Prolonged use of benzodiazepines is associated with childhood trauma in opioid-maintained patients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 93-98

  Vogel, Marc ^a   Dürsteler MacFarland, Kenneth M ^a   Walter, Marc ^a   Strasser, Johannes ^a   Fehr, Stephanie ^a   Prieto, Luis ^b   Wiesbeck, Gerhard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse childhood events; Diazepam; Opioid dependence; Sedative

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHADONE; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 80055017362     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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