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Types of Opiate Addiction and Notification to the Home Office

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. London  and
A. H. Ghodse
M. London*
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge
A. H. Ghodse
Affiliation:
St George's Medical School, London
*
∗Department of Addictive Behaviour, St George's Medical School, London SW17 $0RE
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Abstract

Hospitalised drug addicts were categorised according to the time lapse between onset of their opiate abuse and their first notification to the Home Office. Late notification correlated with a lower level of dependence, a more intermittent pattern of misuse, and a greater likelihood of alcohol abuse. It is postulated that there may be two types of addiction which lie along a continuum.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 6 , June 1989 , pp. 835 - 838
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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