Kleinian Conceptualization of Heroin Addiction, Part 1: The Paranoid-Schizoid Position
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DOI: 10.1007/s10615-016-0609-y
Abstract: Drug abusers are considered by many psychotherapists not to be an appropriate population for psychoanalytic treatment. Perhaps such a premise prevails due to the absence of a psychoanalytic theory that would enable analysts to understand… read more here.
Keywords: addiction; heroin addiction; schizoid position; heroin ... See more keywords
Decision making of individuals with heroin addiction receiving opioid maintenance treatment compared to early abstinent users.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107593
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS Individuals with heroin addiction are prone to dysfunctional decision-making. They frequently choose the short-term rewarding option of drug intake despite experiencing long-term negative consequences. Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is the most common… read more here.
Keywords: decision; heroin addiction; treatment; individuals heroin ... See more keywords
Natural Polyphenols—Resveratrol, Quercetin, Magnolol, and β-Catechin—Block Certain Aspects of Heroin Addiction and Modulate Striatal IL-6 and TNF-α
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DOI: 10.3390/toxics11040379
Abstract: We have examined the effects of four different polyphenols in attenuating heroin addiction using a conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm. Adult male Sprague Dawley rats received heroin (alternating with saline) in escalating doses starting from… read more here.
Keywords: heroin withdrawal; administration; heroin; resveratrol quercetin ... See more keywords