Psychiatric morbidity and substance abuse among residents of a cold weather shelter.

Psychiatric morbidity and substance abuse among residents of a cold weather shelter.

misusers, who have an estimated infection rate of 20-30%. This pattern of spread is similar to that in Edinburgh but differs from that in the rest of Scotland.4 Our results reflect the pattern seen in the wider population. We found no unexpected positive test results. Others suggest that only 40% of the deaths among men positive for HIV antibody are in men who are known to be positive by the ti...

Association of substance abuse and depression among adolescent psychiatric inpatients.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether depression levels differ among suicide-attempting and non-suicide-attempting adolescent inpatients in relation to their alcohol use. METHOD Ninety-eight adolescents hospitalized at a midwestern psychiatric hospital completed the Children's Depression Inventory and the Rutgers Alcohol Problem-Drinking Index (RAPI). Based on RAPI scores, adolescents were classifie...

Psychiatric Morbidity of Cannabis Abuse

The paper evaluates the hypothesis that cannabis abuse is associated with a broad range of psychiatric disorders in India, an area with relatively high prevalence of cannabis use. Retrospective case-note review of all cases with cannabis related diagnosis over a 11 -year period, for subjects presenting to a tertiary psychiatric hospital in southern India was carried out. Information pertaining ...

Adolescent substance abuse and psychiatric comorbidities.

The use and abuse of substances-including alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, inhalants, and other drugs-are commonly found to be comorbid with psychiatric conditions in adolescents. This dual diagnosis requires special attention and treatment, especially as substance use often begins during this developmental period. Adolescents may be diagnosed with substance abuse, substance dependence, or substan...

Substance abuse among nurses.