Craving and Control: Methamphetamine Users' Narratives

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 38, Issue , 2006, Pages 385-392

  Bruehl, Alexandra M ^a   Lende, Daniel H ^b   Schwartz, Melissa ^c   Sterk, Claire E ^c   Elifson, Kirk ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control mechanisms; Craving; Methamphetamine; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONTROL; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CUES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33845933461     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2006.10400602     Document Type: Article

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