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Article de Périodique
Preferred activities of opiate dependent people (2009)
Auteur(s) :
LUTY, J. ;
LAWRENCE, A.
Année
2009
Page(s) :
61-69
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
OPIACES
;
DEPENDANCE
;
HEROINE
;
COCAINE
;
PLAISIR
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Note générale :
Journal of Substance Use, 2009, 14, (1), 61-69
Résumé :
Aims: To assess the most pleasurable and the most damaging and disruptive conditions by 104 treatment-seeking opiate dependent clients compared with a matched sample of 104 members of the general public. Methods: A self-completion Q-sort technique was used to rate 21 pleasurable activities. Twenty two damaging and disruptive conditions were ranked by participants on a 010 scale. Results: Clients reported they obtained more pleasure from children, friends, sex and a good meal than heroin. Cocaine was rated as 10th. Heroin addiction was perceived as the second most damaging and disruptive condition by opiate dependent clients, and the third by controls after lung cancer and blindness. Alcoholism was rated sixth after heart attack and stroke. Rank orders were highly comparable between opiate dependent clients and members of the general public. Clinical implications: The values and life priorities of opiate dependent people was highly comparable with those of the general population. Heroin was still regarded as highly pleasurable and also extremely damaging and disruptive by users. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
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