J Ahmadi

..This study assessed the prevalence of substance use among Iranian patients with nephrologic disease (chronic renal failure) who were admitted in different nephrologic wards at Shiraz general hospitals...

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..Substance use, especially cigarettes, was found to be common among patients. Cultural attitudes toward substance use were thought to affect the type and amount of use. These findings can be considered when planning preventive programs...

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..The objectives of this study were to assess the rate of neurotic disorders among opioid addicts, and reassess the rate of those neurotic disorders two weeks after complete detoxification of the patients...

..The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence of substance abuse in a sample of Iranian nursing students...

..These findings indicate that baseline UDS results and CSSA scores are powerful predictors of outcome and should be used as stratifying variables in outpatient cocaine medication trials...

..4%) for the 8 mg dose group (p =.000). These findings are consistent with previous reports of effective buprenorphine use in western countries as a suitable maintenance treatment for opium dependence...

..Buprenorphine dependence is a relatively novel addiction...

..To assess the rate of current mood disorders in opioid-dependent outpatients...

..To evaluate the prevalence of substance abuse in a sample of patients with acute physical trauma in comparison with the general population...

..This study assessed the prevalence of substance use in sons and daughters of opioids addicts in Iran...

..The goal of this study was to assess the characteristics and treatment success rate (outcome) among Iranian opioid addicts...

..This research assessed the prevalence of cigarette smoking among Iranian medical students, resident physicians and attending physicians...

..Cigarette smoking was reported by more males than females. The most common reason for onset of cigarette smoking was different from that for current smoking. Frequencies of smokers within age groups were varied...

..Identifying Type B cocaine-dependent patients may help to develop targeted psychosocial or pharmacological treatments for these difficult-to-treat patients...

..This study assessed the prevalence of substance use among Iranian patients with cardiovascular disease who were admitted in different cardiac wards at Shiraz general hospitals...

..As a secondary objective, the results were determined concurrently for subjects treated with a 2 mg/day dose...

..Their mean depression scores were 10.5 and 6.5, respectively. This difference was also significant. We concluded that exercising is associated with lower mean scores on the Beck Depression Inventory...

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..To evaluate the prevalence of opium use in the Fars province, Iran...

..To investigate the prevalence of opium use in university students...

..Clinical trials have shown that naltrexone 50 mg/day reduces alcohol consumption and relapse rates in alcohol dependents...

..These findings are quite different from those carried out in the West, although there is some overlap. Cultural attitudes toward drug use likely affect the types and amount of use...

..The reasons for substance use in order of frequencies of mention were release of tension, seeking pleasure, and need (to avoid withdrawal symptoms) by men and habit, seeking pleasure, and need by women...

..Barriers related to perceptions of mental health services were also important, such as lack of trust and perceptions of friends/family...

..Initial UDS results and CSSA scores are very useful predictors of treatment outcome and could be used as stratifying variables in outpatient cocaine and alcohol medication trials...

..This report provides useful information for health planning. Men were at greater risk than women. Treatment programs should focus on all age-groups, all occupations and all income-levels...

..Cigarettes, alcohol, and opium were found to be the most prevalent forms of substance use. Seeking pleasure and release of tension were the most common reasons for substance use...

..To consider the question of why doctors dislike treating people with somatoform disorder, with a view to assisting debate and improving services...

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..Meningioma is a benign central nervous system tumor that is often progesterone-but not estrogen-receptor positive, making long-term antiprogestational therapy a logical treatment strategy...