Leaving methadone maintenance treatment: The role of personality traits and psychic status

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-234

  Stenbacka, Marlene ^a   Brandt, Lena ^a   Lettholm, Louise ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Methadone; Opiates; Personality factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MUSCLE TONE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHASTHENIA; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHADONE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 3843103682     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2004.10399733     Document Type: Article

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