Distinguishing Between Physiological Dependence and Substance Use Disorder: Response to Ruan et al

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, NIDA, Bethesda, Md.; the Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York; and the Department of Psychiatry, Fundación Jiménez-Díaz, Madrid.

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Carlos Blanco et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 1;174(1):79-80.

doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16070836r.

¹ From the Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, NIDA, Bethesda, Md.; the Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York; and the Department of Psychiatry, Fundación Jiménez-Díaz, Madrid.

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Keywords: Pain; Psychoactive Substance Use Disorder.

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Pain as a Predictor of Opioid Use Disorder in a Nationally Representative Sample.
Blanco C, Wall MM, Okuda M, Wang S, Iza M, Olfson M. Blanco C, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2016 Dec 1;173(12):1189-1195. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15091179. Epub 2016 Jul 22. Am J Psychiatry. 2016. PMID: 27444794
Pain as a Predictor for Opioid Use Disorder.
Ruan X, Chiravuri S, Kaye AD. Ruan X, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 1;174(1):79. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16070836. Am J Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 28041001 No abstract available.