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Regional Variation in Attitude of Mental Health Professionals Towards Tackling Illicit Drug-use and Drug-related Disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study sought to assess the attitudes of Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) towards tackling illicit drug use and drug-related disorders in Nigeria and to explore regional variations in attitude. Based on the validated Substance Abuse Attitude Survey
Akinola, O. (Olubusayo)   +3 more
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What we owe to impaired agents

open access: yes
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Giacomo Floris
wiley   +1 more source

Troriluzole attenuates opioid intake, reinforcing efficacy, seeking behaviours, physical dependence and antinociceptive tolerance in rats

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 183, Issue 3, Page 505-519, February 2026.
Background and Purpose Riluzole, approved for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has a glutamate‐modulating profile favourable for mitigating opioid addiction. It reduces neuronal glutamate release and enhances glutamate reuptake, offering advantages over agents that only increase glutamate reuptake.
Ewa Galaj   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of the Transition from Non-Injection to Injection in Heroin Users

open access: yesپزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2010
Introduction & Objectives: The goal of our study was to elucidate the time and factors influencing the transition from non-injection to injection among male heroin users.
Mosaieb Yarmohammadi Vasel   +1 more
doaj  

Market Analysis of Synthetic Drugs: Amphetamine-type Stimulants, New Psychoactive Substances [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
An estimated quarter of a billion people, or around 5 per cent of the global adult population, used drugs at least once in 2015. Even more worrisome is the fact that about 29.5 million of those drug users, or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population ...

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Perceived Barriers and Potential Strategies for People Who Use Drugs in Accessing Oral Healthcare: A Qualitative Study of Service Providers

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Volume 54, Issue 1, Page 112-125, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Access to appropriate oral healthcare is vital for overall health and well‐being. However, people who use drugs (PWUD) often face significant barriers in accessing oral healthcare services. This qualitative study focused on exploring the perspectives of public oral health service providers and harm reduction workers to understand the
Tejashree Kangutkar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stress reactivity in heroin dependence

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Heroin dependence is a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by a compulsion to seek and use heroin despite the negative consequences. In addition to the diagnostic criteria, heroin dependence is associated with an altered function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and with affective disturbances and other mental disorders.
openaire   +3 more sources

Quality of life of heroin dependent patients from a drug dependence attention center of Medellin (Colombia)

open access: diamond, 2012
Andrés Felipe Tirado Otálvaro   +6 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Validation of techniques to detect illicit heroin use in patients prescribed pharmaceutical heroin for the management of opioid dependence [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2005
Steve Paterson   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

‘They use the little information they have to pass judgement’: A framework analysis of type 1 diabetes stigma experienced by UK adults living with type 1 diabetes

open access: yesDiabetic Medicine, Volume 43, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Aims Type 1 diabetes stigma (T1D‐stigma), the negative social judgements towards people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), is linked to poor psychological well‐being and suboptimal diabetes self‐management. This qualitative study explored the T1D‐stigma experiences of adults living with T1D in the UK.
Harriet Housby   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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