BACKGROUND The Norwegian model for opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) "Drug-assisted rehabilitation" (DAR) is a cross-disciplinary tripartite model for the treatment of opioid dependence. The model requires collaboration among GPs, the social services and the specialist health services. To some degree it restricts the doctor's professional autonomy. The investigation aims to examine GPs' attitu...

This article discusses the social danger of drug addiction, as well negative consequences use narcotic and psychotropic substances, causes conditions crimes associated with addiction. In addition, description structure related to addiction are outlined.

Addiction is a person-level phenomenon that involves twin normative failures. A failure of normal rational effective agency or self-control with respect to the substance; and shame at both this failure, and the failure to live up to the standards for a good life that the addict himself acknowledges and aspires to. Feeling shame for addiction is not a mistake. It is part of the shape of addictio...

Purpose: The study aimed to identify the phenomenon of dependence on available digital technology devices, which may pose a potential threat state security and adversely affect health society. Design/Methodology/Approach: A literature analysis own statistical research were used as method problem technology, reasons for its creation, impact this security. Findings: It was found that every person...

We present a brief overview of the incentive sensitization theory of addiction. This posits that addiction is caused primarily by drug-induced sensitization in the brain mesocorticolimbic systems that attribute incentive salience to reward-associated stimuli. If rendered hypersensitive, these systems cause pathological incentive motivation (‘wanting’) for drugs. We address some current question...

Kaohsiung J Med Sci December 2005 • Vol 21 • No 12 545 Internet use is a convenience in modern life. However, 11.67–19.8% of adolescents have developed an addiction to Internet use, which impairs these individuals’ psychological well-being, peer and family interactions, and academic performance [1–3]. Males, adolescents with higher sensation seeking, and boys with lower self esteem are at highe...

background and aims: internet addiction is one of the problems emerged with the development of technology. considering the potential negative effects of internet addiction on health, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of internet addiction in university students in ilam, west of iran, in 2014. methods:in this cross– sectional study, 1066 university students in both public and ...

Nicotine is the addictive substance in tobacco and it has a broad impact on both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Over the past decades, an increasing number of genes potentially involved in nicotine addiction have been identified by different technical approaches. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction remain largely unclear. Under such situation, a comprehe...