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Psychostimulant withdrawal: natural history and options for intervention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

N Lee ,
A Harney ,
L Johns ,
A Pennay  and
P Kenny
N Lee
Affiliation:
Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre, Melbourne, Australia
A Harney
Affiliation:
Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre, Melbourne, Australia
L Johns
Affiliation:
Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre, Melbourne, Australia
A Pennay
Affiliation:
Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre, Melbourne, Australia
P Kenny
Affiliation:
Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Type
Abstracts from ‘Brainwaves’— The Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Meeting 2006, 6–8 December, Sydney, Australia
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 260 - 261
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Munksgaard

Background:

Psychostimulant withdrawal is still not well understood. Much of the limited literature has been in the cocaine area and very little with metham-phetamine. In particular, the natural history of withdrawal from psychostimulants is not well documented and an understanding of withdrawal and its natural history is rarely considered from the user's perspective.

Aims/Methods:

This presentation will outline the results of a study of 150 dependent psychostimulants users and their experiences of withdrawal treatment and of withdrawal. A detailed retrospective natural history was documented using a structured and semistructured interview format.