Introduction & Objective: The aim evaluate the relationship between salivary cortisol and viable count of mutans streptococci. in abuse patient.by using cobass device to determine level of salivary cortisol in two group and count colony of bacteria mutans streptococci (CFU/ml) by identification and culturing method. Methods: This study included a sample of 86 participants  aged 17–30 years old...

Background: Substance abusers are not able to withdraw drugs eternally despite the abundance of different treatments; therefore, withdrawal programs are not quite successful and notwithstanding all the successes of methadone maintenance therapy, there are some defects found in the manner this treatment is applied. Thus, this study was conducted to explore the experience of drug abusers regardin...

An important goal of addiction research and treatment is to predict behavioural responses to drug-related stimuli. This goal is especially important for patients with impaired insight, which can interfere with therapeutic interventions and potentially invalidate self-report questionnaires. This research tested (i) whether event-related potentials, specifically the late positive potential, predi...

Clinical course of infectious endocarditis (IE) was analysed for 43 intravenous drug abusers. 42 of them had primary IE, one patient--secondary. Acute course and high activity of the disease were registered in 86% of the patients. IE was provoked by Staphylococcus aureus (50%), Staphylococcus epidermidis 920%), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (11%), E. coli (8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2%), Candid...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been documented to cause direct and indirect central nervous system dysfunction that can be observed as a progressive decline in neuropsychological functioning in a large proportion of persons with HIV and AIDS. Neuropsychological decline in individuals with HIV is characterized by cognitive and motor slowing, attentional deficits, executive dysfunction an...

Centres for the treatment of drug abusers are often integrated with regional psychiatric hospitals and are the focus of the British response to opiate addiction. Little is known, however, about the use made of these services by drug users in the community or about the success of these services. This study examined the use made of one centre offering a detoxification service by a cohort of 183 h...

Introduction: In the modern world, drug abuse is one of fastest emerging social issues. Cannabinoid receptor agonists are becoming increasingly popular as abused substance due to their ease cultivation and availability. Case report: We present a series three cases who were scheduled for lower limb surgeries planned under spinal anaesthesia. All patients consuming either cannabis or its products...

Background: Few longitudinal cohort studies have focused on the impact of substances abused and psychiatric disorders on premature mortality. The aim of the present study was to identify predictors of increased risk of drug related death and non drug related death in substance abusers of opiates, stimulants, cannabis, sedatives/ hypnotics, hallucinogens and alcohol over several decades. Methods...

BACKGROUND Few longitudinal cohort studies have focused on the impact of substances abused and psychiatric disorders on premature mortality. The aim of the present study was to identify predictors of increased risk of drug related death and non drug related death in substance abusers of opiates, stimulants, cannabis, sedatives/hypnotics, hallucinogens and alcohol over several decades. METHODS...

results there was significant reduction in anger symptoms of drug-dependent individuals after gross model based emotion regulation training (ert) (p < 0.001). moreover, the effectiveness of the training on anger was persistent in the follow-up period. conclusions symptoms of anger in drug-dependent individuals of this study were reduced by gross model-based emotion regulation strategies trainin...