Self-medication among addicts with primary psychiatric disorders.
Thirty-two dually diagnosed inpatients described drug-induced changes in their psychiatric symptoms. All heroin addicts and most alcoholics reported drug-induced improvement of their primary psychiatric symptoms; all cocaine addicts reported symptom worsening. These findings suggest that chronic cocaine abuse may not necessarily be related to attempts at self-medication of psychiatric symptoms.
Casteneda
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Bellevue Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY 10016.
Galanter
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Franco
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D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012651:Self Medication / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
D003042:Cocaine