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Heroin dependence and HIV infection in Malaysia

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2006
Malaysia is experiencing severe problems with heroin dependence and HIV infection. This, study evaluated drug use and other HIV risk behaviors and their association with HIV and other infectious diseases in heroin-dependent subjects enrolled in a clinical trial of drug abuse treatment in Muar, Malaysia.Baseline assessment of treatment-seeking subjects (
Marek C, Chawarski, Mahmud, Mazlan, Richard S, Schottenfeld   +2 more
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Hopelessness in alcohol - and heroin-dependent women

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Administered the Beck Hopelessness Scale to 20 alcoholic and 20 heroin-addicted women. A Weighted G analysis then was performed with the 20 dichotomous items of this scale to determine whether specific items differentiated between the two types of women.
A T, Beck, R A, Steer, B F, Shaw
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Treatment of Heroin Dependence

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2001
J O, Merrill, R, Jackson
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Heroin dependence: Consequences and precursors related to route of administration

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 1999
Two random samples of Danish prisoners on remand (solitary confinement (SC) and non-SC)) were examined using semistructured and standardized psychiatric and social interviews, cognitive tests, and questionnaires. Heroin dependence was divided into injection heroin dependence (IHD) and smoke heroin dependence (SHD). Comparisons corrected for confounders
Andersen, Henrik Steen, Sestoft, Dorte, Lillebæk, Tommy, Gabrielsen, Gorm, Hemmingsen, Ralf   +4 more
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Prevalence of antisocial personality disorder among Chinese individuals receiving treatment for heroin dependence: a meta-analysis

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry, 2014
Background Studies from Western countries consistently report very high rates of comorbid Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) among individuals with heroin addiction, but the reported proportion of Chinese individuals with heroin addiction who have co-
B. Zhong, Y. Xiang, Xiao‐Lan Cao, Yan Li, Jun-hong Zhu, H. Chiu   +5 more
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Heroin dependence.

WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 2004
Heroin use, particularly injection use, is a problem of great public health importance. The risks associated with heroin dependence, such as HIV and viral hepatitis, and the social costs due to associated crime and poverty exceed those of most other drugs of abuse.
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Vocational Interests of Heroin-Dependent Patients

Psychological Reports, 1979
Minnesota Vocational Interest Inventory profiles of 114 male drug abusing (18 to 44 yr.) participants in a voluntary VA Drug Abuse Program were obtained. Mean scores are reported for the occupational scales and area scales. The profiles are more indicative of avoidance rather than similarities of interests.
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Pharmacologic Treatments for Heroin and Cocaine Dependence

American Journal on Addictions, 2003
Given the difficulty of achieving sustained recovery, pharmacotherapy of opioid and cocaine addiction is more effective when combined with behavioral and psychosocial approaches. Effective pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence and withdrawal include methadone, L‐alpha acetylmethadol (LAAM), naltrexone, buprenorphine, and clonidine.
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DRD2 and ANKK1 genes associate with late-onset heroin dependence in men

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2019
Chang-Chih Tsou, han-Wei chou, Pei-Shen Ho, Shin-Chang Kuo, Chun-Yen Chen, Chang‐Chih Huang, C. Liang, R. Lu, San-Yuan Huang   +8 more
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Update on Heroin Dependence Research

Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2008
Mills, K. L., Teeson, M., Ross, J., & Darke, S. (2007). The impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on treatment outcomes for heroin dependence.
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