Pakistan is among four countries in Asia where the estimated number of new HIV infections has been increasing year by year ever since 1990. The Asian Epidemic Modelling (AEM), conducted in 2015, reconfirmed that the use of contaminated injection equipment among people who inject drugs (PWID) remains the main mode of HIV transmission in the country. The estimated number of PWID ranges from 104,8...

BACKGROUND Unstable housing and homelessness is prevalent among injection drug users (IDU). We sought to examine whether accessing addiction treatment was associated with attaining stable housing in a prospective cohort of IDU in Vancouver, Canada. METHODS We used data collected via the Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS) between December 2005 and April 2010. Attaining stable housing ...

The work is devoted to the study of problem dependence on cyberspace young people. Experts increasingly believe that cyber-addiction a pathological urge or disease belongs category non-chemical dependencies and has its own nosology, etiology, pathogenesis requires prevention, treatment psycho-correction. Thanks analysis scientific achievements, their actual types were determined, comprehensive ...

BACKGROUND This was an analytical historical cohort study based on an existing data base study conducted in different areas of Tehran. The present study determined the effect of demographic factors and cigarette smoking status on success rate of addiction treatment in outpatient treatment and rehabilitation clinics for substance abusers. METHODS We accomplished our study in outpatient clinics...