Investigating the Trend and Severity of Withdrawal Symptoms in Methamphetamine Users Amongst Homeless Addicts
| Autor: | Abolfaz Mollajan, Hojatoolah Barati, Yousef Khani, Mahshid Mojtahedzadeh Faghihi, Shahnaz Rimaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Craving 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine mental disorders Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common business.industry Addiction Beck Depression Inventory Residential treatment center Repeated measures design Methamphetamine Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Anxiety medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction. 7 |
| ISSN: | 2251-872X 2251-8711 |
| DOI: | 10.5812/ijhrba.66880 |
| Popis: | Background: Determining the trend and severity of withdrawal symptoms is considered as the first stage of addiction treatment. Objectives: Therefore, The purpose of this study was to investigate the trend and severity of withdrawal symptoms in methamphetamine (meth) addicts. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on all the clients admitted to quit methamphetamine abuse in a residential treatment center for homeless addicts in Alborz province. According to the average daily intake, the clients were divided into two groups: mild and severe. To collect the data for this study; methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms assessment scale, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and a demographic information questionnaire were used. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was done for repeated measures through the SPSS software version 16 and at a significance level of 0.05. Results: The findings showed that methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms including anxiety, abuse craving, and fatigue in the first 24 hours and the first, the second, and the third weeks as well as the symptoms of depression within three weeks after the withdrawal began to decline significantly (P < 0.0001). Following the analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated data and taking addiction severity index into account, it was observed that the difference between the two groups of mild and severe addicts was significant in terms of the trend and severity of methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms (P < 0.0001). Conclusions: The hardest stage to quit methamphetamine addiction was the first 24 hours after withdrawal with a downward trend; however, abuse craving especially in severe addicted group persisted even after the third week of withdrawal which could be a risk factor for recurrence and re-abuse. Thus, it was suggested that therapists were required to pay more attention to this issue in the treatment of this group of addicted individuals. |
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