Vaccines in the Treatment of Substance Abuse [PDF]
FOCUS, 2011 Reconceptualizing drugs as toxins allowed an important shift in the approach to the treatment of substance abuse, because it ushered in consideration of immunological methods of pharmacotherapy. This paradigm shift represented a dramatic departure from previously considered approaches to pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders (SUDs), which had up ...
Thomas R. Kosten, Daryl Shorter
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Stigma: how it affects the substance use disorder patient
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020 The stigma surrounding individuals who have substance use disorders is a pervasive phenomenon that has had detrimental effects on treatment outcomes, health care providers, treatments, research, policies, and society as a whole (Kelly JF, Dow SJ ...
Janet Zwick +2 more
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Effect of breathing relaxation exercise training on the self-care agency and functional life of the lung cancer patients: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
World Cancer Research Journal, 2020 Objective: Dyspnea is an important problem that adversely affects daily routines and functional status of lung cancer patients with a prevalence quite high in all stages of lung cancer.
İ. Halil Güneş, G. Karadağ, S. Kul
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Changes and trends in medication-assisted treatment in Israel
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2023 Background As opioid prescription in Israel is increasing, there is a growing need for monitoring opioid use disorder and providing opioid agonist therapy.
Adi Marom, Iris Levy, Paola Rosca
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Substance Abuse Treatment Stage and Personal Networks of Women in Substance Abuse Treatment [PDF]
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 2012 This study examines the relationship among 4 treatment stages (i.e., engagement, persuasion, active treatment, relapse prevention) and the composition, social support, and structural characteristics of personal networks. The study sample includes 242 women diagnosed with substance dependence who were interviewed within their first month of intensive ...
Elizabeth M. Tracy +5 more
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Effectiveness of Religious-Spiritual Group Therapy on Spiritual Health and Quality of Life in Methadone-treated Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2019 Background: Spirituality is one of the most important factors that can contribute to the recovery of substanceuse disorder (SUD). The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the religious-spiritual grouptherapy on the spiritual health and ...
Mehdi Yaghubi +2 more
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Public spending for illegal drug and alcohol treatment in hospitals: an EU cross-country comparison [PDF]
, 2014 Background: In view of the current economic crisis and the resulting austerity measures being implemented by governments across Europe, public expenditure for substance abuse treatment has increasingly become a subject of discussion.
Christiaens, Johan +2 more
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An Experimental Single-Case Design in Effectiveness of Oxytocin on Reducing Alcohol Addiction in a Patient with Oropharyngeal Carcinoma-the Mediation Role of Difficulties in Emotional Regulation [PDF]
Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2019 Oxytocin, due to its potential for modulation of cravings, is a possible alternative therapy for alcohol dependency. Management or cessation of alcohol use can increase the survival rates in cancers affected by alcohol abuse.
Bijan Pirnia, Kambiz Pirnia
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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018 Persons with mental or substance use disorders or both are more than twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as persons without such disorders and are more likely to die from smoking-related illness than from their behavioral health conditions (1,2). However,
Kristy L Marynak +8 more
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Hepatitis Infection in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence and Abuse
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2008 Many new and existing cases of viral hepatitis infections are related to injection drug use. Transmission of these infections can result directly from the use of injection equipment that is contaminated with blood containing the hepatitis B or C virus or
Thomas F. Kresina +6 more
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