Background Residential treatment is a standard treatment for individuals with severe and
complex substance use problems. However, there is limited evidence on best practice …

Because of the proximity of Persian Iran to Afghanistan, the main opium producer in the
world, drug use especially opium use has a long history in Iran. Opium and its residues are …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a therapeutic community
program on resilience and positive change of lifestyle in people with alcohol use disorder …

Objective: The objective was to review all the available published studies and reports with
particular emphasis on the prevalence of opioid use and the availability of opioid treatment …

Background Substance abuse is a chronic phenomenon that affects many physical,
psychological, social, familial and economic elements. Abusers are left with severely …

Background Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been implemented in China for
nearly two decades, with a significant decrease in the number of participants in recent years …

Abstract The San Patrignano drug recovery community, Italy, is regarded as one of the most
successful in the world. However, if this model is to be transferred to other countries, it is …

Drug abuse has become a problem and a threat to development, especially human
development and the younger generation. The research aims to describe and analyze …

This cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the quality of life (QoL) and its related
factors in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients at four health facilities in Long …

This study aimed to explore the bidirectional relationships between retention and health-
related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients from mainland China receiving methadone …