Language and Stigmatization in Addiction Medicine

Update in addiction medicine.

In 1978, Regier and colleagues (1) coined the term “de facto mental health and substance abuse system” after finding that most patients with mental illness and substance abuse are treated in the general medical sector, not in psychiatric settings. Despite the availability of this system, many patients with mental disorders and substance abuse do not receive a diagnosis, and many do not receive ...

What's New In Addiction Medicine?

A Career in Addiction Medicine


New Advances in Addiction Medicine

The high prevalence rate of the drug and alcohol-related problems highlights the public health importance of this disorder. The abuses of legal and illegal drugs remain one of the major medical problems in the world today. The total number of drug users in the world is now estimated at about 200 million people, equivalent to about fi ve percent of the global population age 15–64 (United Nations...

Medicine and Health in Ancient Iran; Persian Language and Literature and the Divan of Mashreqi Shirazi

Background and Aim: Medical concepts can be studied in language and literature. The purpose of this study is to investigate the term"pezeshk" and"medical terminology” in ancient Iran, in Persian language and literature, and in Mashreqi Shirazi poems. Materials and Methods: This research has been done by reviewing and studying three articles, three databases, and about fifteen books. Since the ...