Former heroin addicts with or without a history of cocaine dependence are more impulsive than controls

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Nielsen, David A ^a,b   Ho, Ann ^a   Bahl, Ajay ^a   Varma, Priya ^a   Kellogg, Scott ^a   Borg, Lisa ^a   Kreek, Mary Jeanne ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine dependence; Gender differences; Heroin addiction; Impulsiveness; Methadone maintenance; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE ATTENTIONAL SUBSCALE; BARATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE MOTOR SUBSCALE; BARATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE NONPLANNING SUBSCALE; BARATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE VERSION 11; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINHIBITION SEEKING SUBSCALE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SENSATION SEEKING; SENSATION SEEKING SCALE VERSION V; SEX DIFFERENCE; THRILL AND ADVENTURE SEEKING SUBSCALE;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84861861064     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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