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- Title
Opioid addiction and borderline personality disorder.
- Authors
Nia, Anahita Bassir; Bassir Nia, Anahita
- Abstract
The article discusses the relation between opioid addiction and borderline personality disorder (BPD). It states that BPD is among risk factors of chronic pain syndromes, and mentions that comorbidity of BPD with opioid addiction results in more severe and persistent course of both disorders with increased negative consequences. It notes that Beta-endorphin, an endogenous opioid peptide released during stress, has a common precursor with stress hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone.
- Subjects
OPIOID abuse; BORDERLINE personality disorder; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of drug abuse?; TREATMENT of borderline personality disorder; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC hormone
- Publication
American Journal on Addictions, 2018, Vol 27, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1055-0496
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/ajad.12664