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- Title
Using addiction severity profiles to differentiate cocaine-dependent patients with and without comorbid major depression.
- Authors
Leventhal, Adam M.; Mooney, Marc E.; DeLaune, Katherine A.; Schmitz, Joy M.
- Abstract
This study compared pretreatment addiction severity profiles of 339 abusers in three diagnostic groups: cocaine dependence only (CO), cocaine dependence with substance-induced major depression (SIMD), and cocaine dependence with independent major depression (IMD). Depressed subjects reported more severe problems than non-depressed subjects across numerous domains, regardless of diagnostic etiology. These findings support the need for specialized treatment approaches targeting depressive symptoms or life stress for cocaine-dependent patients with IMD or SIMD, though patients with IMD may require additional attention for chronic and comorbid psychiatric and medical problems.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of drug addiction; COCAINE abuse; SUBSTANCE-induced psychoses; MENTAL depression; PSYCHIATRIC treatment; COMORBIDITY; THERAPEUTICS; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; SUBSTANCE abuse &; psychology; SUBSTANCE abuse diagnosis; COCAINE; DUAL diagnosis; CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders; DRUG withdrawal symptoms; MENTAL status examination; NEEDS assessment; RESEARCH funding; SUBSTANCE abuse; SEVERITY of illness index; DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
American Journal on Addictions, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 5, p362
- ISSN
1055-0496
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1080/10550490600860148