[Low dose naltrexone in the treatment of dissociative symptoms.]

CONCLUSION: Treatment with low-dose naltrexone may be a helpful element in the treatment of patients with complex posttraumatic stress disorder. However, it has to be realized that the decrease of dissociation may lead patients to a not yet resolvable challenge, in as much as dissociation had previously been a necessary mechanism of self-protection. PMID: 25421416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25421416?dopt=Abstract

Source: Der Nervenarzt - November 26, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Pape W, Wöller W Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research

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