Historique
Périodique
Substance-misusers'anxiety and traumatic event prevalence
(L'anxiété des usagers de drogues et la prédominance d'événements traumatiques)
Auteur(s) :
CHRISTO, G. ;
MORRIS, C.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
35-47
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
44
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
PREVALENCE
;
DSM (III,IV,5)
;
ANXIETE
;
TRAUMATISME
;
QUESTIONNAIRE
;
USAGER
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Note générale :
Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy, 2004, 11, (1), 35-47
Note de contenu :
fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This study documented the prevalence of twelve traumatic event categories among individuals in UK substance misuse treatments. The relationship between traumatic events, anxiety and active substance misuse was tested. A cross-sectional design compared treated ex-substance-misusers and prescribed active substance-misusers, with respective 'norm' comparisons. The average event category prevalence among both substance-misuse groups was generally twice that of their respective comparisons. When using a different reporting method among the active substance-misuse group, the average event category prevalence increased by over a third. However, only a third of all events had a high impact as demonstrated by intrusiveness, and these events were related to higher anxiety among active substance-misusers. Overall, event prevalence was not related to anxiety, neither were events that happened during childhood, despite a third of the active substance-misusers reporting childhood sexual molestation. Anxiety levels among the active substance-misusers were no different from the recently abstinent ex-substance- misusers and they were significantly higher than the anxiety levels of non-substance-misusers. Reporting methods may seriously influence the outcome of event-prevalence studies and only a minority of traumatic events are related to intrusiveness and anxiety. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Barnet DRug Alcohol Service, Barnet, Enfield Haringey Mental Hlth Nhs Trust, Woodlands, Colindale Hosp., Colindale Ave, Colindale, London NW9 5HG
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.