Historique
Périodique
Psychiatric symptoms in drug abusing adolescents
(Symptômes psychiatriques chez les adolescents toxicomanes)
Auteur(s) :
SWADI, H.
Année
1992
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0376-8716
Refs biblio. :
34
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1992, 31, 77-83
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Chez les adolescents toxicomanes étudiés, on relève un groupe majoritaire ayant des problèmes de comportement, un groupe ayant des problèmes de dépression et un groupe ayant des difficultés familiales et sociales. Des investigations complémentaires sont nécessaires pour évaluer l'impact de la toxicomanie dans ces problèmes psychopathologiques.
ENGLISH :
Psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial variables were investigated in 46 adolescent drug abusers referred to a psychiatric clinic. There were high rates of behavioural symptoms (mostly oppositional and delinguent), emotional symptoms (mostly depressive) and an abundance of adverse life events and family dynamics. When compared to a control group of non-abusing adolescents, drug users were only more behaviourally disturbed. Cluster analysis of the drug abusing adolescents showed that they fell into three distinct groups of (1) behavioural dysfunction (76%); (2) family dysfunction (16%); and (3) emotional dysfunction (8%). The clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (Author's abstract)
Chez les adolescents toxicomanes étudiés, on relève un groupe majoritaire ayant des problèmes de comportement, un groupe ayant des problèmes de dépression et un groupe ayant des difficultés familiales et sociales. Des investigations complémentaires sont nécessaires pour évaluer l'impact de la toxicomanie dans ces problèmes psychopathologiques.
ENGLISH :
Psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial variables were investigated in 46 adolescent drug abusers referred to a psychiatric clinic. There were high rates of behavioural symptoms (mostly oppositional and delinguent), emotional symptoms (mostly depressive) and an abundance of adverse life events and family dynamics. When compared to a control group of non-abusing adolescents, drug users were only more behaviourally disturbed. Cluster analysis of the drug abusing adolescents showed that they fell into three distinct groups of (1) behavioural dysfunction (76%); (2) family dysfunction (16%); and (3) emotional dysfunction (8%). The clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Dept Child Psychiatr., St Thomas Hosp., Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7EH
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.