abstract   background: patients with addictions have many acute and chronic medical illnesses, both related and unrelated to their addictions. in spite of high incidence of substance-related disabilities, substance abuse is usually underdiagnosed in general hospitals. the objective of the present study was to investigate the frequency and pattern of substance use in patients with different medi...

background : the existing evidence about the clinical situations of the bipolar patients with opioid dependence is scarce. the present study was carried out to compare the clinical features and course of the bipolar disorder type i regarding the two subgroups of opioid dependent and non-dependent. methods : there were 178 adult patients with bipolar disorder type i consecutively referred to the...

background substance use in patients with psychiatric disorder is an every-day seen. detection of this comorbidity can significantly affect the treatment of these disorders, as well as substance use. objectives this study has been conducted to determine the prevalence and pattern of substance use in hospitalized psychiatric patients. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 210 hospi...

this article reviewed the addictive substance programmes in iran and around the world. for this aim method, some of studies regarding epidemiology of substance abuse in iran and demographic characteristics of iranian substance abusers were reviewed. these studies revealed that although the rate of substance abuse in iran were increased but during different years it had fluctuated. also some unp...

in al-ta‘liqat–which is most likely a collection of avicenna’s lectures– it is intended to answer to a paradox concerning the knowledge of the substance. this paradox can be reconstructed this way: if, by knowing something, its quiddity comes to mind, then with knowing a substance its quiddity–which is a substance–comes to mind. conversely, according to peripatetic philosophy, knowledge is a qu...

introduction: substance abuse/dependency is one of the most important comorbidity in bipolar patients. therefore, recognizing the patterns of substance use is valuable in treatment and management of patients. this study was conducted to determine patterns of substance abuse among bipolar patients who were hospitalized in an educational hospital. methods : this was a descriptive-analytical study...

background : family functioning is considered to have a significant impact on the beginnings and maintenance of substance use. objectives the main purpose of this study was to examine and compare the dimensions of family functioning among addicted and non-addicted individuals. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, the study sample consisted of 228 individuals, including 118 addict...

conclusions metacognitive regulation strategies are more considerable prediction than emotional regulation strategies in sd group than in ad group. individuals with ad use alcohol as a means of both cognitive and emotional regulation strategy. patients and methods according to dsm-iv tr criteria, 45 patients with alcohol dependence (ad), 44 patients with substance dependence (sd), and 43 volunt...