background: this study aimed to investigate the impact ofinternet addiction on some psychiatric symptoms among universitystudents.methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted among 250students selected via quota sampling from universities in isfahan,iran. participants completed demographic questionnaire, youngdiagnostic questionnaire, internet addiction test and symptomchecklist‑90‑revisio...

background stressful life events may cause initiation of drug use among people. the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of stress management skill training on depression, anxiety and stress levels in drug addicts after withdrawal. objectives the population included all drug addicts after withdrawal in 2012 in alborz province. materials and methods the study was quasi-ex...

objectives: the current study was designed to examine the association between the emotional expressiveness style and addiction potential among male high school students. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 male high school students that had been selected through multi-stage random sampling from karaj city’s at-risk high schools. the research tools consisted of: a) the research...

UNLABELLED Adolescence represents a particularly vulnerable period during which exposure to stressors can precipitate the onset of psychiatric disorders and addiction. The basolateral amygdala (BLA) plays an integral role in the pathophysiology of anxiety and addiction. Acute and chronic stress promote increases in BLA pyramidal cell firing, and decreasing BLA excitability alleviates anxiety me...

results addiction potential was positively related to personality characteristics. we found that those with the highest addiction potential (47%) exhibited the following 3 traits: char­acteristics of schizophrenia, psychological exhaustion, and depression. conclusions there were no significant differences in the addiction potential among the students with respect to grade, field of study, age, ...

BACKGROUND Addiction for narcotics is a dangerous reality, especially in teenagers and young persons, and is one of the most important socioeconomic and health problems, threatens the human society and leads to social stagnancy in various aspects. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed at determining Meta-cognitive relationship with addiction potential tendency in students and determining the dis...

background methadone effectively alleviates psychiatric disorders. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of methadone maintenance therapy in reduction of anxiety and depression among drug-abuser prisoners in ahvaz karoon’s prison. patients and methods in our interventional case-control study, 100 drug-abuser prisoners in ahvaz karoon’s prison, iran, with the symptom...

Introduction The Internet is an integral part of our everyday life. Aside from its positive effects, what have garnered researchers’ attention are its adverse side effects and adolescents’ addiction to it. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of Internet addiction and its relationship to anxiety, stress, and depression among Iranian high-school students in Shahr-e Kord, Iran. Mat...