Amphetamine-Related Disorders - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Substance misuse and early psychosis.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to review current knowledge about the relationship between substance misuse and early psychosis. METHODS: A literature search was conducted using Medline and restricting the search to articles after 1996. Additional ... Read more...

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-related fatalities in Australia: demographics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology.

12 Jul 2009 AIM: To examine the demographic characteristics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology of MDMA-related deaths in Australia. METHODS: Retrospective review of cases in which MDMA was a cause of death, as identified from the National ... Read more...

Extra-medical stimulant dependence among recent initiates.

7 Jun 2009 New estimates for the risk of becoming stimulant dependent within 24 months after first extra-medical (EM) use of a stimulant drug compound are presented, with a focus on subgroup variations in this risk (e.g., alcohol dependence, male-female ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The scourge of methamphetamine. 30 Jul 2009
• Methylphenidate: abuse and dependence. Abuse confirmed in France. 30 Jul 2009
• Substance misuse and early psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-related fatalities in Australia: demographics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology. 12 Jul 2009
• Extra-medical stimulant dependence among recent initiates. 7 Jun 2009
• Family conflict and depression in HIV-negative heterosexuals: the role of methamphetamine use. 30 May 2009
• [Ecstasy, new psychotropic drugs] 29 Apr 2009
• Incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections and risk factors for acquisition among young methamphetamine users in northern Thailand. 29 Apr 2009
• Heterogeneity of stimulant dependence: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study. 29 Apr 2009
• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• Frequency of osteoporosis in 46 men with methamphetamine abuse hospitalized in a National Hospital. 24 Apr 2009
• Risk factors associated with methamphetamine use and heart failure among native Hawaiians and other Pacific Island peoples. 6 Apr 2009
• Personal values and meaning in the use of methamphetamine among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. 30 Mar 2009
• Initiation into methamphetamine use: qualitative findings from an exploration of first time use among a group of New Zealand users. 27 Feb 2009
• Regional and temporal variation in methamphetamine-related incidents: applications of spatial and temporal scan statistics. 27 Feb 2009
• Methamphetamines in trauma: effect on injury patterns and outcome. 27 Feb 2009
• Importance of psychiatric confounding in non-randomized studies of heavy ecstasy users. 10 Feb 2009
• Factors associated with incarceration and incident human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among injection drug users participating in an HIV vaccine trial in Bangkok, Thailand, 1999-2003. 30 Jan 2009
• Mapping the experience of drug dealing risk environments: an ethnographic case study. 23 Jan 2009
• Patterns of methamphetamine use and symptoms of depression among young adults in northern Thailand. 16 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from use of amphetamines.

Descriptor UI: D019969

Alternative terms: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Amphetamine Related Disorders; Disorder, Amphetamine-Related; Disorders, Amphetamine-Related; Amphetamine Addiction; Addiction, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Dependence; Dependence, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Abuse; Abuse, Amphetamine;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.225; F03.900.225;

History Note: 98