent negative variation in man. (1974) (105)
- SMOKING AND CARBOXYHÆMOGLOBIN (1973) (89)
- High frequency localised “hot spots” in temporal lobes of patients with intractable tinnitus: A quantitative electroencephalographic (QEEG) study (2007) (88)
- Tranquillisers: prevalence, predictors and possible consequences. Data from a large United Kingdom survey. (1989) (74)
- Effects of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on cold-induced pain in normal subjects. (1984) (72)
- GABA-Ergic Drugs: Exit Stage Left, Enter Stage Right (2003) (70)
- Electroencephalograph effects of single doses of Ginkgo biloba and Panax ginseng in healthy young volunteers (2003) (69)
- Randomised controlled trial of two brief interventions against long-term benzodiazepine use: outcome of intervention (2004) (65)
- Alcohol, drinking, illicit drug use, and stress in junior house officers in north-east England (1998) (63)
- Toxicity and Adverse Consequences of Benzodiazepine Use (1995) (57)
- Fatty Acid Composition of Lipids in the Eggs and Alevins from Wild and Cultured Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (1993) (51)
- ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PROLONGED BENZODIAZEPINE USE (1986) (48)
- The seed and the soil: effect of dosage, personality and starting state on the response to delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol in man. (1981) (43)
- Should intake of carbon monoxide be used as a guide to intake of other smoke constituents? (1981) (43)
- Letter: Smoking and carboxyhaemoglobin. (1973) (42)
- Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses to caffeine in poor and normal sleepers (1995) (40)
- Biphasic dose-related responses of the CNV (contingent negative variation) to I.V. nicotine in man. (1980) (40)
- Risks of dependence on benzodiazepine drugs: a major problem of long term treatment. (1989) (38)
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation produces variable changes in somatosensory evoked potentials, sensory perception and pain threshold: clinical implications for pain relief. (1986) (37)
- The treatment of benzodiazepine dependence. (1994) (37)
- New horizons in the neuroscience of consciousness (2010) (37)
- Cortical evoked potentials and clinical rating scales as measures of depressive illness (1988) (31)
- Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and aspirin on late somatosensory evoked potentials in normal subjects (1984) (29)
- Central nervous system depressant actions of clonidine and UK-14,304: partial dissociation of EEG and behavioural effects. (1978) (28)
- The adult psychiatrist's dilemma: psychostimulant use in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (2006) (27)
- Lincomycin and clindamycin. (1970) (24)
- Cannabis or health? (2002) (23)
- A comparison of some physiological and psychological effects of propranolol and diazepam in normal subjects. (1976) (23)
- Brain systems, disorders, and psychotropic drugs (1987) (23)
- Neurochemistry of consciousness : neurotransmitters in mind (2002) (22)
- Protracted Withdrawal From Benzodiazepines: The Post-Withdrawal Syndrome (1995) (22)
- Brain function and psychotropic drugs (1992) (22)
- Therapeutics 13. Urea as a topical agent. (1971) (19)
- Randomised controlled trial of two brief interventions against long-term benzodiazepine use: Cost-effectiveness (2008) (18)
- THERAPEUTICS XVI (1971) (16)
- Anticonvulsants as mood stabilisers (1999) (15)
- Cannabis or health (2002) (14)
- Predictors of response to brief intervention in general practice against long-term benzodiazepine use (2011) (13)
- Schizophrenia: clinical features and brain mechanisms (1992) (13)
- The Use of Event-Related Slow Potentials of the Brain in the Analysis of Effects of Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine in Humans (1978) (12)
- Stimulant and depressant effects of cigarette smoking on brain activity in man (1973) (12)
- Psychopharmacological and endocrinological effects of melanocyte stimulating hormones in normal man (1977) (12)
- Topical treatment of skin tumours with 5-fluorouracil. (1970) (12)
- A comparison of some physiological and psychological effects of Motival (fluphenazine and nortriptyline) and diazepam in normal subjects. (1978) (10)
- The effect of long-term use of benzodiazepines on the eye and retina (2004) (10)
- THERAPEUTICS XI (1970) (9)
- An electroencephalographic investigation of short-term effects of three hypothalamic hormones (TRH, LH/FSH-RH, GH-RIH) in normal subjects. (1976) (8)
- The analgesic effects of acupuncture on experimental pain threshold and somatosensory evoked potentials in healthy volunteers (1996) (7)
- Acupuncture or counselling: outcomes and predictors of treatment choice in a non‐statutory addiction service (2009) (7)
- Patterns of smoking. Social and psychological factors. (1983) (6)
- Drugs and Memory (1982) (6)
- Management of herpes zoster. (1969) (6)
- Event-Related Potentials and Cognitive Processing of Affectively Toned Words in Depression (2002) (6)
- Essential Pharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications By S. M. Stahl. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1996. 379 pp. £80.00(hb), £29.95(pb) (1997) (5)
- ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NICOTINE (1991) (5)
- The Psychopharmacologists III (2001) (5)
- Drug dependency: benzodiazepines (2001) (4)
- A small controlled study to determine the time of onset of action of oxypertine after oral administration in normal subjects. (1972) (4)
- Changes in short and long latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPS) following Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): Individual differences and implications for mechanisms (1985) (3)
- Neurochemistry of Consciousness: Neurotransmitters in Mind. Advances in Consciousness Research (2002) (3)
- THERAPEUTICS X (1970) (3)
- TERATOGENIC DRUGS (1983) (3)
- The use of event-related slow potentials of the human brain as an objective method to study the effects of centrally acting drugs (1977) (3)
- Benzodiazepine with drawal: an unfinished story (1984) (2)
- Defining the indefinable: comments on Smith. (2002) (2)
- Letter: Effect of smoking on carboxyhaemoglovin level in pregnancy. (1976) (2)
- 12. Delirium and hallucinations (2002) (2)
- Herpes simplex virus infections and idoxuridine. (1971) (2)
- DRUGS AND DRIVING (1983) (2)
- Relevance of pharmacokinetics to prescribing in psychiatry. (1994) (1)
- THERAPEUTICS XIII (1971) (1)
- Songs, Rockets and Whistling Kettles: Electroencephalographic Changes in Drug Related Auditory Disturbances and Treatment with Acupuncture and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (1993) (1)
- Drugs acting on arousal and sleep systems (1992) (1)
- 5. Motivation: Reward and punishment systems (2002) (1)
- Tetracyclines in dermatology. (1969) (1)
- Therapeutics. XI. Immunosuppressive drugs. (1970) (1)
- Transcutaneous electrical nervestimulation produces variable changes insomatosensory evoked potentials, sensoryperception andpainthreshold: clinical implications forpainrelief (1986) (1)
- Therapeutics X. Topical antifungal agents. (1970) (1)
- Junior doctors and stress (1998) (0)
- THERAPEUTICS XII (1970) (0)
- WHO expert committee on drug dependence, 20th report (World Health Organization technical report series, no. 551), 89 pages, 1 illustration, 4 tables, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1974, annual subscription Sfr 70.00 (1975) (0)
- Auditory Gamma-Band Oscillation as a Neurological Basis for Tinnitus (2009) (0)
- Depression and mania: clinical features and brain mechanisms (1992) (0)
- Drugs used in depression and mania (1992) (0)
- Drugs acting on reward and punishment systems (1992) (0)
- Contingent negative variation (CNV) and drug effects (1982) (0)
- Book reviews : Hindmarch I, Stonier PD eds, 1989: Human psychopharmacology: measures and methods, volume two. Chichester: John Wiley. 296 pp; figs; tables; £36.50 (HB). ISBN 0 471 912 557 (1990) (0)
- Disorders of memory (1992) (0)
- Book Review: Calming the Brain: Benzodiazepines and related drugs from laboratory to clinic (2005) (0)
- Lipid composition and fatty acid profiles of eggs from wild and cultured chinook salmon (oncorhynchus tshawytscha) broodstock (1991) (0)
- Psychoactive drugs and social judgment — Theory and research By K. R. Hammond and C. R. B. Joyce (eds.), xvii + 278 pages, 60 illustrations, 11 tables, John Wiley and Sons, New York, London, 1975, US$ 18.50, £ 9.25 (1976) (0)
- Undercurrents of consciousness (2010) (0)
- Effects of single doses of Panax ginseng and Ginkgo biloba on topographic EEG (2002) (0)
- Retinoic acid. (1971) (0)
- Disorders of arousal and sleep systems (1992) (0)
- Use of drugs in psychiatry: the evidence from psychopharmacology. (Fifth edition). Edited by John Cookson, Cornelius Katona and David Taylor. Royal College of Psychiatrists. Cromwell Press Ltd: Trowbridge, 2002. Pages: 416. ISBN 1-901242-29-3. £20.00 (2002) (0)
- Undercurrents of consciousness: The endocannabinoid system (2010) (0)
- Reward and punishment systems (1992) (0)
- CARDIAC FAILURE DUE TO PRIMARY AMYLOIDOSIS (1956) (0)
- How do patients with chronic pain use tens (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulatioi)? (1990) (0)
- The use of event-related slow potentials of the brain as an objective method to analyse the actions of centrally-active drugs in man [proceedings]. (1977) (0)
- Psychopharmacology — A biological approach (Series in experimental psychology), by R. A. Levitt, x + 502 pages, 58 illustrations, 22 tables, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington, D.C., distributed by John Wiley and Sons, London, New York, 1975, £ 9.45 (1976) (0)
- 10. Effects of drugs on sleep (2002) (0)
- THERAPEUTION IX (1970) (0)
- NEUROCHEMISTRY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN MIND Edited by E. Perry, H. Ashton and A. Young 2002. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company (2002) (0)
- THERAPEUTICS VII (1969) (0)
- Arousal and sleep systems (1992) (0)
- Individual differences in short and long latency somatosensory evoked potentials (1986) (0)
- JUNIOR DOCTORS AND STRESS. AUTHORS' REPLY (1998) (0)
- Antipsychotic and psychotomimetic drugs (1992) (0)
- Drugs and behavior — A primer in neuropsychopharmacology By E. L. Abel, x + 229 pages, 48 illustrations, 42 tables, John Wiley and Sons, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, 1974, £7.55 (1975) (0)
- Learning and memory systems (1992) (0)
- Disorders of reward and punishment systems (1992) (0)
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