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Heroin addiction: the past and future [PDF]
, 2008 Substance misuse, in particular heroin addiction contributes to health and social problems. Although effective medical treatment was available, earlier efforts confined the treatment of heroin addicts to in-house rehabilitation which required them to be ...
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BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Opioid dependence is a major health concern across the world and does also occur in adolescents. While opioid substitution treatment (OST) has been thoroughly evaluated in adult populations, very few studies have examined its use in ...
Bobby P. Smyth +2 more
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Mexican violence displaces people, discourages international migration, and shrinks highway network connections [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 This paper estimates the impact of violence on domestic and international migration in Mexico during 2005-2020. Unlike earlier studies, we use network analysis to quantify changes in the degree of interconnectedness among all municipalities in Mexico and with the US, breaking it down by origin-destination pairs.
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Itraconazole-induced Torsade de Pointes in a patient receiving methadone substitution therapy [PDF]
, 2009 Issues. Methadone, a pharmacological agent used to treat heroin dependence is relatively safe, but may cause cardiac arrhythmias in the concurrent presence of other risk factors. Approach and Key Findings.
Narayanan, S. +2 more
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Racial/ethnic differences in trends in heroin use and heroin-related risk behaviors among nonmedical prescription opioid users [PDF]
, 2015 Background: This study examines changing patterns of past-year heroin use and heroin-related risk behaviors among individuals with nonmedical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) by racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Methods: We used data from the
Cerdá, Magdalena +4 more
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Pareto principle is based on the concept that roughly 80% of outcomes are generated by 20% of inputs, efforts, or contributors within a group. Using a national sample of U.S. prison inmates, we examined various percentile rankings of self‐reported institutional misconduct to determine how much disorder is created behind bars by the most ...
Mark A. Morgan +3 more
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Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2011 Li-Tzy Wu1, George E Woody2, Chongming Yang3, Paolo Mannelli1, Dan G Blazer11Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, University of ...
Mannelli P +4 more
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Family Related Factors and Concurrent Heroin Use in Methadone Maintenance Treatment in China. [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundThe use of heroin during Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is a challenging problem that contributes to poor treatment outcomes. Families may play an important role in addressing concurrent heroin use during MMT, especially in collectivist ...
Feng, Nan +4 more
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Speaking of Stigma: Piloting Language Training in Addiction Counseling Coursework
Counselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This pilot study examined counselor‐in‐training (CIT) attitudes and awareness regarding stigma and stigmatizing language aimed at those with substance use disorders before and after an author‐developed educational intervention. Results indicated this intervention positively impacted CIT awareness and attitudes and their ability to identify and
Amy L. Grybush +2 more
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ANKK1, TTC12, and NCAM1 polymorphisms and heroin dependence: importance of considering drug exposure [PDF]
, 2013 Context: The genetic contribution to liability for opioid dependence is well established; identification of the responsible genes has proved challenging.
Agrawal, Arpana +14 more
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