December 23, 2014

Opioid Agonist or Therapeutic Community Treatment

Patients with heroin addiction entering opioid agonist or therapeutic community treatment

The main aim of the present study was to verify whether the five psychopathological dimensions identified through the SCL-90 tool in a previous study carried out on patients with heroin addiction entering an outpatient opioid agonist treatment (OAT) were also observable in those entering a residential treatment community (TC).



  • Title: Psychopathological symptoms of patients with heroin addiction entering opioid agonist or therapeutic community treatment
  • Authors: Pier Paolo Pani, Emanuela Trogu, Federica Vigna-Taglianti, Federica Mathis, Roberto Diecidue, Ursula Kirchmayer, Laura Amato, Marina Davoli, Joli Ghibaudi, Antonella Camposeragna, Alessio Saponaro, Fabrizio Faggiano, Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani and Icro Maremmani
  • Date: 2014
  • Source: Annals of General Psychiatry 2014, 13:35  doi:10.1186/s12991-014-0035-x




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