Comments on "a comparative study of sexual behavior, dysfunction, satisfaction, relationship, and sexual quality of life among treatment naïve and abstinent men (buprenorphine maintained) with opioid (heroin) dependence syndrome". [PDF]
Singh GP, Gupta M, Aneja J.
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The Prevalence of Substance Use Among Students and Associated Factors: A Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Substance use is a major public health and social problem that affects individuals of all ages, particularly adolescents and young adults, across every society. School as an educational environment can be suitable for education and orientation towards substances.
Bazleh N.
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BACKGROUND Poor adherence to treatment diminishes its individual and public health benefit. Financial incentives, provided on the condition of treatment attendance, could address this problem.
T. Weaver +13 more
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ABSTRACT Research on inequalities in children's services in the UK highlights a lack of systematic data on parental demographics, obstructing analysis of structural factors influencing children's outcomes. Using Growing Up in Scotland, a nationally representative longitudinal child cohort study of children born in 2004–2005, we investigate social ...
Valeria Skafida +2 more
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Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin:
Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’ Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their ...
Anne McDonnell, Marie Claire VanHout
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Background: The Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) is a 23-item self-report questionnaire that assesses four well-validated personality risk factors for substance misuse (Impulsivity, Sensation Seeking, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Hopelessness). While
Elizabeth C. Long +10 more
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Reply to: Comments on "a comparative study of sexual behavior, dysfunction, satisfaction, relationship, and sexual quality of life amongst treatment naïve and abstinent men (buprenorphine-maintained) with opioid (heroin) dependence syndrome". [PDF]
Sen MS +6 more
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UK Infected Blood Inquiry–An Historical Appraisal
ABSTRACT Introduction This appraisal considers the 2018 UK Infected Blood Inquiry and its Report (2024) in the context of the history of haemophilia treatment developments over the past fifty‐five years, and the tragic impacts of the AIDS pandemic. Aim The paper appraises the conduct and findings of the IBI and its Report in relation to HIV and AIDS ...
Christopher A. Ludlam
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Heroin is a highly addictive drug that exerts its primary effects through activation of μ-opioid receptors. Its principal active metabolite, 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM), significantly contributes to heroin’s neurological effects and acute toxicity ...
Hualing Li +10 more
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Association of a Common NOS1AP Variant with Attenuation of QTc Prolongation in Men with Heroin Dependence Undergoing Methadone Treatment. [PDF]
Chang KC +9 more
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