Effects of naltrexone on repressive coping and disclosure of emotional material: A test of the opioid-peptide hypothesis of repression and hypertension

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 734-741

  Younger, Jarred W ^a   Lawler Row, Kathleen A ^b   Moe, Krista A ^c   Kratz, Anna L ^d   Keenum, Amy J ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Disclosure; Hypertension; Naltrexone; Opioids; Repression

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33748996188     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000234029.38245.c9     Document Type: Article

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