Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin:
Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2011 Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’ Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their ...
Anne McDonnell, Marie Claire VanHout
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BiomoleculesHeroin is a highly addictive drug that exerts its primary effects through activation of μ-opioid receptors. Its principal active metabolite, 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM), significantly contributes to heroin’s neurological effects and acute toxicity ...
Hualing Li +10 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on inequalities in children's services in the UK highlights a lack of systematic data on parental demographics, obstructing analysis of structural factors influencing children's outcomes. Using Growing Up in Scotland, a nationally representative longitudinal child cohort study of children born in 2004–2005, we investigate social ...
Valeria Skafida +2 more
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A comparative study of sexual behavior, dysfunction, satisfaction, relationship, and sexual quality of life amongst treatment-naïve and abstinent men (buprenorphine-maintained) with Opioid (heroin) dependence syndrome. [PDF]
Indian J Psychiatry, 2023 Sen MS +6 more
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Breastfeeding: Negligence or Extreme Support? A Case Report of Child Abuse by a Negligent Heroin-Dependent Mother [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2015 Background: Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to promote, develop, and secure the health of infants. Child abuse is one of the most common and most important problems in the world, and one of the factors that increase its incidence is substance ...
Mahin Eslami-Shahrbabaki +2 more
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Patterns and Predictors of Heroin Use, Remission, and Psychiatric Health Among People with Heroin Dependence: Key Findings from the 18-20-Year Follow-Up of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS). [PDF]
Int J Ment Health Addict, 2023 Marel C +11 more
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International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To investigate oral status in relation to demographic, socioeconomic, medical and psychosocial risk factors among outpatients receiving treatment for Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Methods This cross‐sectional study included 91 outpatients from Stockholm, Sweden. Oral status was assessed using the Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT)
Sonja Rafat +4 more
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Structural Vulnerability in Health Research: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims To systematically examine how structural vulnerability has been defined and operationalised in United States‐based health research, identify conceptual consistencies and methodological gaps, and propose core dimensions of structural vulnerability along with implications for future application in health research.
Levia A. Sutton +3 more
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The importance of vanillylmandelic acid determination in opiate users [PDF]
Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2009 Although knowledge about the etiology of heroin dependence is rather poor, it is known that the influence of opiates on the opioid, adrenergic and indirectly of GABA on the dopaminergic receptors leads to changes of catecholamine levels in brain ...
Janićević-Ivanovska Danijela +4 more
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Descended Social Anxiety Disorder and Craving in Women Heroin Dependence Through Exercise Alerts Plasma Oxytocin Levels. [PDF]
Front Psychiatry, 2021 Wang JS +8 more
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