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Comparison of demographic characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity among methamphetamine-, heroin- and methamphetamine-heroin co- dependent males in Hunan, China

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background There is little research of psychiatric comorbidity differences among people with different types of drug dependence in Chinese population.
Huixi Dong   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survival time of Princess Kaguya in an air-tight bamboo chamber [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2017
Princess Kaguya is a heroine of a famous folk tale, as every Japanese knows. She was assumed to be confined in a bamboo cavity with cylindrical shape, and then fortuitously discovered by an elderly man in the forest. Here, we pose a question as to how long she could have survived in an enclosed space such as the bamboo chamber, which had no external ...
arxiv  

Cannabis; epidemiological, neurobiological and psychopathological issues: an update [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Maria Antonietta De Luca, Gaetano Di Chiara, Cristina Cadoni, Daniele Lecca, Laura Orsolini, Duccio Papanti, John Corkery, Fabrizio Schifano, 'Cannabis; Epidemiological ...
Cadoni, Cristina   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Psychedelic‐assisted treatment for substance use disorder: A narrative systematic review

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This is the first systematic review of the extant literature on all major psychedelic‐assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), tobacco use disorder (TUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD). We aimed to summarise the evidence for efficacy of psychedelic‐assisted treatment for AUD, TUD, and SUD; to evaluate its
Theodore Piper   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Future Opioid Incidences Today [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2019
According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), the Opioid epidemic has claimed more than 72,000 lives in the US in 2017 alone. In spite of various efforts at the local, state and federal level, the impact of the epidemic is becoming progressively worse, as evidenced by the fact that the number of Opioid related deaths increased by 12.5\% between ...
arxiv  

High BMI is a specific risk factor for drug‐related mortality in patients receiving methadone: A case control study

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Long‐term treatment of opioid dependence with the opioid agonist therapy (OAT) methadone can lead to significant weight gain. This study investigated whether OAT patients with a body mass index (BMI) deemed overweight (≥25) are at increased risk of mortality.
Thikra Algahtani   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN AWARENESS OF ILLNESS (INSIGHT) AND HISTORY OF ADDICTION IN HEROIN-ADDICTED PATIENTS

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2012
In a group of 1066 heroin addicts, who were seeking treatment for opioid agonist treatment, we looked for differences in historical, demographic and clinical characteristics, between patients with different levels of awareness of illness (insight).
Angelo Giovanni Icro eMaremmani   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can Sentiment Analysis Reveal Structure in a Plotless Novel? [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2019
Modernist novels are thought to break with traditional plot structure. In this paper, we test this theory by applying Sentiment Analysis to one of the most famous modernist novels, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. We first assess Sentiment Analysis in light of the critique that it cannot adequately account for literary language: we use a unique ...
arxiv  

Severity of Dependence Scale as a Diagnostic Tool for Heroin and Cocaine Dependence

open access: yesEuropean Addiction Research, 2009
<i>Aims:</i> Our aim was to further assess the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) validity and to identify the cut-off score for a DSM-IV diagnosis of heroin and cocaine dependence through a cross-sectional survey in Barcelona, Spain. <i>Methods:</i> The Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (PRISM ...
Gregorio Barrio   +6 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Quantifying the impact of a large‐scale opioid agonist treatment program on suicide prevention in New South Wales, Australia: A data‐modeling study

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study aimed to quantify the population‐level impact of a large‐scale opioid agonist treatment (OAT) program on suicide‐related mortality among people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Design This is the first study to use dynamic mathematical modeling to explore the population‐level impact of OAT on ...
Thomas James Santo Jr   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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