Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, the official journal of EUROPAD (European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association), is a peer-reviewed publication for professionals wanting to stay informed of research and opinion on opioid misuse treatment in Europe and around the world. A particular emphasis is on medication-assisted treatments for opioid addiction. Articles in the June issue include:

• The Psychopathology of Addiction
• It’s time to admit the existence of a psychopathology of addiction
• Drug addiction: affective temperaments as risk factors
• Drug (heroin) addiction, bipolar spectrum and impulse control disorders
• Psychopathological symptoms of heroin addicts at treatment entry
• The effects of agonist opioids on the psychopathology of opioid dependence
• Intentional self-poisoning versus other methods of suicide in illicit drug users, according
  to gender
• The Italian Manifesto for the treatment of heroin addiction.  The mixed care model.
  A proposed layout for a new healthcare system for citizens with heroin addiction

The June issue is available at: http://atforum.com/documents/HeroinJune2013.pdf

 

Source: Europad – June 2013