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DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
Volume 89, Issue 2-3, Pages 298-301Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.12.026
Keywords
cocaine; emotion regulation; impulse control; abstinence; distress
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- NCRR NIH HHS [K01 RR 00125] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [P50 DA 16556, K02 DA 17232] Funding Source: Medline
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Rationale: Prior research has shown that cocaine dependence is associated with dysfunction of brain systems involved in emotions and motivational states. Objectives: To examine whether difficulties in emotion regulation are associated with early cocaine abstinence using the recently validated Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Method: Recently abstinent treatment-seeking cocaine patients (n = 60) completed the DERS during their first week of inpatient treatment and at discharge (3-4 weeks later), and scores were compared with community controls (n = 50). Results: Compared with controls, cocaine-dependent individuals reported difficulties relating to understanding emotions, managing emotions and impulse control in the first week of abstinence. With continued abstinence, cocaine-dependent individuals showed continued difficulties only in impulse control. Conclusion: Cocaine-dependent individuals report emotion regulation difficulties, particularly during early abstinence. Additionally, protracted distress-related impulse control problems suggest potential relapse vulnerability. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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