background in order to maintain and promote social health, special attention should be directed towards risky behaviors and the relevant effective factors especially in high-risk groups. objectives this study was aimed to identify the prevalence of substance abuse and its related factors among adolescents in zahedan, southeast of iran. materials and methods this cross-sectional study included a...

objective: patients with bipolar mood disorder constitute a relatively large number of individuals hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals. this disorder is highly co-morbid with other psychiatric disorders and may effect their clinical course. the goal of this study was to determine the co-occurrence rate of anxiety disorders and substance abuse with bipolar mood disorders and their impact on cl...

conclusions by intensive monitoring of the situation of substance abuse among soldiers, commanders can reduce modifiable predictors of suicidal attempt. results the majority of soldiers with mean age of 21.8 (sd = 2.4) years were single (82.1%), employed (54.5%) and had a low level of education or were illiterate (71.1%). in total, 296 (7.5%) soldiers had suicidal attempts in their military ser...

one of the most important factors affecting relapse of addiction is craving beliefs of substance use. the goal of the present study was assessment of the effectiveness of coping skills education program to reduce craving beliefs among opium addicts.in a randomized controlled trial, during september 2011 to august 2012, 70 opium addicted men referred to the behavioral disorders and substance abu...

ôbjective: ïmpulsivity appears to play an important role in suicidal behavior. the aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the impulsivity, substance abuse, and family/friends history of suicide attempt between suicide-ideated and non suicide-ideated university students. methods: the research population consisted of all the students of the üniversity of ïsfahan in the academic year of ...

background evaluation of treatment programs in addiction field is a prerequisite to improve the quality of care. this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of therapeutic community (tc) program in iran.   methods individuals who had voluntarily enrolled in the tc center within a period of seven years, from early 2005 to late 2011, entered the study. those who successfully completed the 1...

A large proportion of persons with severe psychiatric disorders are affected by substance abuse, and clinical research points to the need to treat psychiatric and substance use disorders in an integrated fashion. Accordingly, all mental health clinicians who work with these individuals must develop competence in the detection and treatment of substance use disorders. Simply referring clients wi...

conclusions considering non-modifiable risk factors, leaders and commanders may recognize more vulnerable soldiers and try to resolve modifiable factors and decrease the risk of getting worse (with respect to substance abuse) about 7.3 times. results totally, 6.7% of soldiers improved, 82% remained without change, 6.1% deteriorated, and 5.2% severely deteriorated with regard to their substance ...

background: understanding the motives and reasons for drug treatment is very important. this study aimed to develop a psychometric evaluation to determine the reasons for addiction treatment among outpatients referred to addiction treatment clinics. methods: this cross-sectional validation study included five phases (i) item generation (ii) making an initial questionnaire (iii) content validity...