Biomedical texts are relatively obscure in describing relations between specialized entities, and the automatic extraction of drug–drug or drug–disease from massive biomedical presents a challenge faced by many researchers. To this end, paper designs relation method based on dependency information fusion to improve predictive power model for given entities. Firstly, we propose local–global prun...

Drug dependency in adult and paediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is described and the significance of this response pattern in clinical practice discussed in this review. Dependent patients maintain remission while on the treatment, but they relapse shortly after drug cessation or dose decrease. However, a quick restoration of remission and sustained response is achieved w...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of group psychotherapy with transactional analysis (TA) approach on emotional intelligence (EI), executive functions and substance dependency among drug-addicts at rehabilitation centers in Mashhad city, Iran, in 2013. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, case- control stages, 30 patien...

ôbjective: ço-morbidity of personality disorders with illicit drug abuse has a deleterious effect on the management outcome of both conditions. this study was conducted to assess the prevalence of different personality disorders among substance dependent patients in an ïranian city (ïsfahan) with a view to have a better understanding of various management strategies. methods: â total of 368 dif...

background addiction is a community problem, which has a negative effect on mental health and huge burden on society. previous studies clarify the role of substance abuser attitude on addiction.this study aimed to evaluate the effect of psycho education on attitude to drug addiction in patients with opioid dependency. material and methods total 40 patients (age18-45 years old), who have been re...

An extra £550m (€642m; $761m) for local authorities to tackle drug dependency should be ringfenced over five years reverse huge recent cuts, a major review of UK policy has concluded. The call is one 30 recommendations made in the independent misuse from Carol Black, which examined prevention, treatment, and recovery among people who take drugs, with aim reducing misuse. The report, published...