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Pain perception among depressed heroin addict patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

E. Chkonia ,
V. Kenchadze ,
Z. Beria ,
N. Okribelashvili ,
G. Naneishvili  and
G. Sikharulidze
E. Chkonia
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Psychiatry and Drug Abuse, Tbilisi, Georgia
V. Kenchadze
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Psychiatry and Drug Abuse, Tbilisi, Georgia
Z. Beria
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Psychiatry and Drug Abuse, Tbilisi, Georgia
N. Okribelashvili
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State University, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Tbilisi, Georgia
G. Naneishvili
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State University, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Tbilisi, Georgia
G. Sikharulidze
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State University, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Tbilisi, Georgia

Abstract

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There are an increased evidence of co-morbidity between pain, abnormal sensations and depression in heroin addict patients. Such conditions are usually treated by antidepressants, mood stabilizers and rarely by atypical antipsychotics.

Investigation of heroin addict patients in post-abstinent state reviled that low mood, anxiety, tension and guilt feeling increased sensitivity toward pain, which mostly experienced as algetic, coenestetick and hypochondriacal sensations. Algetic symptoms highly correlated with psychopathology. Efficient treatment of psychopathological symptoms decreased pain. Atypical antipsychotic quetiapin monotherapy could be used for treating such conditions.

Type
P01-15
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 15
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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