Issues of domestic violence were first addressed and identified in the late 1970s (Chescheir, 1996; Healey, Smith & O’Sullivan, 1998; Muelleman et al., 1996). These early studies focused on the characteristics of the abuser, punishment of the perpetrator, the relationship between the perpetrator and the recipient of abuse, and intervention strategies. In the late 1990s, what was termed domestic...

Femoral pseudoaneurysm is a common occurrence in intravenous drug abuser due to repeated trauma to the femoral artery causing arterial leak contained by the surrounding tissue and does not contain all the layers of arterial wall. Rupture of these aneurysm to exterior is a common presentation while rupture into surrounding structure deemed an emergency surgical attention. Hence, we report an unu...

Abstract Objective To examine prevalence, demographic, and incident factors associated with opioid-positivity in Illinois suicide decedents who died by causes other than poisoning. Method Cross-sectional study of Illinois’ occurring between January 2015 December 2017. Data come from the National Violent Death Reporting System. We used Chi-square tests to compare decedent circumstance characteri...

background substance use and affective disorders frequently co-occur, but the role of affective dysregulation in addiction is often overlooked. there is evidence shows that substance – dependent individuals have more problems in regulating their emotions. objectives this study compared two commonly used emotional regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and suppression, in opioids and metha...

objective: the aim of this study was to examine the difference of early maladaptive schemas and parenting origins in opioid abusers and non-opioid abusers. method: the early maladaptive schemas and parenting origins were compared in 56 opioid abusers and 56 non-opioids abusers. schemas were assessed by the young schema questionnaire 3rd (short form); and parenting origins were assessed by the y...