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Some behavioral and psychosocial aspects of alcohol and drug dependence in Kuwait psychiatric hospital (1981)
(Quelques aspects comportementaux et psychosociaux de la dépendance à l'alcool et aux drogues à l'hôpital psychiatrique de Koweit)
Auteur(s) :
DEMERDASH A.M. ;
MIZAAL H. ;
EL FAROUKI S. ;
EL MOSSALEM H.
Année
1981
Page(s) :
173-185
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
21
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
ALCOOL
;
SOCIOLOGIE
;
REPRESSION
;
CULTUREL
;
RELIGION
Thésaurus géographique
MOYEN-ORIENT
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Comparaison de 70 patients alcooliques ou toxicomanes de l'hôpital psychiatrique avec 40 malades d'un service de chirurgie. 62 % des 70 patients buvaient de l'alcool , suivi par l'usage d'hypnotiques: pour 39 %, ils consommaient pour soulager leur ennui. Les usagers montraient une plus grande proportion de personnalités anormales; la prohibition et les sanctions semblaient avoir peu d'effets, si ce n'est de les conduire à l'usage de substances plus toxiques. On notait aussi par rapport au groupe témoin, une instabilité maritale plus grande et une moindre pratique religieuses.
ENGLISH:
Seventy Kuwaiti alcohol and drug-dependent inpatients at Kuwait Psychiatric Hospital were compared with a matched group of 40 abstinent inpatients on a surgical ward in a general hospital in order to find out the drugs abused, pattern of consumption, the effects of prohibition and sanctions, motives, personality type, social complications, religious attitudes and family history. The majority abused alcohol (62%) followed by hypnotics. The reason most frequently stated for starting consumption was to relieve boredom (39%). Gamma type drinking was prominent at an early stage. The addicts showed a greater proportion of abnormal personalities. Prohibition and sanction had little effect but led to a shift to more toxic substances. The commonest legal involvement was driving offences. Compared with the control group there was higher marital instability and a higher incidence of alcohol and/or drug addicts in the families of the experimental group, and they were also less religious. The role of cultural and religious factors is discussed in detail.
Comparaison de 70 patients alcooliques ou toxicomanes de l'hôpital psychiatrique avec 40 malades d'un service de chirurgie. 62 % des 70 patients buvaient de l'alcool , suivi par l'usage d'hypnotiques: pour 39 %, ils consommaient pour soulager leur ennui. Les usagers montraient une plus grande proportion de personnalités anormales; la prohibition et les sanctions semblaient avoir peu d'effets, si ce n'est de les conduire à l'usage de substances plus toxiques. On notait aussi par rapport au groupe témoin, une instabilité maritale plus grande et une moindre pratique religieuses.
ENGLISH:
Seventy Kuwaiti alcohol and drug-dependent inpatients at Kuwait Psychiatric Hospital were compared with a matched group of 40 abstinent inpatients on a surgical ward in a general hospital in order to find out the drugs abused, pattern of consumption, the effects of prohibition and sanctions, motives, personality type, social complications, religious attitudes and family history. The majority abused alcohol (62%) followed by hypnotics. The reason most frequently stated for starting consumption was to relieve boredom (39%). Gamma type drinking was prominent at an early stage. The addicts showed a greater proportion of abnormal personalities. Prohibition and sanction had little effect but led to a shift to more toxic substances. The commonest legal involvement was driving offences. Compared with the control group there was higher marital instability and a higher incidence of alcohol and/or drug addicts in the families of the experimental group, and they were also less religious. The role of cultural and religious factors is discussed in detail.
Affiliation :
Kuwait Psychol. Med. Hosp., Sulaibikhat
Koweït. Kuwait.
Koweït. Kuwait.