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Eskandarieh S, Jafari F, Yazdani S, et al. Compulsory maintenance treatment program amongst Iranian injection drug users and its side effects. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2014;3(4):e21765doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.21765.
Eskandarieh, S., Jafari, F., Yazdani, S., Hazrati, N., & Saberi-Zafarghandi, M. B. (2014). Compulsory maintenance treatment program amongst Iranian injection drug users and its side effects. International journal of high risk behaviors & addiction, 3(4), e21765. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.21765
Eskandarieh, Sharareh, et al. "Compulsory maintenance treatment program amongst Iranian injection drug users and its side effects." International journal of high risk behaviors & addiction vol. 3,4 (2014): e21765. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.21765
Eskandarieh S, Jafari F, Yazdani S, Hazrati N, Saberi-Zafarghandi MB. Compulsory maintenance treatment program amongst Iranian injection drug users and its side effects. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2014 Sep 17;3(4):e21765. doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.21765. eCollection 2014 Dec. PMID: 25741482; PMCID: PMC4331656.
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Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2014 Sep 17;3(4):e21765. doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.21765. eCollection 2014 Dec.

Compulsory maintenance treatment program amongst Iranian injection drug users and its side effects.

International journal of high risk behaviors & addiction

Sharareh Eskandarieh, Firoozeh Jafari, Somayeh Yazdani, Nazanin Hazrati, Mohammad Bagher Saberi-Zafarghandi

Affiliations

  1. Bureau of Mental, Social Health and Addiction, Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, Tehran, IR Iran.
  2. Substance Abuse and Dependency Research Centre, Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences University, Tehran, IR Iran.
  3. Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.

PMID: 25741482 PMCID: PMC4331656 DOI: 10.5812/ijhrba.21765

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Psychoactive substance use can cause a broad variety of mental health disorders and social health problems for the drug users, their family and society.

OBJECTIVES: The Ministry of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education of Iran has recently proclaimed an estimated number of 2 million drug abusers and 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: For data collection, the directory of mental, social health, and Addiction designed a questionnaire in cooperation with Drug Control Headquarters of Iran.

RESULTS: Among 402 IDUs patients, a large amount of them were male, single, and younger than 39 years. Regarding psychotic and somatic symptoms caused by methadone therapy, most of the participants had no problem with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).

CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to train health staff, and the community, concerning preventive measures, treatment, and reducing harm for substance drug users.

Keywords: Drug Users; Methadone; Psychotic Disorders

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