INTRODUCTION Psychiatric disease is overlooked in drug users. Patients with both drug abuse and a psychiatric disease - dual diagnosis - suffer decreased compliance to treatment and decreased life expectancy compared with single-diagnosis patients. Identifying the patients among either drug addicts or mentally ill patients is difficult. METHODS All drug addicts autopsied at the Department of ...

Clinical and preclinical studies provide convincing evidence for persistent neurological/psychiatric impairments and possible neuronal degeneration associated with chronic cocaine/stimulant abuse. These impairments include multifocal and global cerebral ischemia, cerebral hemorrhages, infarctions, optic neuropathy, cerebral atrophy, cognitive impairments, and mood and movement disorders. These ...

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Drug dependence is a chronic and often recurrent disorder which is associated with many problems such as AIDS, hepatitis, etc. This disorder requires treatment management over time. Methadone maintenance therapy is one addiction treatment method which prevents not only the...

The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy program in reducing risk relapse for recovering addicts. applied quasi-experimental approach, where sample consisted (10) individuals addicted substance (Ceptagon and Synthetic cannabinoids), who are present addiction treatment center / Arjan. They were divided into two equal groups, an experimental group consisting (...

BACKGROUND This study compared the effects of three drug addiction treatment methods on quality of life and mental health of drug addicts. METHODS In this study, 227 Iranian male drug addicts were selected from Mazandaran Province (northern Iran). They were randomized to be treated with methadone maintenance treatment, therapeutic community, or residential rehabilitation. The Short Form Healt...

addiction is one of the most serious social damages and due to its progressive nature in all aspects, adversely affects people's physical and psychological health. hence, this paper investigates the characteristics of drug addicts in a drug rehabilitation center in the city of isfahan.in this cross-sectional study conducted in 2012, the population consisted of all addicts that referred to shefa...

OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiological profile and patterns of cocaine use among hospitalized drug users. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out among drug users, aged 18 years or more, hospitalized in one out six selected psychiatric hospitals in the metropolitan area of Greater S o Paulo, whose clinical conditions allowed them to reliably answer to a standardized questionnaire a...

Self administered questionnaires completed by 69 out of 100 consecutive drug addicts attending two drug dependence clinics suggested that some private general practitioners were easily persuaded to prescribe controlled drugs. These drugs were usually methadone, dipipanone-cyclizine (Diconal), and methylphenidate (Ritalin). Numbers of new narcotic addicts notified to the Home Office confirmed th...

ZINC IMBALANCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION IN ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG USERS (Abstract): Zinc deficiency is well-documented to be associated with alcoholism, being considered a consequence of unbalanced eating habits in such patients. The present review focuses on zinc imbalance in drug addicts and on the po ssible beneficial role of zinc administration as dietary supplement. All rel...

Background: Drug abuse and drug dependence are very common in the community, which causes complications patients. It is necessary to identify these complications. Objectives: The aim of this study was compare blood parameters oral inhaled opium addicts with healthy individuals Zahedan. Methods: This performed on 60 people (20 group addicts, 20 group). After recording demographic information, we...