Dissociative psychopathology among opioid use disorder patients: exploring the "chemical dissociation" hypothesis

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-425

  Somer, Eli ^a   Altus, Libby ^a   Ginzburg, Karni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTPATIENT; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954243954     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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