Solution-focused group therapy for drug users in Japanese prison: nonrandomized study

Risk behaviours for HIV infection among drug users in prison.

OBJECTIVE To study a group of injecting drug users to establish the degree of illicit drug use in prisons, the prevalence of risk behaviours for HIV infection, and the uptake of treatment for drug dependency with drugs within the prison system. DESIGN Anonymous, self administered, questionnaire. SETTING Two drug agencies in central London; one operating a scheme for exchanging needles, and ...

Study on Efficacy of Group Motivational Interviewing in Reducing Impulsivity among Drug Users on Methadone Treatment

Introduction: motivational interviewing techniques to manipulate and extract of patients' good behavior in order achieve to their better health behavior changes. Materials and Methods: The type of research used in this quasi-experimental, pre-test and post-test in done by control group. The statistics obtained from the population the population consists of all individuals associated with drug...

Behavioral Therapies for Female Drug Users: An Efficacy-Focused Review

Mortality from overdose among injecting drug users recently released from prison: database linkage study.

OBJECTIVE To assess whether injecting drug users have a higher than usual risk of death from overdose in the 2 weeks after release from prison. DESIGN Soundex coding of surnames and information on date of birth were used to link entry and release dates from the local prison between 1983 and 1994 with clinical data from Edinburgh City Hospital's cohort of male injecting drug users who are infe...

Comparison of the effectiveness of “Solution-Focused Brief Therapy” and “Compassion-Focused Therapy” on Ruminative Responses of Couples with Depression

Introduction: Ruminant responses are one of the most important cognitive feature in people with depression and cause disruption of thinking, problem solving and social relationships. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of "Solution-Focused Brief Therapy" and "Compassion-Focused Therapy" on ruminant responses of couples with depression.  Methods: The method of the present stu...