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Daily cocaine craving in a 3‐week inpatient treatment program
Author(s) -
Flowers Queen,
Elder Ivan R.,
Voris John,
Sebastian Praxedes S.,
Blevins Odes,
Dubois Jeannette
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199303)49:2<292::aid-jclp2270490224>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - craving , psychology , mood , clinical psychology , cocaine dependence , psychiatry , addiction , depression (economics) , economics , macroeconomics
Fifteen male veteran cocaine addicts took simple tests of cocaine craving, mood, energy, and perceived health status for 23 consecutive days during an inpatient treatment center. Results show they experienced very little cocaine craving or other symptomatology. Multiple regression analyses show that health rating alone was the best predictor of cocaine craving. These results question solely internal sources of craving and the oft‐touted craving‐depression connection. The study delineates further implications of the findings.