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CONCLUSION: Low-threshold, motivational, integrated treatment programs with psycho-educative and behavioral therapeutic elements may be helpful in the treatment of dual diagnosis patients and should be more extensively implemented as part of standard hospital treatment. Larger-scale, methodologically more complex studies will be needed to identify subgroups of patients that respond to such treatme
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It is the responsibility of medical professionals to do all that is possible to safely alleviate pain. Opioids are frequently prescribed for pain but are associated with the potential for misuse, addiction, diversion, and overdose mortality, and thus they are strictly regulated. To adhere to legitimate practice standards, physicians and other health care providers who prescribe opioids for pain,
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Publication date: Available online 12 November 2015 Source:Neuron Author(s): Vincent Pascoli, Jean Terrier, Agnès Hiver, Christian Lüscher The factors causing the transition from recreational drug consumption to addiction remain largely unknown. It has not been tested whether dopamine (DA) is sufficient to trigger this process. Here we use optogenetic self-stimulation of DA neurons of the
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Six out of every 10 new drug addicts in Mombasa, who inject themselves, are children and may be HIV positive, the National Aids Control Council (Nacc) has said. This is because Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) share needles which expose many users to HIV infection, Nacc Coast coordinator Julius Koome said. “Drugs are slowly creeping into our young population. Out of 10 people who are IDUs, six are chi
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