Naltrexone Treatment of Dementia With Severe Self-Injurious Behaviors: A Single Case Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Description
The results of studies of the opiate antagonist Naltrexone (NL TX) in the treatment of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in various psychiatric populations have been equivocal. The majority of studies has relied on small samples, many of which lacked scientific rigor and none of which occurred in a nursing facility. The present study investigates the use ofNL TX on a patient with severe SIB who resides in a nursing facility. The patient is a 38-year-old male with a history of heavy drug and alcohol abuse. He has been in either a state hospital or nursing facility since age 21. The patient overdosed on alcohol and drugs in 1990, which led to a prolonged coma with organic brain damage.
Citation Information
Vance, H. Booney; Kauffmann, Curtis; Pumariega, Andres J.; and Mundo, Amor Del. 2000. Naltrexone Treatment of Dementia With Severe Self-Injurious Behaviors: A Single Case Study. Psychiatry (New York). Vol.63(3). 288-299. https://doi.org/10.1521/00332747.2000.11024920 PMID: 11125673 ISSN: 0033-2747