Heroin use is illegal in both the United States and China; however, use in the United States increased by more than 40% between 2006 (1.6 million users) and 2016 (2.3 million users) especially among those aged 18–25, before it started to decline in 2017. In China, the number of regis...
Concordance between ICD-10 alcohol and drug use disorder criteria and diagnoses as measured by the AUDADIS-ADR, CIDI and SCAN: results of a cross-national study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1997;47(3):207-216.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 35. Ustün B, Compton W, Mager D, et al. WHO Study...
Heroin dependence is a severe and chronically relapsing substance use disorder with limited treatment options. Stress is known to increase craving and drug-taking behavior, but it is not known whether the stress hormone cortisol mediates these stress eff
At the withdrawal centre in Amstetten/Mauer, 78 drug addicts (58 male/ 20 female) were tested from a patient population. The key inclusion criteria for OST were a main diagnosis of opiate dependence according to ICD-10[25] as well as suitable venous conditions for blood sampling. Patients’...
Brady KT, Sinha R: Co-occurring mental and substance use disorders: the neurobiological effects of chronic stress. Am J Psychiatry. 2005, 162: 1483-1493. 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.8.1483. Article PubMed Google Scholar Cuthbert BN: The RDoC framework: facilitating transition from ICD/DSM to dimens...
The historical patterns of opiate use show that sources and methods of access greatly influence who is at risk. Today, there is evidence that an enormous increase in the availability of prescription opiates is fuelling a rise in addiction nationally, dra
At the withdrawal centre in Amstetten/Mauer, 78 drug addicts (58 male/ 20 female) were tested from a patient population. The key inclusion criteria for OST were a main diagnosis of opiate dependence according to ICD-10[25] as well as suitable venous conditions for blood sampling. Patients’...
(3) they had a diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of opioids (F11.3 ICD-10); (4) their urine was found to be negative in drug use in the weekly analytical control for the six months prior to admission; and (5) they were not under treatment with any psycho...