Is the bipolar spectrum the psychopathological substrate of suicidality in heroin addicts?

Psychopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 269-277

  Maremmani, Icro ^a,b,c   Pani, Pier Paolo ^d   Canoniero, Stefania ^e   Pacini, Matteo ^b   Perugi, Giulio ^a,b   Rihmer, Zoltán ^f   Akiskal, Hagop S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b G DE LISIO INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c AU CNS   (Italy)

^d AUSL 8   (Italy)

^e SerT Drug Addiction Unit   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar spectrum; Heroin addiction; Hostility; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34547908523     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104742     Document Type: Article

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