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C A Haertzen

Publications and source records attributed to C A Haertzen.

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PubMed1979

Slang knowledge as an indicator of a general social deviancy subcultural factor.

Evidence for a general social deviancy subcultural factor was found using the Kulik, Sarbin, and Stein (1971) slang test on drugs, gangs, law enforcement, and general words. The slang scores of 68 confirmed opiate addicts exceeded those of normals and young delinquents reported by Kulik, et al. (1971), including delinquents who were recidivists. Addicts knew more drug and alcohol slang than slang in the three other categories. It was recommended that more attempts should be made to subdivide measures of social deviancy by means of slang as there is some evidence of possible further differentiation of subcultural types by means of slang.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Abrupt withdrawal from therapeutically administered diazepam. Report of a case.

Subjective, behavioral, and physiologic changes followed abrupt withdrawal of diazepam (Valium) in a patient who had been treated with 30 to 45 mg of diazepam daily for 20 months. Precipitous weight loss and orthostatic pulse rate increase were a part of the abstinence syndrome, which occurred between the fifth and ninth days of withdrawal. Accompanying these changes in physiologic measures were discomforting symptoms and dysphoria that were aversive and reinforcing to drug taking since the patient sought diazepam administration. These observations suggest that changes in mood, feeling states, and behavior may be the most prominent characteristics of the abstinence syndrome associated with physical dependence on this dose level of diazepam.

Adult↗
PubMed1978

Measurement of psychopathy as a state.

It was hypothesized that psychopathic states could be measured by systematically changing items in psychopathy scales so as to suggest current feelings, thoughts, motives, and actions. The scales chosen for revision were the Psychopathic Deviate, Mania, and Antisocial scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI); Responsibility and Socialization scales of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI); and Psychopathy scale from the Addiction Research Center Inventory (ARCI). Male alcoholics (N = 53) and opiate addicts (N = 28) exemplifying psychopaths were compared with normals (N = 54) on each of the above scales. Alcoholics and opiate addicts were significantly higher on the total of the psychopathic scales and each of the above state scales except for Mania. Reliability was significant on all scales except the Antisocial scale. Also, 58% of 560 items differentiated these groups from normals.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

Lithium: effects on subjective functioning and morphine-induced euphoria.

The therapeutic usefulness of lithium in decreasing the euphoria and other symptoms associated with manic behavior and the hypothesis of a common final mechanism for elevations in mood have led to speculation that lithium may block the euphoria induced by drugs of abuse. In this study, lithium alone was antieuphoric in drug-free opiate addicts and, further, did not block morphine-induced euphoria.

Clinical Trials as Topic↗
PubMed1975

Effects of personal interactions and setting on subjective drug responses in small groups.

Subjective responses induced by secobarbital and meprobamate were evaluated in 4 X 4 controlled trials in small groups of healthy young adults over 4 months. Drug effects were mainly influenced by attitudes toward the project, personal interactions, and anticipations of the subjects. The effects of some of these factors were similar to, and at least as powerful as those which are usually considered characteristic of sedatives and stimulants. The same factors, however, did not apparently effect objective responses.

Analysis of Variance↗