Drug dreams : clinical and research implications of dreams about drugs in drug-addicted patients

159 Pages·2014·0.6 MB·English

by  Colace

CHAPTERTITLE I
DRUG DREAMS

DRUG DREAMS
Clinical and Research
Implications of Dreams about
Drugs in Drug-addicted Patients
Claudio Colace
First published in 2014 by
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ix
INTRODUCTION xi
PART I: PHENOMENOLOGY
CHAPTER ONE
Drug dreams: an introduction 3
CHAPTER TWO
Drug dreams: prevalence and general contents 11
CHAPTER THREE
Drug dreams and drug craving 25
CHAPTER FOUR
Drug dreams and abstinence from drug use 39
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PART II: CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS
CHAPTER FIVE
Clinical and psychological functions of drug dreams 47
CHAPTER SIX
Drug dreams as prognostic indicator 61
PART III: DREAM RESEARCH AND THEORY
CHAPTER SEVEN
Drug dreams and the classic psycho-physiological 71
dream research and theory
CHAPTER EIGHT
Drug dreams and Freud’s dream theory 81
CHAPTER NINE
Drug dreams and the neuropsychoanalytic model of dreams 93
CHAPTER TEN
Conclusion and research agenda 103
REFERENCES 111
INDEX 133
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book completes a series of clinical and experimental observations
on dreams about drugs of drug-addicted patients that started in the
late 1990s at the Centre for Drug Addictions of Civita Castellana, of
AUSL Viterbo (National Health Service, Italy), where I am presently
employed as a psychologist and psychotherapist. I wish to thank
those colleagues who, through these years, have helped me to
complete my studies: Maria Claps, Alessandra Antognoli, Roberta
Sperandio, Daniela Sardi, Annalisa Benedetti, Sergio Belsanti,
Antonella Antermite, Angelo Galli, Cinza Di Vito, Anna Miscia,
Giorgia Giovannini. Special thanks also to the head of Centre for Drug
Addiction of Civita Castellana, Angela Lagrutta, who, with her exper-
tise provided me with useful insight concerning the pharmacological
treatment of drug addiction and drug craving. My special thanks go
to Alessandra Maugeri for her accurate and timely supervision in my
efforts to write this book in English. Also, the writing of this book
inevitably required time that I could not dedicate to my son Marco
and my wife Monnalisa, to whom I extend my thanks for their
patience and ongoing encouragement.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claudio Colace is Executive Psychologist at the Operational Unit of
Psychology of the National Health Service in Italy—AUSL Viterbo,
where he works in the Outpatient Psychology Department and in the
Centre for Drug Addictions at Civita Castellana. He obtained an MD
in Psychology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and a PhD in
Psychology at the University of Bologna, Italy. After training in sleep
research at the Sleep Laboratory of the University of Rome “La
Sapienza”, he carried out empirical studies on children’s dreams,
dream bizarreness, and on dreaming in states of addiction. He was a
member of the Italian Society of Sleep Research from 1997 to 2009 and
is currently a member of the International Neuropsychoanalysis
Society. He is the author of scientific contributions published in The
American Journal on Addictions; Neuropsychoanalysis; Alcohol and Drug
Review; Sleep and Hypnosis; Sleep; and Sleep Research. He has recently
published Children’s Dreams. From Freud’s Observations to Modern
Dream Research (Karnac).
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