Major depression among methamphetamine users entering drug treatment programs

Against professional advice: treatment attrition among pregnant methamphetamine users

Pregnant methamphetamine users who leave substance use treatment against professional advice may be at risk of poorer health outcomes. To examine the hypothesis that methamphetamine use during pregnancy may be associated with leaving substance use treatment against professional advice, the 2006 Treatment Episode Data Set was analyzed. A logistic regression adjusting for age, race, service setti...

Factors Associated with Symptoms of Depression among Injection Drug Users Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment in Indonesia

OBJECTIVE Few studies have examined psychiatric comorbidity among HIV positive injection drug users (IDUs) in resource-limiting settings. We sought to identify key factors associated with symptoms of depression among IDUs receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in Jakarta and Denpasar, Indonesia. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at five ARV delivery sites in Indonesia. Former ...

Identifying methamphetamine users at risk for major depressive disorder: findings from the methamphetamine treatment project at three-year follow-up.

Little is known about risk factors for depression in methamphetamine users. Using data from 526 adults in the largest psychosocial clinical trial of methamphetamine users conducted to date, this study examined clinical, demographic, and substance use characteristics that predict the presence of a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) three years after treatment for methamphetamine depend...

Study on Efficacy of Group Motivational Interviewing in Reducing Impulsivity among Drug Users on Methadone Treatment

Introduction: motivational interviewing techniques to manipulate and extract of patients' good behavior in order achieve to their better health behavior changes. Materials and Methods: The type of research used in this quasi-experimental, pre-test and post-test in done by control group. The statistics obtained from the population the population consists of all individuals associated with drug...

Treatment of major depression: selection of initial drug.