Differences in depression severity and frequency of relapses in opiate addicts treated with methadone or opiate blocker after detoxification | Zendy

Tatjana Jovanović | Zendy; Dušan Lazarević | Zendy; Gordaikolić | Zendy

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Differences in depression severity and frequency of relapses in opiate addicts treated with methadone or opiate blocker after detoxification

Author(s) -

Tatjana Jovanović,

Dušan Lazarević,

Gordaikolić

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp1204326j

Subject(s) - opiate , methadone , detoxification (alternative medicine) , medicine , depression (economics) , hamd , addiction , naltrexone , psychiatry , abstinence , opioid , anxiety , alternative medicine , receptor , pathology , economics , macroeconomics

Relapse of opiate dependence is a common occurrence after detoxification and introduction of opiate addicts in abstinence from opiates. Clinical evaluation showed that over 90% of opiate addicts exhibit depressive manifestations during detoxification, or develop post-detoxification depression. The aim of this study was to determine differences in the frequency of relapses, severity and course of depression during a of 6-month period, and previous patterns of use of opioids in the two groups of opiate addicts treated by two different therapeutic modalities.

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