Alcohol use disorder and past heroin addiction. A successfully treated ‘masked heroinism’ patient

Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 37-42

  Maremmani, Angelo Giovanni Icro ^a,b   Quaranta, Giuseppe ^a   Bacciardi, Silvia ^a   Rovai, Luca ^a   Rugani, Fabio ^a   Pacini, Matteo ^a,c   Nisita, Cristiana ^a   Maremmani, Icro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Association for the Application of Neuroscientific Knowledge to Social Aims AU CNS   (Italy)

^c G DE LISIO INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agonist opioid treatment; Alcohol use disorder; Masked heroinism

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BUPRENORPHINE; FLURAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; METHADONE; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DSM-IV-TR; DYSPHORIA; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY;

EID: 84910116349     PISSN: 15921638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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