TY - JOUR
T1 - The processing of automatic thoughts of drug use and craving in opiate-dependent individuals
AU - Weinstein, Aviv M.
AU - Feldtkeller, Barbara T.
AU - Lawa, Fergus
AU - Myles, Judy
AU - Nutt, David J.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This study investigated the processing of sentences describing craving and withdrawal in opiate-dependent individuals. Eighteen patients who attended a methadone maintenance clinic for obtaining methadone, 18 patients who were not treated with methadone, and 18 control family members performed on a computerized contextual priming task. The task was priming sentences (craving, withdrawal, or neutral) to words (addiction, neutral, or non-words). The methadone group was slower to process all sentences compared with family members. They were also faster to process drug-related words following withdrawal-related sentences compared with neutral words following neutral sentences. Finally, they were slower to recognize neutral words following neutral sentences compared with the nonmethadone group. Results suggest that the processing of information describing withdrawal and craving for drugs plays an important role in opiate dependence.
AB - This study investigated the processing of sentences describing craving and withdrawal in opiate-dependent individuals. Eighteen patients who attended a methadone maintenance clinic for obtaining methadone, 18 patients who were not treated with methadone, and 18 control family members performed on a computerized contextual priming task. The task was priming sentences (craving, withdrawal, or neutral) to words (addiction, neutral, or non-words). The methadone group was slower to process all sentences compared with family members. They were also faster to process drug-related words following withdrawal-related sentences compared with neutral words following neutral sentences. Finally, they were slower to recognize neutral words following neutral sentences compared with the nonmethadone group. Results suggest that the processing of information describing withdrawal and craving for drugs plays an important role in opiate dependence.
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U2 - 10.1037/1064-1297.8.4.549
DO - 10.1037/1064-1297.8.4.549
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C2 - 11127426
AN - SCOPUS:0033652513
SN - 1064-1297
VL - 8
SP - 549
EP - 553
JO - Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
JF - Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
IS - 4
ER -