2000
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200003000-00005
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Compulsivity and Obsessionality in Opioid Addiction

Abstract: Seventy-one individuals with opioid dependence undergoing ambulatory treatment participated in a personal interview assessing the importance of their opioid-use rituals, the severity of compulsivity and obsessionality in relation to their drug use, and the number of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. The level of compulsivity and obsessionality in opioid dependence was comparable to that found in OCD and alcohol addiction. The importance of rituals was inversely related to the number of opioid lapse… Show more

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“…Surprisingly, however, they found inflated responsibility in pathological gamblers comparable to obsessive-compulsive patients. By comparison, Friedman, Dar, and Shilony (2000) found that opioid addicts showed an inordinate number of OCD symptoms. Another implication is that impulsiveness is a common core of these disorders, perhaps counteracted in OCD by sensitivity to danger (or responsibility).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Surprisingly, however, they found inflated responsibility in pathological gamblers comparable to obsessive-compulsive patients. By comparison, Friedman, Dar, and Shilony (2000) found that opioid addicts showed an inordinate number of OCD symptoms. Another implication is that impulsiveness is a common core of these disorders, perhaps counteracted in OCD by sensitivity to danger (or responsibility).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…(5) Furthermore, the level of compulsivity and obsessiveness in opioid-dependent patients has been estimated to exceed 12%, a rate which is over 4 times higher than the rate of OCD in the general population [14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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