Browsing by Subject "dependence"

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    • Concepts of dependence among Brazilian alcohol- and drug-dependent patients 

      Silva, Eroy A. da; Noto, Ana R.; Faria, Regina FS; Formigoni, Maria LOS (Haight-ashbury Publ, 2000-10-01)
      Studies suggest that the concepts that drug dependent persons have about their problems could influence adherence to treatment and outcome. The objective of this study was to compare these concepts in different groups of ...

    • Crack use in São Paulo 

      Nappo, S. A.; Galduroz, JCF; Noto, A. R. (Marcel Dekker Inc, 1996-01-01)
      Documented crack use emerged in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1991 onward. Therefore, it is a recent behavior among drug users. the present work draws a profile of São Paulo crack users, employing an ethnographic approach. ...

    • Predicting craving among cocaine users 

      Da Silveira, Dartlu Xavier; Doering-Silveira, Evelyn; Niel, Marcelo; Jorge, Miguel Roberto (Elsevier B.V., 2006-12-01)
      Introduction: Craving for cocaine seems to play an important role in the continued use of and dependence on the substance.Aims: to describe characteristics of the craving phenomenon in a sample of cocaine users and to ...

    • A statistical model to select densities of Apis mellifera bees in conducting laboratory experiments 

      Cirillo, Marcelo Angelo; Cespedes, Juliana Garcia [UNIFESP] (Entomological Soc Southern Africa, 2013-09-01)
      The survival of Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 adults under laboratory conditions is not ensured only by a well-balanced diet during the larval stage and the first days after emergence; their population density in each ...

    • Therapeutic use of cannabis by crack addicts in Brazil 

      Labigalini, Eliseu; Rodrigues, Lucio Ribeiro; Da Silveira, Dartiu Xavier (Haight-ashbury Publ, 1999-10-01)
      This study ensued from clinical observations based on spontaneous accounts by crack abusers undergoing their first psychiatric assessment, where they reported using cannabis in an attempt to ease their own withdrawal ...

    • Treating drug dependence with the aid of ibogaine: A retrospective study 

      Schenberg, Eduardo Ekman [UNIFESP]; Comis, Maria Angélica de Castro [UNIFESP]; Chaves, Bruno Rasmussen; Silveira, Dartiu Xavier da [UNIFESP] (Sage Publications Ltd, 2014-11-01)
      Ibogaine is an alkaloid purported to be an effective drug dependence treatment. However, its efficacy has been hard to evaluate, partly because it is illegal in some countries. in such places, treatments are conducted in ...

    • Uso indevido de drogas entre médicos: problema ainda negligenciado 

      Fidalgo, Thiago Marques [UNIFESP]; Silveira, Dartiu Xavier da [UNIFESP] (Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 2008-01-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the opinions and attitudes about substance use among clinical physicians. METHOD: A hundred physicians of clinical areas were selected in a public hospital of São Paulo. All of them were asked to ...