Search for dissertations about: "effect of drug abuse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words effect of drug abuse.

  2. 1. Very Integrated Program (VIP): health promotion for patients with alcohol and drug use disorders

    Author : Karen Hovhannisyan; Kliniskt Centrum för Hälsofrämjande Vård; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alcohol addiction; Drug addiction; Lifestyle intervention; Smoking cessation; Dietary counselling; Physical activity; Integrated program;

    Abstract : Treatment of patients with alcohol or drug use disorders is a complex multistage process addressing the substance addiction and co-morbidities. The risky lifestyles, including tobacco smoking, insufficient physical activity and unhealthy diet, which can aggravate health condition as well as addiction treatment itself, are very common among these patients. READ MORE

  4. 2. Ceramic Materials as Drug Delivery Systems

    Author : Amina Vazda; Håkan Engqvist; Santos Hélder; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Drug delivery; ceramics; Abuse deterrent; inhalation; single-crystals;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to evaluate ceramic materials for drug delivery drugs applications. Three delivery routes were investigated; abuse-deterrent oral formulation, inhalation, and novel ceramic crystals with drug entrapped. A geopolymer matrix was developed in order to withstand non-medical abuse such as crushing, snorting, extraction etc. READ MORE

  5. 3. Brain glycine receptors as a common target for alcohol and the relapse-preventing drug acamprosate - a preclinical study

    Author : Pei Pei Chau; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alcoholism; Acamprosate; Glycine receptor; Preclinical study; Dopamine; Ethanol;

    Abstract : Alcohol abuse and dependence make up the most prevalent categories of substance use disorders in the world. Converging evidence from the current research group has identified two receptor populations, the glycine (GlyRs) and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the mesolimbic dopamine system, as two potentially important targets for the development of new medication to treat alcohol dependence. READ MORE

  6. 4. Violence against a person : the role of mental disorder and abuse : a study of homicides and an analysis of criminality in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia

    Author : Per Lindqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggression; alcohol intoxication; alcoholism; family; follow-up studies; forensic psychiatry; homicide; mental disorder; schizophrenia; substance abuse;

    Abstract : Interpersonal violence is a matter of growing concern. Where the safety of the common man is concerned, the dangerousness of mental patients, the ongoing de-institutionalization within psychiatry, and the role of alcohol is disputed. READ MORE

  7. 5. Impact of alcohol and drug abuse on hippocampal neurogenesis in humans

    Author : Gopalakrishnan Dhanabalan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Hippocampus is one of the few brain regions in which adult neurogenesis is known to occur. Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus is considered to be important for higher cognitive function, most notably in memory processes and mood regulation. Alcohol abusers are often diagnosed with memory dysfunction. READ MORE