Personality dysfunction in opiate addicts on opioid substitution treatment and the risk of HCV infection.

Background: Impulsivity, affective instability, and neglect of oneself and other people's safety as symptoms of personality dysfunction are associated with risky behaviors regarding the transmission of infectious diseases either sexually or by intravenous drug abuse.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and personality dysfunction in opiate addicts on opioid substitution treatment.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional, observational investigation of patients over 18 years of age who were actively participating in opioid substitution treatment at five centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Organization of mental healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), like any other pandemic, has imposed an unprecedented threat to physical and mental health to all nations, worldwide. There is no enough evidence in the literature in this area. The present study has been done to explore the organization of psychiatric services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) to meet mental health needs of BH citizens during the particular restrictive measures caused by COVID-19 pandemic.

The Impact of the Attitudes toward Work on the Affective Status of the Therapists in the Treatment of Addicts.

Background: The attitude of health care professionals towards job is determined by the degree of their ability to work with addicts, educational and cultural factors, as well as the psychological profile of their personality, on which depend their emotional response in work with addicts.

Aim: To explore the therapist's relationship to job, whether that relationship has an effect on their affective status, and to what extent that relationship can lead to the development of tension (anxiety) during the treatment of opiate addicts.

Subjects And Methods: The sample consists of members of the multidisciplinary teams of the Institute for Addiction Disorders of Canton Sarajevo (45 in total), of which 11 are physicians, 26 nurses/medical technicians, 4 psychologists and 4 social workers.

The effect of psychoactive substances (drugs) on the presence and frequency of oral Candida species and Candida dubliniensis.

The Goal: The goal of this study was to determine the effect of psychoactive substances (drugs) on the presence and frequency of oral Candida species and Candida dubliniensis.

Materials And Methods: For the purpose of achieving the set goals, we chose a sample. Sixty bed-ridden patients from the Institute for Alcoholism and Other Addictions in Sarajevo Canton, both males and females between 18 and 60 years of age, were included in the research and assigned to two different groups (alcohol addicts and opiate addicts).

Association of dopamine receptor gene polymorphism and psychological personality traits in liability for opioid addiction.

There is a clear evidence that same psychoactive substance may cause various individual physiological reactions in same environmental conditions. Although there is a general attitude on equal liability to opioid addiction, latest genetic analysis findings imply there are certain quantifiable factors that could lead to elevated individual liability towards development of opioid addiction. The goal of this study was to investigate association of certain personality traits and genetic factors (separately and in combination) with heroin addiction.