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. 2009 Summer;1(1):20-3.

Comparative Evaluation of Psychiatric Disorders in Opium and Heroin Dependent Patients†This article has been published in the Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in Persian language

Alireza Ghaffari Nejad  1 , Hassan Ziaadini  1 , Nabi Banazadeh  2
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Comparative Evaluation of Psychiatric Disorders in Opium and Heroin Dependent Patients†This article has been published in the Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in Persian language

Alireza Ghaffari Nejad et al. Addict Health. 2009 Summer.

Abstract

Background: Opium dependency is an important health problem in Iran. Several studies show that most opium dependent patients have concomitant psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was evaluation of psychiatric disorders in opium dependency in comparison with heroin dependency.

Methods: This is a descriptive study on 192 male opium dependent patients who were admitted in dual- diagnosis ward of Beheshti Hospital in Kerman for detoxification. After evaluation of their demographic data, they were assessed by means of SCL-90-R test.

Findings: The mean age of subjects was 33.92±7.67 years. All scales of SCL-90-R were evaluated as borderline or sick. The scores of obsession-compulsion, anxiety, phobia, psychosis, PST, and GSI were significantly higher in heroin dependents compared to opium dependent patients (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: It is recommended that all patients with opium dependency should be evaluated for co-morbid psychiatric disorders. This may improve the outcome and management of their dependency.

Keywords: Heroin; Opium; Psychopathology; SCL-90-R.

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