Association of chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) delta32 mutation with Behçet's disease is dependent on gender in Iranian patients.

Objective: Behçet's disease (BD) is a recurrent multi-system inflammatory disorder caused by the combinations of multiple genetic and environmental factors. CCR5 is a Th1-dominant chemokine receptor whose levels are increased in patients with active BD. It is believed that a 32 bp deletion in the CCR5 gene reduces the expression of this receptor on the cell surface.

Psychometric properties of the Farsi translation of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version.

Background: Semi-structural clinical interviews are very important in the area of mental health research and services. There were no studies of the reliability and validity of the Farsi (Persian) version of Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) in Iran. This study compares the results of face-to-face, semi-structural interview and clinical interview by a child and adolescent psychiatrist.

Controlled trial of maintenance treatment of intravenous buprenorphine dependence.

Background: Buprenorphine dependence is a relatively novel addiction.

Aims: To compare the treatment outcome in three groups over 12-weeks of treatment.

Methods: Two hundred and four intravenous (i.

Shiraz University students' attitude towards drugs: an exploratory study.

Using a self-reported questionnaire, 213 Shiraz University students were surveyed about their attitudes towards drug use (cigarettes, alcohol, opium, heroin, cannabis) and their use of drugs (ever or during the 6 months prior to the study). About 52% had smoked cigarettes, 25% had tried alcohol, 21% opium and 12% cannabis; only one student had used heroin. Those who had used drugs obtained them from and used them with friends or acquaintances.

Prevalence of substance use among offspring of opioid addicts.

Aims: This study assessed the prevalence of substance use in sons and daughters of opioids addicts in Iran.

Measurements: A confidential semistructured interview and DSM-IV criteria were used. Data were gathered from 500 subjects (225 men and 275 women).

Selective, sustained, and shift in attention in patients with diagnoses of schizophrenia.

Attentional deficits are a prominent aspect of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. The present study was designed to investigate attention deficit in a group of patients with diagnosis of schizophrenia. According to the segmental set theory suggested by Hogarty and Flesher, three aspects of attention problems, selective, sustained, and shift in attention, were studied.

Prevalence of substance use among Iranian high school students.

Aims: This study assessed the rate of substance use among Iranian high school students.

Participants: 397 high school students (200 girls and 197 boys) were selected randomly and were assessed.

Measurements: A confidential questionnaire was distributed, completed by the students, and collected in the same sessions in 2000.

Various types of exercise and scores on the Beck Depression Inventory.

This study investigated scores on depression of students in sports. 311 (ns = 60, 100, 100, 40, 11) female athletic candidates were selected randomly and administered the Beck Depression Inventory. Initially, 60 persons who had gone through a body-building course for less than 1 month took the inventory and again after 4 wk.

Substance use among Iranian psychiatric inpatients.

This study evaluated substance use among a sample of 205 psychiatric inpatients (70 women and 135 men) chosen randomly. The subjects (who had schizophrenia or mood disorders) were evaluated on a confidential questionnaire by interview. Their mean age was 35 yr.

Prevalence of cigarette smoking in Iran.

The current research assessed the prevalence of cigarette smoking in Shiraz, Iran by randomly selecting 1,335 subjects (782 men and 553 women) from the city for a face-to-face interview and completion of a questionnaire. Of the participants, 205 (26%) of the men and 20 (3.6%) of the women reported being current smokers.

Cigarette smoking among Iranian medical students, resident physicians and attending physicians.

Objective: This research assessed the prevalence of cigarette smoking among Iranian medical students, resident physicians and attending physicians.

Methods: Subjects (532 males and females) were selected randomly from Shiraz university of medical sciences and were administered by a questionnaire.

Findings: Of the participants 16.

Motivations for use of opiates among addicts seeking treatment in Shiraz.

This study assessed the characteristics and motivation for substance use among addicts referred to the Shiraz Self-identified Center, an out-patient treatment facility. Data were gathered by a semistructured interview from 306 consecutive addicts seeking treatment and referred from July to September, 1998. Their mean age was 37 yr.

Classical rheumatoid arthritis associated with relapsing polychondritis.

Relapsing polychondritis is rare in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We report a case of classical RA with relapsing polychondritis. Nasal septal chondritis resulted in cartilage collapse and a characteristic saddle nose deformity.