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The Effect of Drug Abstinence Program on Memory Functioning of Heroin Addicts [PDF]
International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2015 Introduction: Most of our knowledge regarding the link between opioid dependence and poor cognitive functioning is derived from cross sectional studies.This longitudinal study measured the change in memory functioning following complete abstinence among ...
Sepideh Aryanfard +5 more
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Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2022 Background: Chronic patients are at greater risk for a psychiatric problem than the normal population; yet, the increased rate of mental disorder among one chronic patient compared to another chronic patient is uncertain.
Tahereh Seghatoleslam +3 more
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Heroin maintenance for chronic heroin-dependent individuals [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010 Several types of medications have been used for stabilizing heroin users: Methadone, Buprenorphine and levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol (LAAM.) The present review focuses on the prescription of heroin to heroin-dependent individuals.To compare heroin maintenance to methadone or other substitution treatments for opioid dependence regarding: efficacy and ...
Carlo A. Perucci +2 more
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GABRB2 Haplotype Association with Heroin Dependence in Chinese Population. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Substance dependence is a frequently observed comorbid disorder in schizophrenia, but little is known about genetic factors possibly shared between the two psychotic disorders.
Yung Su Kim +14 more
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BMC Medical Genetics, 2020 Background Heroin dependence is a complex disease with multiple phenotypes. Classification of heroin users into more homogeneous subgroups on the basis of these phenotypes could help to identify the involved genetic factors and precise treatments.
Yunxiao Li +6 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 The gut microbiota is believed to play a significant role in psychological and gastrointestinal symptoms in heroin addicts. However, the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. We show here that heroin addicts had a decrease in body mass index (BMI)
Jiqing Yang +26 more
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Pathways to age of onset of heroin use: a structural model approach exploring the relationship of the COMT gene, impulsivity and childhood trauma. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The interaction of the association of dopamine genes, impulsivity and childhood trauma with substance abuse remains unclear.To clarify the impacts and the interactions of the Catechol -O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene, impulsivity and childhood trauma on ...
Ting Li +8 more
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Risk of Heroin Dependence in Newly Incident Heroin Users [PDF]
JAMA Psychiatry, 2018 This study assesses data from the 2002 to 2016 US National Survey on Drug Use and Health data sets to determine the percentage of newly incident heroin users who became heroin dependent.
Maria A. Parker +4 more
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Elderly male with late-onset heroin dependence
Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, 2021 Substance use disorders usually have their onset during the adolescent period. However, in rare cases environmental and psychosocial factors can contribute toward a later onset.
Akansha Bhardwaj +3 more
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Medical diagnoses associated with substance dependence among inpatients at a large urban hospital. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 There are limited data on reasons for hospital admission among patients dependent on substances other than alcohol. We compared primary discharge diagnoses for heroin- or cocaine-dependent patients to non-dependent patients.We evaluated a cohort of ...
Humberto Choi +3 more
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