Substance Use Disorders Among Patients with Acute Psychotic Episode | ||
| Suez Canal University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 11, Volume 25, Issue 3, October 2022, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/scumj.2022.260900 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shymaa M. Karem* 1; Ashraf Tantawy2; Omneya Ibrahim2; Haydy S. Hassan2 | ||
| 1Port Said Mental Health Hospital | ||
| 2Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background:Substance use is the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances. Psychosis is a serious mental condition that involves the person's losing contact with reality, to a greater or lesser extent, and is most often associated with certain mental illnesses like schizophrenia. There is strong evidence that substance abuse is associated with a greater risk of developing psychosis. Aim:To clarify the role of substance abuse among patients with acute psychotic episodes. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was done including 98 adults (above 12 years old) with Acute Psychotic episodes, the study was carried out in the outpatient clinic of Suez Canal Area Hospitals.The data was collected through close-ended self-administered 2 questionnaires and a clinical examination. Results: There is only a statistically significant difference in sub-type of PANSS test between substance abuser group and non-abuser group regarding PANSS-N (p=0.013), PANSS positive subtype only in suspiciousness/persecution between substance-users (82.9%) and non-users (96.7%), there is a statistically significant difference between a substance abuser and non-abuser regarding Motor retardation only of PANSS-GP with the majority was for the non-abuser group, the majority was for non-abuser group50.8 % (p value.004), there is no significant difference between substance users and non-users regarding Eysenck. Conclusion:There is a high rate of substance-induced psychosis among patients with acute psychotic episodes. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Symptoms Scale; Eysenck Questionnaire | ||
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