Association between Experience of Child Abuse and Severity of Drug Addiction Measured by the Addiction Severity Index among Japanese Drug-Dependent Patients
| Autor: | Kazutaka Ikeda, Tamaki Saito, Yasukazu Ogai, Nobuaki Morita, Fumiyuki C. Gardner, Ayako Haraguchi, Eiichi Senoo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Child abuse medicine.medical_specialty Substance-Related Disorders drug dependence child abuse Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Addiction Severity Index Psychological intervention lcsh:Medicine Poison control Suicide prevention Article Occupational safety and health Sex Factors Japan Injury prevention medicine Humans Child Psychiatry media_common business.industry Addiction lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged gender differences Japanese Anxiety Female medicine.symptom business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 2781-2792 (2015) Volume 12 Issue 3 Pages 2781-2792 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph120302781 |
| Popis: | The aim of the present study was to clarify the association between child abuse experiences and drug addiction severity among Japanese drug-dependent patients using the Addiction Severity Index-Japanese version (ASI-J). One hundred and eleven inpatients and outpatients with drug dependence participated in the study. Some of the questions on the ASI-J asked about lifetime experiences of abuse. A higher percentage of female participants experienced child abuse compared with male participants. Male participants who experienced child abuse (MEA) had a significantly higher severity of drug use than men who did not experience it (MNEA). Female participants who experienced child abuse (FEA) had significantly more serious problems in family/social relationships than female participants who did not experience it (FNEA). Patients in the MEA group were arrested less frequently for drug charges, experienced more serious problems with their fathers, and experienced more severe anxiety in their lifetime compared with the MNEA group. The FEA group experienced more serious troubles with their sexual partners, close friends, and families and experienced more severe psychiatric problems in their lifetime compared with the FNEA group. These results suggest gender differences in the problems experienced by drug-dependent patients with child abuse experiences, and gender-specific interventions may be more effective in treating their drug dependence. |
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