one of the main important and challenging issues in substance use disorders is the comorbidity of diseases. in fact, substance use disorder falls into a special circumstance that is unlike any other disease in medical science. substance abuse patients typically and on purpose use illegal drugs (poison) in aim of damaging their nervous system and change function of their brains by applying subst...

substance abuse in adolescents and its often tragic consequences, including addiction, is one of the preventable major public health problems. the aims of this paper were to estimate the prevalence of substance abuse and to evaluate its some associated factors in adolescents of tabriz city (northwest of iran).a self-administered questionnaire was completed in 4903 randomly selected students wit...

objectives : stressful life events, coping strategies and attitude towards life have been known as important components in tendency toward substance abuse. this study investigates coping patterns and dysfunctional attitudes among a group of clients at mashhad welfare center as substance abusers comparing with those of control group. method: 50 male substance abusers were selected randomly and m...

BACKGROUND This paper provides an overview of the self-concept as it relates to substance use. Self-concept has a long history in psychological theory and research; however, substance self-concept (e.g., viewing one's self as a drinker or smoker) is an understudied area of research with the potential to expand existing conceptualizations of substance use, addiction, and prevention and treatment...

background: understanding the motives and reasons for drug treatment is very important. this study aimed to develop a psychometric evaluation to determine the reasons for addiction treatment among outpatients referred to addiction treatment clinics. methods: this cross-sectional validation study included five phases (i) item generation (ii) making an initial questionnaire (iii) content validity...

background: young people engage in risky behaviors unintentionally and these behaviors might be reduced or inhibited by preventative behaviors. although adolescents' risky behaviors are known as unplanned or unintentional, preventative behaviors are intentional. the aim of the present study was to assess students’ behavior intentions to avoid drug abuse. methods: this study was a cross sectio...

results results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of depression and temping beliefs (p < 0.0001). in other words, the results showed that cognitive-behavior therapy reduces depression and improves craving beliefs of abusers under methadone maintenance treatment. objectives this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of co...

conclusions considering non-modifiable risk factors, leaders and commanders may recognize more vulnerable soldiers and try to resolve modifiable factors and decrease the risk of getting worse (with respect to substance abuse) about 7.3 times. results totally, 6.7% of soldiers improved, 82% remained without change, 6.1% deteriorated, and 5.2% severely deteriorated with regard to their substance ...

conclusions future research should pay more attention to the mechanisms and pathways mediating or moderating the relationship between family risk factors and addiction in women. clinicians and researchers should keep in mind these vulnerabilities and take into consideration factors special to processes related to addiction in women. results partners, parenting styles, and family disturbances ar...

background emotional conditions governing the family and patients’ perceived social support play important roles in the treatment or relapse process of the chronic disease. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in prediction of addiction relapse. patients and methods the descriptive-correlation method was used in the ...