title: [Emotional response to affective stimuli in subjects addicted to opiates engaged in controlled use as part of the P.E.P.S.A].
abstract: The main objective of this study was to analyze emotional response to a set of everyday emotional visual stimuli unrelated to drug use. Two groups of prescribed opiate drug abusers (heroin+methadone vs. methadone-only groups) currently participating in the Andalusian Experimental Prescribed Drug Program (Programa Experimental de Prescripcion de Estupefacientes de Andalucia, PEPSA) were studied, and comparisons made between them, within them for different phases, and between them and a normative group of nonusers. For this purpose we used the I.C.E.R.E., an instrument based on the I.A.P.S. (International Affective Picture System) and on Peter Lang's S.A.M. (Self-Assessment Manikin). The results showed patterns of emotional response in the opiate users, compared to the non-users, characterized by a lower rating of the everyday natural stimuli of a pleasant nature and a greater sensitivity to the stimuli of a neutral and negative nature. These patterns were quite stable even in different clinical situations and stages of development of the P.E.P.S.A.
authors.affiliation: Comunidad Terapéutica Cortijo Buenos Aires, Granada. aguilardearcos@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Francisco Aguilar
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: de Arcos
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verdejo García
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López Jiménez
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montañez Pareja
authors.forename: Encarnación
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gómez Juárez
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arráez Sánchez
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D003932:Heroin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009294:Narcotics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D003932:Heroin