This study investigated the narratives of women who dropped out of treatment from a specialized outpatient unit for eating disorders (ED). Psychodynamics aspects involved were discussed regarding the issue of adherence and dropout, since it was found to be directly affected by addictive aspects. A qualitative approach was used to identify interpretative matrices that led to a broad understandin...

OBJECTIVE Both methadone and buprenorphine are effective therapy for heroin dependence. Efficacy is best documented for methadone maintenance therapy, but safety concerns limit its use. Buprenorphine offers lower overdose risk and improved access, but efficacy may be lower. The authors compared adaptive, buprenorphine-based stepped care to optimal methadone maintenance treatment. METHOD This ...

abstract   aim and background: the purpose of the present study was to examination of the religious orientation and burden of family as predictors of treatment permanence of addiction. methods and materials: this descriptive, analytic cross sectional study was conducted on one hundred self-introduced addicts who reoffered to isfahan centers of addiction treatment during 2012-2013 were selected ...

Opioids have proven very useful for treatment of acute pain and cancer pain, and in the developed countries opioids are increasingly used for treatment of chronic non-malignant pain patients as well. This literature review aims at giving an overview of definitions, mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, incidence and prevalence of addiction in opioid treated pain patients, screening tools for assessi...

AIMS Our objective was to compare the effectiveness of buprenorphine (BUP) and methadone maintenance treatment in opiate-addicted patients in a clinical nonexperimental setting. DESIGN We used a naturalistic observational prospective study of 24 months' duration. SETTING Subjects were enrolled and treated at a drug addiction outpatient clinic of the National Health System Local Unit in Mila...