AR. Ghaffari Nejad

[ 1 ] - Prevalence of Nicotine and Opium Dependence among Psychiatric In-patients in Kerman, Southwestern Iran

Background: Many psychiatric patients have nicotine and other substance dependence. Objective: To determine the prevalence of nicotine and opium dependence among psychiatric in-patients inKerman, a city in southwesternIran. Methods: Three groups of psychiatric inpatients, chronic medical patients and a sample from local population, each including 400 subjects were selected.  Nicotine dependence...