conclusions in psychoactive substance dependents, serum routine biochemistry parameters can be used to predict the need for intensive monitoring and treatment programs. results there was a statistically significant difference in the gamma-glutamyl transferase (ggt), uric acid, creatinine, urea, albumin, aspartate aminotransferase (ast) medians between the dependent and control groups (p < 0.05)...

objective: the aim of the present research was to study the effect of the metacognition training on the metacognition approaches and the magnitude of disposition towards substance abuse as the result of learning various metacognition strategies.  methods: the research method was experimental with the pre-test, post-test design. the statistical population included all of abusers male in tc, by a...

ôbjective: substance abuse is commonly associated with psychiatric disorders including mood disorders (especially depression), personality disorders and psychosis. the purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of methadone on depressive symptoms of imprisoned intravenous substance user. methods: this semi-experimental study was conducted on intravenous drug abusers in pris...

background in order to maintain and promote social health, special attention should be directed towards risky behaviors and the relevant effective factors especially in high-risk groups. objectives this study was aimed to identify the prevalence of substance abuse and its related factors among adolescents in zahedan, southeast of iran. materials and methods this cross-sectional study included a...

introduction: children may be intentionally or unintentionally exposed to any substance. substance poisoning is one of the most important emergency interventions in children that cause a great number of deaths each year. regarding the importance of this issue and recent increase in number of poisoning cases, a study with the aim of investigating cases of substance poisoning and factors involved...

substance use disorder is conceptualized as a chronic relapsing condition where relapse is usually defined as the return to problematic substance use following treatment. an issue of great importance is the identification of the predictors of relapse and the development of treatments that may help prevent relapse. one of the strongest predictors of relapse is craving. the purpose of the present...

background and aim: one of the common problems in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance abuse is emotion regulation difficult. the aim of this study was to compare emotion regulation strategies in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance abuse and normal people. materials and methods: this study was conducted with historical cohort method. 40 patients with ocd, 40 ...

research findings have shown that birth order and season of birth are related to some of the mental disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders. autism, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity and substance abuse, and these disorders are related to dopamine level. a retrospective study was designed to investigate 130 substance abusers (119 males and 11 females) which were treated duri...