Substance abuse is an increasingly important medical and legal problem in Taiwan. This article reviews limited studies in Taiwan on the prevalence of substance abuse and psychiatric co-morbidity, and assessment of substance use disorder, with emphasis on their relation to forensic psychiatry. Complicated interaction exists among substance abuse, criminal behavior, and various mental disorders (...

background: this study aimed at determining the drug abuse pattern and the frequency of high-risk behaviors among the clients of methadone maintenance treatment centers and drop-in centers in shahroud county of semnan province. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the data collection tool was a questionnaire including 10 general and 32 specific items about drug abuse pattern and high-risk be...

the aim of this study was to evaluate suicide probability in iranian males with substance abuse or dependence disorder and to investigate the predictors of suicide probability based on trait mindfulness, reasons for living and severity of general psychiatric symptoms.participants were 324 individuals with substance abuse or dependence in an outpatient setting and prison. reasons for living ques...

the marked shift in the patterns of drug use in iran, from opium smoking to injecting drug use, has led to serious health-related outcomes. this study was designed to explore characteristics of people who inject drugs (pwid) in tehran, iran. nine hundred and four pwid were recruited from treatment and harm reduction facilities, as well as drug user hangouts in public areas in tehran. participan...

conclusions it can be indicated that reinforcing components of emotional intelligence, especially emotional-awareness and impulse control, are effective methods to develop against substance use in among drug-dependent individuals. background drug addiction is one of the most significant problems related to general health in the world, creating various mental problems in addicts and leading to s...

background: alcohol consumption is one of the main health problems in most countries. the purpose of the present study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of alcohol use disorders identification test (audit). methods: by employing the method of available sampling, 70 alcoholic patients were included as case group and 70 normal age, gender and education matched individuals were also incl...

background adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) increases the risk of several psychiatric disorders, like substance use disorders (suds). objectives this study aimed to predict the tendency for drug use from child and adult adhd symptoms in adults among male students from tabriz university, iran. patients and methods for this purpose, 361 students were selected via a stratified...