Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse in Military Personnels

Mohamad Reza Najarzadegan; S. Abbas Tavalaee; Gholamreza Karami

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Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse in Military Personnels

Author(s):

Mohamad Reza Najarzadegan^1,*,

S. Abbas Tavalaee²,

Gholamreza Karami³

1General Physician

2Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Bagiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

3Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Behavior Scinces Reasearch Center Bagiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 14, issue 2; e93570

Published online:Jan 29, 2012

Article type:Review Article

Received:May 29, 2011

Accepted:Jun 29, 2011

How to Cite:Mohamad Reza NajarzadeganS. Abbas TavalaeeGholamreza KaramiPrevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse in Military Personnels.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.14(2):e93570.

Abstract

Background : Drug abuse was existed in militaries all of the time and according to many researches it has very negatinve effect military readiness and their epic activity. So in many military systems ordained some protocols to prevent and treatment Drug abuse and addiction in soldiers.

Materials and Method : In this original article we surveyed all literatures about substance abuse and addiction in militaries, inside & outside data banks and military psychology’s title books for prevention and control and treatment of addiction and substance abuse in militaries around the world.

Results : results show some ingredients such drug traffic interdiction, hard disciplinary for addiction, periodic urinary analysis, comm:::union::: of family and friends for prevention and treatment of addiction, disciplinary proportionate to previous act and duty of persons, special attention to personal and social problems, cooperation between military hospitals and rehabilitation centers, using the commanders, idolize the superior personnels all of them were the common things in these protocols.

Conclusion : Purposed, with survey and using existing protocols ordinated the special protocol for prevention and treatment of drug abuse in militaries in Islamic Republics of IRAN. [ZJRMS, 2012 14(2): 1-8 ]

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