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Quality of life and its correlates among heroin users in Taiwan
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2011 The aims of this study were to compare the quality of life (QOL) between subjects with and without heroin use and to examine the association of QOL with sociodemographic characteristics, characteristics of heroin use, family support, and depression among
Chia-Nan Yen +9 more
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Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2020 Aims The United States of America is currently in an opioid epidemic. Heroin remains the most lethal opioid option with its death rate increasing by over 500% in the last decade.
Dominic P. Isaacs +5 more
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Personality Traits and Drug Consumption. A Story Told by Data [PDF]
Springer, Cham, Research Monograph, 2019, ISBN 978-3-030-10441-2, 2020 This is a preprint version of the first book from the series: "Stories told by data". In this book a story is told about the psychological traits associated with drug consumption. The book includes: - A review of published works on the psychological profiles of drug users.
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Euphemistic Phrase Detection by Masked Language Model [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 It is a well-known approach for fringe groups and organizations to use euphemisms -- ordinary-sounding and innocent-looking words with a secret meaning -- to conceal what they are discussing. For instance, drug dealers often use "pot" for marijuana and "avocado" for heroin.
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2013 Structure and function in the human healthy brain are closely related. In patients with chronic heroin exposure, brain imaging studies have identified long-lasting changes in gray matter (GM) volume.
Niklaus eDenier +11 more
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Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 203-212, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Introduction People receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT) are at higher risk of comorbidities, poverty and discrimination, which Big Events like the COVID‐19 pandemic may exacerbate. The behaviours of people receiving OAT do not always align with normative behaviours as conceived by ruling institutions and laws, and so the group becomes a ...
Anna Conway +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2017 IntroductionBoth heroin use and depression are significant health problems. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) can be of great benefit to heroin users. However, changes in the level of depression in heroin users during MMT are not clear.
Peng-Wei Wang +9 more
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Heroin type, injecting behavior, and HIV transmission. A simulation model of HIV incidence and prevalence. [PDF]
, 2019 Background and aimsUsing mathematical modeling to illustrate and predict how different heroin source-forms: "black tar" (BTH) and powder heroin (PH) can affect HIV transmission in the context of contrasting injecting practices. By quantifying HIV risk by
Bobashev, Georgiy +5 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Introduction Most individuals treated for heroin use disorder receive opioid agonist treatment (OAT)(methadone or buprenorphine). However, OAT is associated with high attrition and persistent, occasional heroin use.
Julian Mutz +34 more
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Mexican violence displaces people, discourages international migration, and shrinks highway network connections [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 This paper estimates the impact of violence on domestic and international migration in Mexico during 2005-2020. Unlike earlier studies, we use network analysis to quantify changes in the degree of interconnectedness among all municipalities in Mexico and with the US, breaking it down by origin-destination pairs.
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