background: to measure suspected abuse of the methamphetamine (ma) among methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) patients in tehran, we studied all 206 patients who were admitted to mmt program from 2009 to 2015 to andishe-no addiction treatment clinic.  methods: ma presence was screened in one of the random urine samples routinely taken for tests of other drugs.  results: 70 (34.3%) patients wer...

This study examines the relationship between childhood abuse and partner abuse among a sample of predominantly African-American and Hispanic women, who were patients in methadone clinics in Harlem and the South Bronx. A structured questionnaire addressing demographics, psychosocial and physical health characteristics, depression, childhood abuse, and domestic violence was administered to 151 wo...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between women who reported current and past physical or sexual abuse and those who did not in terms of mean total prenatal weight change, the odds for inadequate prenatal gain, and the odds for excessive prenatal gain. METHODS This study used a matched retrospective cohort design. Data were from the charts of 578 clients of an...

This study examined the effects of emotional abuse in childhood, along with physical and sexual abuse, on suicidality in adulthood, and whether and how emotional abuse and depressive symptoms in adulthood mediate the association between the childhood emotional abuse and suicidality. The data were drawn from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey, a nationally representative survey with a multist...

PURPOSE Prescriptions for hydrocodone immediate-release (IR) combination products have recently decreased, yet they represent the majority of opioid prescriptions dispensed and are commonly abused analgesics among both adults and adolescents. Little data exist to understand the contribution of IR products to the problem of prescription opioid abuse. This study aimed to better understand abuse p...