Vol. 13 • Na. 1 • March 2011

In this issue:

• Tobacco smoking prevalence in a large sample of heroin users accessing rehabilitation
  Pajusco B., Boschini A., Chiamulera C., Begnini M., Smacchia C., Lugoboni F.
• Housing and employment situation, body mass index and dietary habits of heroin addicts in methadone maintenance treatment
  Alves D., Costa A. F., Custódio D., Natário L., Ferro-Lebres V., Andrade F.
• Effect of valproate on benzodiazepine withdrawal severity in opioid-dependent subjects: a pilot study
  Vorma H., Katila H.
• Opioid addiction complicated by alcoholism (in young men)
  Blagov L. N., Kurgak D. I.
• Dual Diagnosis (Comorbidity): A growing diagnostic and treatment issue in the psychiatric and substance use programmes in the Republic of Macedonia
  Tulevski I. G.
• Does cannabis have therapeutic benefits for withdrawing opioid addicts?
  Peloquin M., Peters L. R., Mclarnon M. E., Barrett S. P.
• Is it time for new studies on the level of insight in heroin addicts to promote compliance with methadone treatment?
  Rovai L., Maremmani A. G. I.

Vol. 13 • Na. 2 • June 2011

In this issue:

• Basics on Addiction: a training package for medical practitioners or psychiatrists who treat opioid dependence
  Maremmani I., Pacini M., Pani P. P., On Behalf of the 'Basics on Addiction Group'

Vol. 13 • Na. 3 • September 2011

In this issue:

• Therapeutic management and comorbidities in opiate-dependent patients undergoing a replacement therapy programme in Spain: the PROTEUS study
  Roncero C., Fuste G., Barral C., Rodríguez-Cintas L., Martínez-Luna N., Eiroa-Orosa F. J., Casas M., On Behalf of the Proteus Study Investigators
• Life events (loss and traumatic) and emotional responses to them in heroin-dependent patients before and after the dependence age of onset
  Rugani F., Maremmani A. G. I., Rovai L., Mautone S., Perugi P., Pani P. P., Dell'osso L., Maremmani I.
• A comparison of the drug use patterns, measures of needs and quality of life of methadone maintained patients using and not using cocaine
  Ducray K., Byrne P., Burke C., Smyth B. P.
• Sociodemographic and clinical differences among deceased and surviving cohort members of opioid maintenance therapy
  Lovrečič B., Šemerl J. S., Tavčar R., Maremmani I.

Vol. 13 • Na. 4 • December 2011

In this issue:

• Self-reported differences in side-effects for 110 heroin addicts during opioid addiction and during methadone treatment
  Grönbladh L., Öhlund L. S.
• Latent suicidality in heroin addicts
  Budiša D., Gavrilov-Jerković V., Dickov A., Vučković N., Mitrović D., Svilokos S.
• Patients who use alcohol during MMT receive lower doses of methadone, show fewer positive urine analyses for opioids, and suffer from PTSD more frequently
  Softić J., Awad H.
• Further evidence of no relationship between anxiety-depressive mental status and dual diagnosis in heroin addicts entering treatment
  Lovrecic M., Lovrecic B., Rovai L., Rugani F., Maremmani A. G. I., Maremmani I.
• Requiring stabilized heroin addicts to stop successfull agonist opioid treatment before liver transplantation can shift patients over a cross-acting (alcohol) substance abuse
  Piz L., Maremmani A. G. I., Rugani F., Pacini M., Rovai L., Dell'osso L., Maremmani I.
• Suboxone® switch data: A regional experience
  Leonardi C.
• What concept of ‘spectrum' is useful in addiction medicine?
  Rovai L., Rugani F., Bacciardi S., Maremmani A. G. I.