BACKGROUND In clinical practice, the level of sensory block in spinal anesthesia in opium abusers is lower than that in non-abusers because of adaptive changes caused by opium use. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the level of sensory block resulting from the intrathecal administration of 0.5% bupivacaine in opium abuser patients undergoing lower extremity and lower abdomin...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of drug use disorders, the correlates of drug use, and the utilization of specialized treatment services for drug users among the Mexican urban population 18-65 years old. METHODS The data were collected in 2001 and 2002 in the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey. The sample design was stratified probabilistically for six geographical areas of the country ...

OBJECTIVE The Internet contains an extraordinary amount of information on the recreational use of psychoactive substances. We investigated the effect of the Internet on the drug-use knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of adolescents being managed for substance abuse. RESULTS Of 12 patients (9 male, 3 female) who had used the Internet to learn a...

Drug craving and the other compulsive behaviours are the essences of addiction. People who abuse substances are likely to find themselves increasingly isolated from their families. Several drug abuse studies have been conducted (1-3). The aim of this study was to analyse of treated drug users in the Slovak Republic in the period 2006–2015. We conducted a descriptive analysis the treatments for ...

OBJECTIVES We explored changing relations between substance use, welfare receipt, and substance-abuse treatment among low-income mothers before and after welfare reform. METHODS We examined annual data from mothers aged 18 to 49 years in the 1990-2001 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse and the 2002 National Survey of Drug Use and Health. Logistic regression was used to examine determinan...

conclusions child abuse is a common phenomenon that relates to psychiatric disorders in the abused child or abuser parents. it seems that on-time identification and appropriate interventions can prevent further negative consequences for the child, family, and society. results 56 cases (76%) were physically abused, 53 cases (72.6%) were emotionally abused, and 3 cases (12.3%) were neglected. the...

1 MEET PAT TERNA BUSER " One comment I saw in a news group just after patterns started to become more popular was someone claiming that in a particular program they tried to use all 23 GoF patterns. They said they had failed, because they were only able to use 20. They hoped the client would call them again to come back again so maybe they could squeeze in the other 3. Trying to use all the pat...

The windows based application which helps the admin to track the activities of the user. It works as a spy in a computer. It tracks the user keyboard entries such the key strokes entered by the user and it forms a word then it saves into the database. It has a login in order to authenticate the admin whether the user has rights turn on or off the application to track the user keystrokes. It for...

To aid risk assessment, management, and treatment planning it is essential to assess child sexual abusers' deviant sexual interests (DSI) and preferences (DSP) for sex with children. However, measurement of DSI/DSP is fraught with psychometric problems. In consequence, research interest has shifted to latency-based indirect measures as a measurement approach to complement self-report and physio...