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EPA-0938 - Psychiatric Comorbidity Among Individuals with Substance Dependence at A Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

I. Imtiaz Ahmad ,
W. Muhammad Waqar Azeem ,
N. Nighat Haider ,
N. Naveed Irfan  and
M. Mohsin ali Cheema
I. Imtiaz Ahmad
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
W. Muhammad Waqar Azeem
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry University of Connecticut School of Medicine Connecticut, Riverview Hospital Child and Adolescent, Connecticut, USA
N. Nighat Haider
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences DHQ Hospital, Punjab medical college Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
N. Naveed Irfan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Frontier Medical Colleg, Abbottabad, Pakistan
M. Mohsin ali Cheema
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Frontier Medical Colleg, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Abstract

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Background:

Studies have shown higher rate of various psychiatric disorders among individuals with substance abuse / dependence. There is little data in developing countries, such as Pakistan, on prevalence of psychiatric co-morbidity in this population and impact on treatment.

Objective:

To assess the psychiatric co-morbidity among individuals with substance dependence and to determine its demographic associations in patients with substance dependence in Pakistan.

Method:

This was a descriptive study conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Participants were 588 individuals with substance dependence admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, mainly in male inpatient substance dependence unit. The patients were assessed for psychiatric co-morbidity using DSM IV criteria. Informed consent was obtained. The study was approved by the Institutional Research Committee. The results were obtained by using chi square test on SPSS 17.

Results:

Out of 588, 200 patients (34%) were found co-morbid with other psychiatric disorders along with substance dependence. Reason of first substance use and history of previous substance dependence were observed to be significantly associated with co-morbid psychiatric disorders, x2 (48, n = 549) = 112.396, p < 0.01 and x2 (18, n = 588) = 29.66, p = 0.041 respectively.

Conclusion:

  1. 1. There was high rate of psychiatric co-morbidity among individuals with substance dependence in this sample.

  2. 2. Depression, personality disorders and anxiety disorders were the major co-morbid diagnosis among this population.

Type
EPW33 - Addictive Behaviours 3
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry , 2014 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
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