Problem severity and symptomatology among substance misusers: differences between African-Americans and Caucasians
| Autor: | Thomas W. Pavkov, Eric S. Geffner, Mark P. McGovern |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Substance-Related Disorders Medicine (miscellaneous) Hostility Comorbidity Severity of Illness Index White People Psychoticism medicine Humans Paranoia Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Marital Status Mental Disorders medicine.disease United States Black or African American Compulsive behavior Marital status Educational Status Female medicine.symptom Psychology Somatization Negroid |
| Zdroj: | The International journal of the addictions. 28(9) |
| ISSN: | 0020-773X |
| Popis: | Using data collected on 348 patients presenting to a hospital-based substance misuse treatment program, the present study compares psychiatric symptomatology and severity of substance misuse among African-American and Caucasian alcohol and drug misusers. African-Americans had a higher overall severity of substance misuse and reported using more substances than Caucasians. African-Americans also had higher levels of somatization, interpersonal problems, depression, hostility, obsessive/compulsive behavior, phobia, paranoia, and psychoticism than Caucasians. African-Americans exhibited higher levels of psychosocial stress and lower levels of global functioning than did Caucasians. The implications of the findings are discussed. |
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