objectives to examine the military service predictors resulting in worsening drug abuse status. patients and methods a cross-sectional study with 3140 young soldiers was conducted in summer and autumn of 2010 and; the participants completed three questionnaires, namely the texas christian university drug screen (tcuds) ii, the addiction severity index and a questionnaire designed by the researc...

background: alcohol dependence (ad) is a major reason for morbidity and visits to emergency medical settings. however, the detection of ad is often difficult or overlooked. this study aimed to develop a brief screening questionnaire in hindi language for detection of ad in an emergency medical setting. methods:  the authors in consultation devised a set of questions related to ad in the hindi l...

conclusions the health status and life situation of street children in this region do not seem appropriate and earning money is the most important motivation to being a street child. unlike violence, the tendency to substance abuse, especially cigarette smoking, was pretty high. on the other hand, the lower age of illicit drug abuse among these children in this study indicates a higher vulnerab...

background: the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of illicit medicine abuse among pregnant women who referred to the general teaching hospital in tehran. materials and methods: a non-randomized sample of 2189 eligible pregnant women, which were at 2nd and 3rd trimester, were visited for 2nd prenatal care or subsequent consultation and being confident regarding the time of taki...

Substance abuse is a global problem with geographical variations in patterns of abuse. Studies from substance abuse prevalent areas play a major role in understanding of factors predicting relapse. A cross sectional study was planned to asses various factors determining relapse in substance abusers. 40 patients of substance abuse relapse were compared with 40 abstinent subjects as controls. All...

objective: spouse abuse is a major worldwide health concern and includes a wide range of emotional, physical and sexual maltreatments. the objective of present study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of spouse abuse among women who were registered with health centers in the city of sari. methods: we distributed two specifically designed questionnaires among one thousand women who...

the increase in substance abuse among youths and its complications form one of the most pressing health problems among students as an important and vulnerable group in society. the purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude of dormitory students of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences  regarding substance abuse in 2013. this is a descriptive-analytic cross sectional...

aim and background: personality traits are among the factors affecting the tendency to substance abuse. personality evaluations have shown sensation seeking to be a particularly strong predictor of initial substance abuse across a variety of drug use categories. the aim of this study was to determine levels of sensation seeking in addicted and normal subjects while considering gender. methods a...

results the most common drug used by 48 women (81.35%) was th eopium, followed by crack(8.47%), heroin (1.69%), methadone (1.69%)and cannabis (1.69%). mean age of the first time experience of cigarette smoking was 17.11 ± 9.22 years. also, the mean age of the first time drug substance use was 27.62 ± 10.46 years and the mean duration of drug use was 5.2 ± 12.0 years. among studied women, 74.57%...