BACKGROUND According to drug gateway theory, smoking cigarettes, especially, low onset age of smoking, is one of the risk factors for future use. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to compare nicotine and opiate addicts to identify the differences in personality traits and onset age of smoking in the two groups that cause some individuals to appeal to other substances after starting to use ci...

INTRODUCTION One of the newest non-occupational sources of lead contamination is drug addiction, which has recently been addressed as a major source of lead poisoning in some countries. The present study aimed to investigate the blood lead level (BLL) of asymptomatic opium addicts. METHODS This case-control study was conducted during a one-year period to compare BLL of three groups consisting...

Introduction This paper addresses two overlapping questions: Do addicts have the capacity to voluntarily quit drugs? And do individuals knowingly pursue courses of action that they realize are bad for them, such as excessive drug use? Methods I propose two testable versions of free will. First, the observation that activities differ in the degree to which they are susceptible to the influence...

BACKGROUND Impulsivity refers to a wide spectrum of actions characterized by quick and nonplanned reactions to external and internal stimuli, without taking into account the possible negative consequences for the individual or others, and decision-making is one of the biologically dissociated impulsive behaviors. Changes in impulsivity may be associated with norepinephrine. Various populations ...

This study evaluated the mediating role of interpersonal problems in the link between mobile phone addiction levels and negative emotions among mobile phone addicts and possible-mobile phone addicts respectively. The purpose of this study was to address two gaps in research. First, previous research has revealed that a positive association existed between mobile phone addiction levels and negat...

Correspondence to: Davor Bodor, md, Psychiatric hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Jankomir 11, 10090 Zagreb, Croatia, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2015 KBCSM, Zagreb e-mail: [email protected] • www.http//hrcak.srce.hr/acoholism Summary: Numerous conducted studies, as well as the daily clinical experience, proves the importance of the role that impulsiveness plays in the clinical cours...

The functioning of reward in drug addicts is a major issue both in terms of pathophysiology and in a rehabilitative view. We used a PET imaging device to assess the hedonic functioning of methadone maintained heroin addicts, compared to control subjects, by two modalities: 1) the elicitation of interest by anticipated monetary reward; 2) the neuroimaging correlates of visually elicited pleasure...

Islamic Boarding School or Pesantren is not only a place to teach religion, but also teaches other fields such as agribusiness and even rehabilitation for narcotics addicts. Rehabilitation process of integrated treatment activities free addicts from drug dependence. one the places that can be used rehabilitate people who are addicted drugs by using values usually applied students boarding schoo...

On the moral model of addiction, addicts are morally responsible and blameworthy for their addictive behaviours. The is sometimes resisted on grounds that blaming incompatible with treating addiction in a compassionate non-punitive way. I argue consistent addressing compassionately non-punitively better accounts both role addicts’ agency recovery process. If an addict behaviours, behaviour some...