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Demographic Profile and Substance Abuse Patterns in Women Stationed at Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centres in Tehran
Bahare Mehrdad Vahdati1*, Ali Soleimani2, Azize Farzin Mehr3 and Elahe Rezaei41Tarbiat Modares University, SOS Enterprise Foundation, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Psychology, University of Science and Culture, Iran
3Tehran University of Medical Sciences, SOS Enterprise Foundation, Tehran, Iran
4Islamic Azad University, SOS Enterprise Foundation, Tehran, Iran
- Corresponding Author:
- Bahare Mehrdad Vahdati
Tarbiat Modares University
Member of Research Division
SOS Enterprise Foundation, Tehran, Iran
Tel: +98 9126015922
E-mail: Bahare.Mehrdadv@gmail.com
Received date: October 28, 2015 Accepted date: January 11, 2016 Published date: January 20, 2016
Citation: Vahdati BM, Soleimani A, Mehr AF, Rezaei E (2016) Demographic Profile and Substance Abuse Patterns in Women Stationed at Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centres in Tehran. J Addict Res Ther 7:262. doi:10.4172/2155-6105.1000262
Copyright: © 2016 Vahdati BM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective: Throughout recent years, wide spread substance abuse in both genders, especially in women, has been increasingly on the rise in Iran. This is a serious matter. There are no solid and accurate statistics on female drug abusers yet. According to the World Drug Report (2014), the highest amount of methamphetamine consumption has been observed in Mexico, the USA, China, Thailand, and Iran. Despite global concerns in the matter, it is difficult to estimate the exact number of amphetamine consumers.
Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to examine the socio-demographic profile and substance abuse patterns in woman stationed at three Detox and Rehab Centres in Tehran. The statistical society at this centre includes 112 female patients. In this study, a questionnaire designed by the team of SOS-Enterprise.
