Cocaine dependence and anxiety sensitivity among patients presenting for residential drug use treatment

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Abstract

Cocaine use and dependence remains an important public health concern. Thus, the identification of individual difference factors that may maintain cocaine use remains an important goal. The goal of the current study is to test whether the cognitive vulnerability of anxiety sensitivity (AS), an identified risk factor for anxiolytic use and use-related disorders, is related to cocaine dependence diagnosis (n 5 168) among a sample of drug users currently enrolled in residential treatment (N 5 304). Results demonstrated that AS was significantly related to cocaine dependence and remained significant after controlling for sex, age, alcohol dependence, hallucinogen dependence, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Taken together, these data suggest that AS may have a specific relation to cocaine dependence, calling into question the notion that AS is positively related only to drugs with anxiolytic properties. © 2011 Springer Publishing Company.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

First Page

22

Last Page

30

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