Relationship of personality traits and drug of choice by cocaine addicts and heroin addicts

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 317-330

  Gerra, G ^a   Bertacca, S ^b   Zaimovic, A ^c   Pirani, M ^d   Branchi, B ^b   Ferri, M ^d  

^a National Department on Drug Policy   (Italy)

^b Addiction Research Center of AUSL Parma   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Office on Addiction Prevention and Treatment of Emilia Romagna Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Cocaine; Craving; Dependence; Drug of choice; Heroin; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMININITY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; INTEGRATION; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; METHADONE TREATMENT; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; NARCOTICS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41349114674     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701202726     Document Type: Article

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