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The British Journal of Psychiatry 141: 437-446 (1982)
© 1982 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Pathways to opiate addiction: an evaluation of differing antecedents

BJ Rounsaville, MM Weissman, CH Wilber and HD Kleber

This paper defines and tests a typology of addicts defined through assessment of the sequence of three types of key events: (a) traumatic childhood events such as death of a parent or child abuse; (b) onset of regular delinquent activity; and (c) initiation of illicit drug use. By evaluating the sequence of these events three groups are defined: (a) an initial childhood trauma group; (b) an early delinquency group; and (c) an initial drug use group. Data derived from a sample of treated opiate addicts are used to define and differentiate these three groups.


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