objective: addiction is one of the most vulnerable social issues and the tendency to it involve several factors, including psychosocial stressors (life unpleasant events), and inability to deal with these stressors and the belief that drug use will lead to the desired result. this study was conducted to determine the relationship between psychosocial stressors and vulnerability to drug abuse am...

Figure 2 Also from the initial interrogation of device. Note the date of SureScan on and off, 16-Jan-1996 (underlined in red), and the evidence of pacer dependence, with 499.9% ventricular pacing. Introduction Patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices were historically unable to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In 2011 the Food and Drug Administration approved the first MRI ...

This paper briefly reviews the evolution of opioid addiction treatment from humanitarian to scientific and evidence-based, the evidence bases supporting major medication-assisted treatments and adjunctive psychosocial techniques, as well as challenges faced by clinicians and treatment providers seeking to provide those treatments. Attitudes, politics, policy, and financial issues are discussed.

background: given the high prevalence of addiction in iran and its social and health problems, addiction is considered as one of the few national health priority. this study compared the views of addicts and their families about the causes of drug abuse that referred to addiction centers in khorramabad, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on addicts and their families who re...

Young’s (1998a) Internet Addiction Test (IAT) is one of the most commonly used measures of problematic Internet use. Although the instrument is being increasingly applied in research with adolescents, its measurement structure has not been systematically evaluated with pre-adult respondents. Because the results of previous factor-analytic studies with adults have been highly inconsistent, the p...

1. The effect of three periods of isolation (8, 15 and 30 days) were studied in mice on the pain threshold and the sensitivity to morphine. 2. The pain threshold was unchanged after 8 and 15 days of isolation but increased after 30 days of isolation. 3. The analgesic effect of morphine was unchanged after 8 and 15 days of isolation but increased after 30 days of isolation. 4. The tolerance to m...

OBJECTIVES This study compared 24-, 48-, 72-, and 96-hour buprenorphine dosing regimens in opioid-dependent outpatients. METHODS Fourteen subjects received buprenorphine in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Daily sublingual maintenance doses were 4 mg/70 kg (n = 5) and 8 mg/70 kg (n = 9). After a stabilization period of maintenance administration, subjects received, in a ran...

Uncovering patterns of drug use and treatment access is essential to improving treatment for opioid dependence. The life history calendar (LHC) could be a valuable instrument for capturing time-sensitive data on lifetime patterns of drug use and addiction treatment. This study describes the methodology applied when collecting data using the LHC in a sample of individuals with long-term opioid d...

Information technology has a profound effect on individuals, organizations, and society. Whereas most of its impact is positive, there might be some negative side-effects. This paper argues that to a certain extent, society has developed in a way that resembles autism, which is concerned with the manner people react and communicate. In particular, excessive use of IT and computers might cause W...