Comorbid Psychopathology and Alcohol Use Patterns among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients
Joint Authors
Moussas, Georgios
Pachi, Argiro
Tselebis, Athanasios
Fanouraki, Irene
Asomatou, Arezina
Drylli, Olga
Paschalakis, Georgios
Giotakis, Konstantinos
Dermatis, Georgios
Malliori, Meni
Bratis, Dionisios
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-03-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
130 patients from a methadone maintenance treatment program agreed to complete Symptoms Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90R) and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) self-report scales.
Scores higher than the proposed cut-score on SCL-90R scale were observed on depression, obsessions-compulsions, paranoid ideation, anxiety, anger-hostility, somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, and psychoticism subscales.
In sum, 42.9% of our sample exhibited depressive symptomatology, 34.9% obsessive-compulsive symptoms, 29.1% somatization, 27.2% anxiety symptoms, 22.2% paranoid ideation, 19% phobic anxiety, 15.1% psychoticism, and 15.1% hostility and 11.9% presented with symptoms of interpersonal sensitivity.
Mean score on AUDIT scale was 6.9±7.9.
63.0% of our participants scored below cut-off and were classified as having a low level of alcohol-related problems; 24.4% scored in the range of 8–15 which is an indication of alcohol abuse whereas 12.6% scored 16 and above indicative of serious abuse/addiction.
Scores on AUDIT scale were positively correlated with length of time on methadone treatment, but not with length of time on drug use or age of our participants.
Positive correlations were observed among AUDIT and SCL-90R scores, namely, with global severity index score, positive symptom distress index, positive symptom total, and all primary symptom dimensions subscales except phobic anxiety.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Moussas, Georgios& Fanouraki, Irene& Pachi, Argiro& Asomatou, Arezina& Drylli, Olga& Paschalakis, Georgios…[et al.]. 2015. Comorbid Psychopathology and Alcohol Use Patterns among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients. Journal of Addiction،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Moussas, Georgios…[et al.]. Comorbid Psychopathology and Alcohol Use Patterns among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients. Journal of Addiction No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Moussas, Georgios& Fanouraki, Irene& Pachi, Argiro& Asomatou, Arezina& Drylli, Olga& Paschalakis, Georgios…[et al.]. Comorbid Psychopathology and Alcohol Use Patterns among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients. Journal of Addiction. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067015
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1067015