CRAVING AND WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS FOR VARIOUS DRUGS OF ABUSE

Authors
MEZINSKIS J DYRENFORTH S GOLDSMITH RJ COHEN M SOMOZA E
Citation
J. Mezinskis et al., CRAVING AND WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS FOR VARIOUS DRUGS OF ABUSE, Psychiatric annals, 28(10), 1998, pp. 577
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Psychiatric annals → ACNP
ISSN journal
00485713
Volume
28
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-5713(1998)28:10<577:CAWSFV>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The authors investigate craving and how it varies with the intensity o f the eight mood states commonly associated with withdrawal. They comp are craving between subjects dependent on various single drugs to see if cravings for different drugs are quantitatively different and also compare craving for different substances within subjects who have mult iple substance dependencies to see if the cravings are qualitatively s imilar.