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Chronic Diseases Journal, 2019 BACKGROUND: Adolescence is the most risky part of life for beginning of substance abuse. Substance use in adolescence can affect the rest of the person's life in addition to his youth. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of substance
Pooya Valizadeh-Ardalan
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Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2015 Introduction: This study used the Rasch model to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Substance Problem Scale (SPS) of the “Global Appraisal of Individual Needs - Initial” for use in Brazil.
Heloísa Garcia Claro +6 more
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Overcoming bashfulness: how cocaine aided Freud to summon the courage to meet Charcot [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2019 Jean-Martin Charcot, the most celebrated neurologist of the 19th century, had a profound influence on Sigmund Freud's career. Freud spent the winter of 1885-1886 working in Charcot's neurology department in Paris. During this period, he went to Charcot's
Hélio A. G. Teive +5 more
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Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders in DSM-5 [PDF]
Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2015 When we compare the categories about alcohol, and substance-related disorders in DSM-IV and DSM-5, the new category, named addictive disorders is the most striking change. Only gambling disorder have been identified currently in this category.
Gulcan Gulec +2 more
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MedEdPORTAL, 2017 Introduction Substance dependence and the misuse of prescription narcotic medications have recently been a topic of increased national attention. Since this is both a difficult and increasingly important area for medical student training, we created an ...
J. Chase Findley +2 more
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Investigating Cognitive Functions in Methadone Users in Comparison with Methadone and Methamphetamine Users and Control Group [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2022 Background: Cognitive impairment in drug users is a marker for predicting recurrence and poorer adherence to treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the cognitive function in three groups of methadone users methadone maintenance treatment ...
Mahin Eslami-Shahrbabaki +5 more
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Substance Use Among Students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in Iran in 2005-2006 [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2009 Population pattern in Guilan province represents a dramatic increase in youth population. Regarding high prevalence of substance use among them, its destructive effects and consequences and paucity of previous related studies, this research was performed
Moosa Kafi +3 more
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Cerebral edema in drug addicts [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014 Background/Aim. The effect of drugs leaves permanent consequences on the brain, organic in type, followed by numerous manifestations, and it significantly affects the development of mental dysfunctions.
Daruši Dragana J. +2 more
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Pattern and severity of substance use in help-seeking adolescents of North-East Part of India
Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2023 Background: Adolescence is a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood, in which both physical and psychological aspects are involved in the process of growth and development.
Anju Moni Rabha, Kamala Deka
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BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background Substance use disorders are reliably associated with high impulsivity and sensation seeking. Importantly, both precede problematic substance use, implicating them as risk factors.
Malin K. Hildebrandt +2 more
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