Drug addicts and their behaviour related to drug addiction among the institutionalized addicts of the Galle District

Suicidal behavior among drug addicts.

Objective: to describe the profi le of drug addicts attended in a mental health service, the frequency of suicidal behavior among the participants and the associations between these two problems. Method: an exploratory, retrospective and descriptive study based on a quantitative approach, and data collected from medical records of patients with F10-F19 diagnoses according to the ICD-10 treated ...

The qualitative study of drug relapse among addicts

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the causes of recurrence of substance abuse by addicts. Methods: The present study was a qualitative study that was carried out in a case study and its population included all the people who were improving the dependence on substance use in Isfahan city in 1397 who were attempting to discontinue and discontinue their dependence on Narcotics An...

Sexual addiction in drug addicts: The impact of drug of choice and poly-addiction.

Objective: To compare the risk of comorbid sexual addiction in a sample of individuals with a diagnosis of substance dependence, stratifying the sample by drug of choice as well as by mono versus polysubstance addiction. Method: All data were collected at Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil. The study sample comprised all alcohol or drug dependents admitted to the Addiction Treatment Unit between...

Causes of death among institutionalized narcotic addicts.

Mortality among drug addicts in Greater London.

During January 1970 to December 1974, 134 deaths in people aged 10-50 years investigated by coroners in Greater London were recorded as being due to drug addiction. Over three-quarters of the addicts were under 30, and 105 (78%) were male; 55 (41%) were unknown to the Home Office. Barbiturate overdose accounted for over half of the deaths, though two-thirds of these were in people registered as...