Objectives: This study is carried out with the aim of assessing the relationship between craving and impulsivity factors in three main groups of opiate addicts [heroin, crack-heroin (locally known, purified crystaline heroin), and opium]. Method: 77 opiate users in 3 groups [37 heroin intravenous (IV) abusers, 17 crack smokers and 23 opium smokers] were selected using a semi-structured intervie...

Objective: Drug use craving is one of the most high-profile topics in the science of addictive disorders. This study aimed at determining the role of moral disengagement and social intelligence in predicting drug use craving among substance users. Method: A descriptive research method and a correlational research design were used for the conduct of this study. The substance users who had referr...

Objectives: Regarding the importance of craving in the persistence of addiction, this study has been carried out with the aim of determining the differences between the two distinguishable groups of heroin addicts: responders and non-responders to craving cues. Method: In a case-control study, 26 male intravenous heroin addicts were selected from among non-treatment seeker abusing addicts in Te...

Objective: This study was conducted with the aim of examining the role of demographic factors such as age, marital status, education degree, the age of initiating addiction, duration of addiction, monthly cost of drug use, and an incarceration history in the intensity of addicts’ craving for substance use. Method: In this descriptive and cross-sectional study, 195 male addicts, after being inte...

به طور کلی، الکلیسم یک اختلال ناتوان کننده و پرهزینه برای فرد و جامعه است که با مصرف تفننی الکل آغاز می‌گردد. هنگامی که شخصی مصرف الکل را به طور مداوم و به میزان بالا ادامه می‌دهد، پس از مدتی برای رسیدن به تاثیرات خوش‌آیند اولیه ناشی از مصرف، نیازمند به آن است که میزان مصرف خود را افزایش دهد که به این پدیده، تحمل می‌گویند. در پی ایجاد تحمل نسبت به الکل، مشکلات بسیاری برای سلامت فرد ایجاد می‌گرد...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between craving for methamphetamine and personality characteristics of patients under methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Method: Eighty patients under MMT were chosen from Iranian National Centers for Addiction Study, Aftab Society, Aftab-e-Mehrvarzi, and a private infirmary and thereafter answered to Temperament and Charac...

Objective: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship of emotional regulation and negative affect with craving for drug use with the mediating role of depression. Method: This study was a correlational and structural research. The statistical population of this study included all the addicts hospitalized in addiction treatment centers in West Azerbaijan Province who had been admi...

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of alpha-theta neurofeedback in craving for drug use among methamphetamine-dependent (crystal) patients. Method: For this purpose, 20 crystal-dependent patients who were kept in a therapeutic community center in Mashhad were selected by convenience sampling method based on the diagnostic criteria of DSM-V and results of Symptom Check...

Low levels of emotion regulation resulting from the inability to effective cope with emotions and manage them, play a role in the onset and craving of substance use. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotion regulation training on reduced craving in substance-dependent individuals. The present study was a quasi-experimental research in the form of pretest-posttest wi...

با وجود آنکه در کارنامه­ دوران فرمانروایی سلطان محمود غزنوی (389 – 421 ه.ق.) افتخارات سیاسی و نظامی چشمگیری وجود دارد؛ اما او بیشتر به دلیل فتوحات خویش در هندوستان از شهرتی ویژه برخوردار است. پیروزی­های پی در پی سلطان محمود در لشکرکشی­های گوناگون، ولع او را برای تصرف سرزمین های جدید، بیشتر بر می انگیخت. سلطان محمود که با لشکرکشی های مکرر، بر سرزمینی بسیار گسترده سلطه یافته بود، در سال 420 ه.ق. ...