background: this study aimed at determining the drug abuse pattern and the frequency of high-risk behaviors among the clients of methadone maintenance treatment centers and drop-in centers in shahroud county of semnan province. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the data collection tool was a questionnaire including 10 general and 32 specific items about drug abuse pattern and high-risk be...

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...

since the beginning of private and governmental treatment center activities in iran, almost 90% of methadone treatment was regarded to private sectors and only 10% to the governmental centers. this is whilst finances that iran drug control headquarters pays to different organizations in aim of developing and improving drug treatment programs, is 90% to the governmental centers and only 10% to t...

background: restless and violent behaviors are common in emergency departments (eds), which need therapeutic interventions in most of the times. the first-generation anti-psychotic drugs are one of the most applicable therapeutic agents in the management of such patients, but their use has some limitations. some studies suggest midazolam as an alternative medicine. therefore, this study was per...

results the single covariance analysis of ancova indicated that the value of eta about 72% of variance of anxiety variable and about 76% of variance of drug abuse variable are taken in to account for variable of group. the intervention was effective in reducing anxiety and attitude to crack in males. evaluating the adjusted mean showed the effectiveness of matrix method on anxiety and attitude ...

conclusions the present study revealed different degrees of malnutrition among drug addicts with multiple deficiencies in both macro- and micronutrients. results the mean age, body weight, height, and bmi were 34.4 ± 9.7 years, 63.1 ± 10.1 kg, 171.1 ± 11.6 cm, and 21.8 ± 4.4 kg/m², respectively. according to the percentile status of the bmis, the results showed that 35.2%, 20.4%, 37%, and 7.4% ...

addiction is one of the most serious social damages and due to its progressive nature in all aspects, adversely affects people's physical and psychological health. hence, this paper investigates the characteristics of drug addicts in a drug rehabilitation center in the city of isfahan.in this cross-sectional study conducted in 2012, the population consisted of all addicts that referred to shefa...