narcopathic
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narcopathic (not comparable)
- (rare) Exhibiting antisocial behaviour tied to narcotic addiction.
- 1972, Atti Del 5̊ Congresso Internazionale Di Igiene E Medicina Preventiva, Roma, 8-12 Ottobre 1968:
- The temptation of narcotics is a dangerous thing both for every man and for the man of arts: it may place him in a narcopathic dependence.
- 1973, Nikola Shipkovenski, “Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Their Realisation in Bulgaria”, in International Journal of Social Psychiatry, volume 19, page 230:
- It is here that the illness begins and comes over and over again in repeated schizophrenic attacks, cyclophrenic phases, narcopathic leanings, neurotic breakdowns and psychopathic conflicts.
- 1977, Nikola Shipkovenski, Psychotherapy Versus Iatrogeny: A Confrontation for Physicians:
- In the narcopathic patient, the specific pathogenous environmental conditions should be carefully examined to help him get rid of them. To most addicts, this means, first, a definitive separation from the group.