This population-based survey study examines changes in the lifetime prevalence, patterns, and associated demographics of heroin use and use disorder from
Kirisci L, Tarter RE, Reynolds M, Vanyukov M: Individual differences in childhood neurobehavior disinhibition predict decision to desist substance use during adolescence and substance use disorder in young adulthood: a prospective study. Addict Behav. 2006, 31: 686-696. 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05...
Kirisci L, Tarter RE, Reynolds M, Vanyukov M: Individual differences in childhood neurobehavior disinhibition predict decision to desist substance use during adolescence and substance use disorder in young adulthood: a prospective study. Addict Behav. 2006, 31: 686-696. 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05...
recalls the symptoms of the reward deficit syndrome described as a sequela of alcohol and stimulant regular use, considering that a ‘late-onset depressive psychopathological model’ may be valuable not only for heroin-addicted but also for the natural history of substance-use disorder in general....
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...
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
Subjects were eligible for this study if: (1) They were men or women over 18 years old; (2) they had been engaged in MMT; (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 ...