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Subtyping patients with heroin addiction at treatment entry: factor derived from the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SCL-90)

Annals of General Psychiatry, 2010
Background Addiction is a relapsing chronic condition in which psychiatric phenomena play a crucial role. Psychopathological symptoms in patients with heroin addiction are generally considered to be part of the drug addict's personality, or else to be ...
Maremmani Icro, Pani Pier, Pacini Matteo, Bizzarri Jacopo V, Trogu Emanuela, Maremmani Angelo GI, Gerra Gilberto, Perugi Giulio, Dell'Osso Liliana   +8 more
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Clonidine improved laboratory-measured decision-making performance in abstinent heroin addicts. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Impulsivity refers to a wide spectrum of actions characterized by quick and nonplanned reactions to external and internal stimuli, without taking into account the possible negative consequences for the individual or others, and decision ...
Xiao-Li Zhang, Gui-Bin Wang, Li-Yan Zhao, Li-Li Sun, Jun Wang, Ping Wu, Lin Lu, Jie Shi   +7 more
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Hepatitis B and C prevalence among heroin addicts in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and not in MMT in Pereira, Colombia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
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Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Arias, Carlos Isaza, Juan Pablo Vélez   +2 more
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The "lessons" of the Australian "heroin shortage"

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2006
Heroin use causes considerable harm to individual users including dependence, fatal and nonfatal overdose, mental health problems, and blood borne virus transmission.
Gilmour Stuart, Day Carolyn, Degenhardt Louisa, Hall Wayne   +3 more
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Retrospective analysis of heroin detoxification with buprenorphine in a psychiatric hospital in Japan

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2020
Aim We assessed the efficacy of buprenorphine replacement taper therapy in a psychiatric hospital in Japan. Methods Based on the medical records, a retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate the outcomes of buprenorphine replacement taper therapy ...
Tatsushi Nagano, Sohei Kimoto, Katsuro Aso, Takashi Komori, Yasunari Yamaguchi, Kazuya Okamura, Noriya Yamamoto, Toshifumi Kishimoto   +7 more
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Validation of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) With Bulgarian Substance Dependent Individuals

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Background: The Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) is a 23-item self-report questionnaire that assesses four well-validated personality risk factors for substance misuse (Impulsivity, Sensation Seeking, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Hopelessness). While
Elizabeth C. Long, Svetla Milcheva, Elena Psederska, Elena Psederska, Georgi Vasilev, Kiril Bozgunov, Dimitar Nedelchev, Nathan A. Gillespie, Nathan A. Gillespie, Jasmin Vassileva, Jasmin Vassileva   +10 more
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Stress reactivity in heroin dependence

, 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.
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Severity of Dependence Scale as a Diagnostic Tool for Heroin and Cocaine Dependence

European Addiction Research, 2009
<i>Aims:</i> Our aim was to further assess the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) validity and to identify the cut-off score for a DSM-IV diagnosis of heroin and cocaine dependence through a cross-sectional survey in Barcelona, Spain. <i>Methods:</i> The Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (PRISM ...
Gregorio Barrio, Francisco González-Saiz, Jordi Alonso, M. Teresa Brugal, Antònia Domingo-Salvany, Luis de la Fuente, Albert Sanchez-Niubo   +6 more
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Comparison of demographic characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity among methamphetamine-, heroin- and methamphetamine-heroin co- dependent males in Hunan, China

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background There is little research of psychiatric comorbidity differences among people with different types of drug dependence in Chinese population.
Huixi Dong, Mei Yang, Liang Liu, Chenxi Zhang, Mengqi Liu, Yidong Shen, Huanzhong Liu, Wei Hao   +7 more
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CORRELATIONS BETWEEN AWARENESS OF ILLNESS (INSIGHT) AND HISTORY OF ADDICTION IN HEROIN-ADDICTED PATIENTS

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2012
In a group of 1066 heroin addicts, who were seeking treatment for opioid agonist treatment, we looked for differences in historical, demographic and clinical characteristics, between patients with different levels of awareness of illness (insight).
Angelo Giovanni Icro eMaremmani, Angelo Giovanni Icro eMaremmani, Luca eRovai, Fabio eRugani, Matteo ePacini, Matteo ePacini, Francesco eLamanna, Silvia eBacciardi, Giulio ePerugi, Giulio ePerugi, Joseph eDeltito, Joseph eDeltito, Liliana eDell'Osso, Icro eMaremmani, Icro eMaremmani, Icro eMaremmani   +15 more
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