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Heroin dependence and HIV infection in Malaysia
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2006Malaysia 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 +2 more
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The current status of heroin prescription treatment for heroin dependence
Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 2005Heroin prescription (HP) to treat severe heroin dependence has been available to few patients in the UK for several decades with limited, but generally favourable, evaluation. In the last decade, large trials have been reported from two countries, are presently underway in three other countries and under consideration in several other countries.
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Hopelessness in alcohol - and heroin-dependent women
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984Administered 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.
Robert A. Steer +2 more
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The medical management of adolescent heroin dependence
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2000The use of heroin by American adolescents is at its highest levels since the heroin epidemic of the 1960s. This clinical perspective reviews medical issues associated with adolescent heroin dependence. Older, as well as potential newer, treatments for adolescent heroin dependence are discussed.
Paul J. Fudala +2 more
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Pharmacologic Treatments for Heroin and Cocaine Dependence
American Journal on Addictions, 2003Given 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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Sports Activities in the Prevention of Heroin Dependency
European Addiction Research, 2001The aim of this study was to find out more about the role played by sports activities in the prevention of illicit drug abuse. We administered a simple questionnaire to a group of 215 patients with heroin dependency. Their average age was 23 years (SD = 4.3, range 15–42); 163 (76%) of them were males and 52 (24%) females.
D. Klempova, L. Okruhlica, J. Kaco
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Methadone and Naltrexone in the Treatment of Heroin Dependence
Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 1984Over the past 20 years, methadone maintenance has been shown to be a safe, effective treatment for large numbers of heroin addicts. The majority of patients derive major benefits while in treatment, most measurably in the areas of decreased use of illicit opiates, diminished criminality, increased levels of employment and more stable interpersonal ...
Elaine Resnick +2 more
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Heroin-Dependent Family: A Biopsychosocial Context
Substance Abuse, 2011Substance use disorders are a debilitating, heterogenous group of disorders with multifactorial origins.
Tina Lal +3 more
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Treatment of Heroin Dependence
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2001Ron Jackson, Joseph O. Merrill
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Update on Heroin Dependence Research
Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2008Mills, 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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