Life events (Loss and traumatic) and emotional responses to them in heroindependent patients before and after the dependence age of onset

Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Rugani, Fabio ^a   Icro Maremmani, Angelo Giovanni ^a,b   Rovai, Luca ^a   Mautone, Salvatore ^a   Perugi, Giulio ^a,c   Pani, Pier Paolo ^d   Dell’Osso, Liliana ^a   Maremmani, Icro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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

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

^d Territorial Department of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heroin dependence; Loss events; Potentially traumatic events; PTSD spectrum; Therapeutic implications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; ONSET AGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 84983422957     PISSN: 15921638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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