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  • Title: Personality and demographic characteristics associated with the prescribing of psychoactive medications for methadone maintenance patients.
    Author: Roszell DK, Calsyn DA.
    Journal: Int J Addict; 1986 Feb; 21(2):175-90. PubMed ID: 2872173.
    Abstract:
    This study reviews the prescription of psychoactive medications in a methadone maintenance clinic and looks for salient personality and cognitive differences between medication groups based on the administration of a battery of psychological tests. One hundred and nine consecutive admissions to a methadone program were studied, of which 38.5% had received a psychoactive medication in addition to methadone. The data were analyzed comparing results for antianxiety and antidepressant medication groups as well as a methadone-only group. The antianxiety medication group displayed more somatic complaints, worries, and tension and was more timid, impulsive, and pessimistic than the other two groups. There were only small differences between the antidepressant medication and methadone-only groups. There were no significant differences between groups on cognitive measures. Meaningful differences in several demographic variables also emerged. The implications for this research are discussed.
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