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Revista del Hospital Psiquiátrico de La Habana 2014; 11 (S1)

Characterization of drug dependence among patients at the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana

Galán BGM, Cordero AO

Language: Spanish
References: 16
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ABSTRACT

EUM conducted a practical consequences which aimed to: identify drugs that most commonly cause addiction in our country, the factors that influence their occurrence, the consequences for the patient, the existence of other previous illnesses and how the person agrees to it. The sample was constituted by 112 patients addicted to drugs for statistical analysis and measures of central tendency were performed and frequency distribution. 62.4% of patients were between 21-30 years old, 72.4% were single, 40% Scoring at junior high school, 64.3% came from homes whose parents had separated before they met the 15 year old, 80 had a family history of addiction, predominantly paternal alcoholism, the average age of first use was 18 years old and had a history of anxiety (49.1%), insomnia (49, 1%) and depression (46.4%), only 20% were medical addictions. 30.4% were polydrug users, 29.5% mixed drugs with alcohol and only 33% consumed only medicines. 49.1% started in the use of psychoactive substances with drugs. Were trihexyphenidyl, carbamazepine, dimenhydrinate, diphenhydramine, and the most commonly used drugs dextroproporxifeno looking similar to drug effects. In the last three years there has been a decline in the use of non-medical meprobamate and Trihexyphenidyl purposes. Drug addiction has a very negative impact on the lives of those affected.


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