The Professional Medical Journal, 2014 Objective: To determine the frequency and level of family support in Heroin Dependent patients presenting with 1st treatment and also the patients presenting with relapses. Study design: A descriptive study. Place & duration of study: The study was conducted in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Nishtar Hospital, Multan from ...
Niaz Maqsood +3 more
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Effect of PDYN rs2281285, rs2235749 and rs910080 gene polymorphisms on the intensity of depression symptoms and negative craving in heroin addicts [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2021 The present study was undertaken to explore whether prodynorphin (PDYN) polymorphisms have an effect on the intensity of depressive symptoms and negative craving in heroin addicts in a sample of 100 heroin addicts and 108 controls.
Kaya-Akyüzlü Dilek +3 more
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Opium dependence and the potential impact of changes in treatment coverage level: A dynamic modeling study [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2021 Background: The most common drug, illegally used in Iran is opium. The treatment of people with substance use disorder is one of the most important strategies in reducing its burden.
Hosein Rafiemanesh +8 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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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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Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Craving is the subjective experience of desire for specific drugs. Lack of reliability and untested construct validity are limiting factors for the existing questionnaires to assess craving.
Shantanu Shukla +4 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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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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Former heroin-dependent alcohol use disorder patients. prevalence, addiction history and clinical features [PDF]
, 2015 Aims: To examine the prevalence of former heroin dependence (FHA) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) patients; to compare the clinical characteristics of FHA-AUD patients versus AUD patients without any past use of heroin at alcohol treatment entry; to ...
Ceccanti, Mauro +3 more
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A Study to Validate a Self-Reported Version of the ONS Drug Dependence Questionnaire [PDF]
, 2011 Aim: A prospective study to establish the reliability of a self-completion version of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) questionnaire for assessing drug dependence of substance misuse clients.
Christo G. +17 more
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