The Influence of Psychological Factors on the Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 149 (2) , 235-238
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.149.2.235
Abstract
Psychological and drug-related variables and their effect on the severity of withdrawal symptoms were examined in a group of addicts being withdrawn from opiates on an in-patient drug dependence unit. Two psychological factors—neuroticism and the degree of distress expected by the patient—were related to subsequent severity of symptoms. Both are anxiety-related, and may serve to amplify withdrawal symptoms. Surprisingly, drug dose was unrelated to symptom severity.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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