Marijuana Use and Psychiatric Illness

Halikas, James A.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-497050-2.50016-4

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“…None of the patients in our study was divorcee or widower. Similar results were found in other studies [16][17][18]. But as per drug abuse monitoring System [7], 71.9% were married and only 22.8% were unmarried, which is contrary to our study.…”

confidence: 68%

"Socio-Demographic & Clinical Profile of Patients with Substance Use Disorders Seeking Treatment. A Hospital Based Study"

Din¹,

Khan²,

Suhaff³

et al. 2019

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Substance abuse is a complex and multidimensional problem. The problem is not merely that of an individual and a drug or a community, but of the interaction between the triad. The geographical location of Jammu and Kashmir makes transit of drugs possible across the state. Present prevailing disturbed conditions have worsened drug abuse scenario besides phenomenal increase in other psychiatric disorders in Kashmir. Drug addiction, a major problem worldwide, is associated with a high risk of relapse. Substance use can influence the support extended by the family members. This may be due to financial difficulties posed by the drug use, drug use leading to neglect of family responsibilities, involvement of the drug abuser in illegal activities, aggressive behaviour that may occur under the influence of certain drugs or several other reasons. Aims and Objectives:To study the demographic profile of patients with substance use disorders seeking treatment & the clinical profile of patients with substance use disorders seeking treatment.Material and Methods: Study was undertaken on the patients with substance use disorders attending OPD of Government Psychiatric Disease Hospital, Government Medical College Srinagar Kashmir, which is a teaching hospital for both under and postgraduate students. First 300 consecutive patients attending psychiatric OPD with substance use disorders as per DSM-IV-TR criteria diagnosed by the consultant psychiatrist, were taken for the study. A detailed history of sociodemographic and clinical profile was taken as per the proforma. In case of any doubt about the nature of the drug abused the urine, screening was done. All other routine investigations like CBC, LFT including gamma GT, KFT, serum electrolytes and blood sugar were also done. In our study majority of the patients were males, unmarried, with the mean age at time of presentation was 28.99 years, resident of urban and semi urban areas, Muslims, came from nuclear family, belonging to the middle-class family. The most common reason for seeking treatment for substance use disorder was social problems, with the mean age of onset of substance use was 19.66 years. A significant number of patients 32.34% (N=97) were using more than one substance. Most common route of administration used by the patients in our study was oral 57.91%. Among the psychiatric comorbidity, patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) were 32.06 %(N=42), Bipolar Affective Disorder (BPAD) were 31.29 %(N=41), anxiety and adjustment disorders were 27.48% (N=39). Out of the 300 patients only 13% (N=39) of the patients had previous history of hospitalization or treatment for substance abuse. CONCLUSION: Most of the treatment seekers who attended the hospital for the substance use disorders were males in adult age group and most of them started using substance in adolescence. Bulk of the treatment seekers in our study was formed by businessmen, employees, students; most of which belonging to the nuclear family. Maximum were having good social support and referred by the ...

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confidence: 68%

"Socio-Demographic & Clinical Profile of Patients with Substance Use Disorders Seeking Treatment. A Hospital Based Study"

Din¹,

Khan²,

Suhaff³

et al. 2019

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“…Indeed, subsyndromal conditions are quite prevalent in this population (Buckle, 1972; Jones, 1972; Schuckit, 1982; Stangler & Printz, 1980). Third, as all of our and others' (Buckle, 1972; Halikas, Goodwin, & Guze, 1972; Helzer, Robins, & Davis, 1976; Jones, 1972; Kashani & Priesmeyer, 1983; Rimmer, Halikas, & Schuckit, 1978; Schuckit, 1982; Stangler & Printz, 1980) research has demonstrated, the prevalence of both unipolar and bipolar affective conditions is sufficiently high in a university population to afford an adequate selection ratio (that is, a sufficient number of correctly identified cases given the established cutting scores) for estimation of classificatory error rates (Meehl & Rosen, 1955). Therefore, we now report validation of the revised version of the GBI in a nonclinical university population as one means of testing the inventory's trait-based status.…”

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General Behavior Inventory identification of unipolar and bipolar affective conditions in a nonclinical university population.

Depue¹,

Krauss²,

Spoont³

et al. 1989

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Validated the General Behavior Inventory (GBI), revised to identify unipolar as well as bipolar affective conditions, in a nonclinical sample (n = 201) against naive, interview-derived diagnoses. For bipolar and unipolar conditions, respectively, the GBI had high positive (.94, .87) and negative (.99, .93) predictive power with the effect of prevalence considered, adequate sensitivity (.78, .76), high specificity (.99, .99), and adequate selection ratios for sampling of affective and nonaffective subjects from nonclinical populations for research purposes. The utility of the GBI in several different research contexts is discussed.

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“…Men and women with lifetime DSM-IV MD in US national surveys had a significant increase in risk of MJD. 20,21 Although antisocial behaviors have been found to be associated with marijuana use, [22][23][24][25] data on comorbidity between adult ASPD and MJD are scant. The results of a few studies 7,21 suggest that most respondents with ASPD report a history of drug dependence.…”

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Shared Genetic Risk of Major Depression, Alcohol Dependence, and Marijuana Dependence

Heath²,

Bucholz³

et al. 2002

Arch Gen Psychiatry

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143

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Marijuana Use and Psychiatric Illness

Cited by 7 publications

References 81 publications

"Socio-Demographic & Clinical Profile of Patients with Substance Use Disorders Seeking Treatment. A Hospital Based Study"

"Socio-Demographic & Clinical Profile of Patients with Substance Use Disorders Seeking Treatment. A Hospital Based Study"

General Behavior Inventory identification of unipolar and bipolar affective conditions in a nonclinical university population.

Shared Genetic Risk of Major Depression, Alcohol Dependence, and Marijuana Dependence

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