conclusions students are considered one of the most vulnerable groups of society. the students living in dormitories are more vulnerable to drug abuse due to the lack of parental supervision and the impact of peer pressure. therefore, localization of acceptance at universities in order to prevent cultural mixing of students and education programs for teaching life skills to students efficiently...

the present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effect of antihypertensive drugs on aortic atherogenesis in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. in enalapril and nifedipine treated rabbits aortic atherosclerotic plaque involvement was significantly decreased (p<0. oland p

the youth trend factors addiction to drugs was the purpose of this research. in the other words, it is attempted to answer to essential question what factors are caused to the addiction in the youth? to reach to answer the above question, it is used mainly from four theoretical perspectives namely anomaly theory, isolationism theory, labeling theory and sutherland learning theory. the independe...

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) is a marker for apoptosis, and its protein level is known to be increased in post-mortem Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease brains. tTG is increased in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease. However, the influence of psychotropic medication on acute cell death has not been studied so far in vivo, although some experiments performed in vitro...

OBJECTIVE Estimate the prevalence of psychotropic drugs use in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and establish its relationship with the presence of mental disorders. METHODS A probabilistic sample of non-institutionalized individuals, from the general population of Rio de Janeiro (n = 1208;turn out:81%), 15 years or older, who were interviewed using the Composite International Diagnostic I...

Utilizing computer-assisted quantitative analyses of human scalp-recorded electroencephalogram (EEG) in combination with certain statistical procedures (quantitative pharmaco-EEG) and mapping techniques (pharmaco-EEG mapping), it is possible to classify psychotropic substances and objectively evaluate their bioavailability at the target organ: the human brain. Specifically, one may determine at...

How wide and deep is wide and deep enough? A critique of surgical practice in excisions of primary cutaheous malignant melanoma. 11 Day CL, Harrist TJ, Gorstein F, et al. Malignant melanoma; prognostic significance of "microscopic satellites" in the reticular dermis and subcutaneous fat. Sober AJ, et al. Prognostic factors for melanoma patients with lesions 0-76 through 1-69 mm in thickness; an...

OBJECTIVE To identify patterns of mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances associated with heroin overdose in young people. DESIGN Linkage of data on use of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription drugs with data from a self-report questionnaire. SETTING Inner metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. SUBJECTS 163 young people, 15-30 years, using heroin. MAIN O...

Stomatopyrosis is commonly associated with stressful situations, which implies the importance of psychological conditions of the patients with this symptom. Patients suffering from burning mouth syndrome suffered from some psychical disturbances as well. The fact that depression and anxiety are closely connected with stomatopyrosis has been scientifically confirmed. The data which systematicall...

Multidrug use is well documented among nonmedical users of prescription stimulants. We sought to provide insight into the drug use patterns of those reporting nonmedical use of prescription attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulants in an attempt to discern whether such use is a first step in a pattern of drug-abusing behavior or, conversely, is a later development accompanied o...