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Prevalence of substance abuse in a psychiatric evaluation unit

1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 28; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0376-8716(91)90055-4

1879-0046

Hari K. Khalsa, Andrew Shaner, M. Douglas Anglin, Jung-chi Wang,

Schizophrenia research and treatment

The prevalence of substance abuse and psychiatric illness was studied in a Psychiatric Evaluations Unit. Twenty-six percent of the subjects received a psychiatric diagnosis only with no concomitant substance use disorder. Thirty-four percent were diagnosed with a substance use disorder but with no other psychiatric disorders. Thirty-nine percent of the subjects had a history of both psychiatric and substance use disorder; 62% of these substance abusers with a psychiatric illness reported using drugs (including alcohol) the week before the interview; 56% used illicit drugs while 44% used alcohol only. Differences among substance abusers with a psychiatric illness, those with a substance abuse diagnosis alone, and those with a psychiatric diagnosis alone are presented.