Psychophatological evaluation in Alcohol, Heroin and Cocaine dependents through Brief Symton Inventory
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https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.583Keywords:
psychophatology, alcoholism, heroin dependence and cocaine dependenceAbstract
Objectives: To analyse the presence of psychophatology in users of a mixed Addictive Behaviours Unity (treatment of legal and illegal drugs addiction). To verify in-patients show more psychophatology than one group without problems for use of drugs. Subjects and Method: 216 patients distributed in four groups: three groups composed by patients in treatment (alcohol dependence n=43, heroin dependence n=65, cocaine dependence n=42), plus a control group (n=66) composed by subjects without problems of drugs abuse. The Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 1975) was administered to all patients in order to evaluate the presence of psychophatology. Analysis of frequencies and measurement central tendency of contrast of differences through analysis of variance and multiple comparisons with Schefeé test has been realized. Results and Discussion: The groups composed by patients show a big variety of psychophatology symptoms. The punctuation’s of control group are significantly more lower than the punctuation’s obtained by the patient groups. From among patient groups, alcohol group shows a bigger number of indicators with statistic significance on comparing with control group. Differences don´t show on comparing the patient groups. Emphasize the sociodemographic characteristics of the group alcohol (greater mean and greater age number of consumption years that the rest of groups of patients), it is possible that this influence the punctuations of psychophatology of this group. The group of cocaine patients is the one which obtains greater punctuations in the global severity index and in the symptoms total. The punctuations in the global indices of psychophatology could indicate a psychological discomfort level that to inder in the maintenance of the abstinence. Finally the implications of these results are discussed and we mark the importance of evaluating the psychophatology in-patients who demand treatment.References
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