SELF-MEDICATION HYPOTHESIS: Connecting Affective Experience and Drug Choice

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-532

  Suh, Jesse J ^a   Ruffins, Stephen ^b   Robins, C Edward ^c   Albanese, Mark J ^d   Khantzian, Edward J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^e Tewksbury Hospital

Author keywords

addiction; alcohol; cocaine; heroin; self medication hypothesis (SMH)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF MEDICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 47649125503     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.25.3.518     Document Type: Article

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