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Azarakhsh Mokri
Researcher at Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Publications - 58
Citations - 949
Azarakhsh Mokri is an academic researcher from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Craving & Addiction. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 55 publications receiving 806 citations. Previous affiliations of Azarakhsh Mokri include University of Tehran.
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HIV risk behavior among injection drug users in Tehran Iran.
Nooshin Razani,Minoo Mohraz,Parastoo Kheirandish,Mohsen Malekinejad,Hossein Malekafzali,Azarakhsh Mokri,Willi McFarland,George W. Rutherford +7 more
TL;DR: This research is one of the first to describe a diversity of IDU, including women and higher socio-economic class individuals, in Tehran, and ongoing risks point to an urgent need for targeted, culturally acceptable interventions.
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COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorders: Recommendations to a Comprehensive Healthcare Response. An International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Practice and Policy Interest Group Position Paper
Ali Farhoudian,Alex Baldacchino,Nicolas Clark,Gilberto Gerra,Hamed Ekhtiari,Geert Dom,Azarakhsh Mokri,Mandana Sadeghi,Pardris Nematollahi,Maryanne Demasi,Christian G. Schütz,Seyed Mohammadreza Hashemian,Payam Tabarsi,Susanna Galea-Singer,Giuseppe Carrà,Thomas Clausen,Christos Kouimtsidis,Serenella Tolomeo,Seyed Ramin Radfar,Emran Mohammed Razaghi +19 more
TL;DR: An international group of experts on addiction medicine, infectious diseases, and disaster psychiatry explore the possible raised concerns in this issue and provide recommendations to manage the comorbidity of COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
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Methamphetamine use and treatment in Iran: A systematic review from the most populated Persian Gulf country.
TL;DR: The current situation of methamphetamine use in Iran necessitates more research on the epidemiology and health-related implications, and more active models of engagement with Persian methamphetamine users and the provision of services that meet their specific treatment needs are required.
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A neurocomputational model for cocaine addiction
TL;DR: Using average reward temporal difference reinforcement learning, the elevation of basal reward threshold after long-term drug exposure is incorporated into the model of drug addiction proposed by Redish, which is consistent with the animal models of drug seeking under punishment.
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The Evolution of Addiction Treatment and Harm Reduction Programs in Iran: A Chaotic Response or a Synergistic Diversity?
Hamed Ekhtiari,Hamed Ekhtiari,Alireza Noroozi,Ali Farhoudian,Seyed Ramin Radfar,Ahmad Hajebi,Saeed Sefatian,Mehran Zare-Bidoky,Mehran Zare-Bidoky,Emran Razaghi,Azarakhsh Mokri,Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar,Richard A. Rawson,Richard A. Rawson +13 more
TL;DR: Iran's evolutionary experience in developing a large addiction treatment program in a complex combination of medical/harm reduction and punitive/criminal justice addiction treatment can be examined in its political, clinical and pragmatic context.