Attachment and substance use disorders: A review of the literature and a study in a drug dependent adolescents

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-228

  Schindler, Andreas ^a   Thomasius, Rainer ^a   Sack, Peter Michael ^a   Gemeinhardt, Brigitte ^a   Küstner, Udo ^a   Eckert, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction severity; Adolescence; Attachment; Drug dependence; Fearful attachment

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 27744574103     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730500173918     Document Type: Review

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