Research Article

Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic

Volume: 4 Number: 1 April 7, 2020
  • Habib Erensoy
  • Tonguç Demir Berkol
  • Yasin Hasan Balcıoğlu
  • Hasan Mervan Aytaç
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Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic

Abstract

Objective: Comorbidity of substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders is common. However, data on the prevalence of substance use disorders in general psychiatric outpatient population is rather scarce. Method: In order to investigate the prevalence of substance use disorders among the patients who admitted to the general psychiatric outpatient unit and followed with any psychiatric diagnosis, 734 consecutive adult patients were included in this study. Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test–AD was administered to these patients. Substance screening form and SCID-I dependence module were administered to 47 patients (6.4%) who had a MAST-AD score above 4. Later, SCID-II and the rest of SCID-I were administered to 33 patients (4.5%) who met any diagnostic criteria on this module. Results: From these 734 patients, 33 (4.5%) had alcohol or substance use disorder: Five patients (0.7%) had alcohol dependence, 26 patients (3.5%) had alcohol abuse and 3 patients (0.4%) had multiple substance dependence. There were 9 patients (1.2%) with cannabis abuse, 4 patients (0.5%) with ecstasy abuse, 1 patient (0.1%) with heroin abuse, 1 patient with (0.1%) biperiden abuse and 9 patients (1.2%) with benzodiazepin abuse. From this 33 patients, 7 (1.0%) patients were diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, 2 (0.3%) with antisocial personality disorder, 1 patient (0.1%) with paranoid personality disorder, 1 patient (0.1%) with narcissistic personality disorder, 2 patients (0.3%) with avoidant personality disorder, 1 patient (0.1%) with schizoid personality disorder and 1 patient (0.1%) with dependent personality disorder. With SCIDI, we found 5 (0.7%) major depressive disorder, 3 (0.4%) bipolar I, 1 (0.1%) distimic disorder, 2 (0.3%) paranoid schizophrenia, 1 (0.1%) delusional disorder, 3 (0.4%) generalized anxiety disorder, 3 (0.4%) panic disorder, 1 (0.1%) panic disorder with agoraphobia, 1 (0.1%) anxiety disorder not otherwise specified, 1 (0.1%) social phobia and 1 (0.1%) post traumatic stress disorder. Conclusion: These results suggest that substance use disorders are not prevalent among general psychiatric outpatients. Substance use disorders should be carefully assessed in the patients with diagnoses of mood disorders, anxiety disorders or personality disorders.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychology, Subtance Abuse

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Habib Erensoy This is me
Türkiye

Tonguç Demir Berkol This is me
Türkiye

Yasin Hasan Balcıoğlu This is me
Türkiye

Hasan Mervan Aytaç This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

April 7, 2020

Submission Date

March 1, 2020

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Erensoy, H., Berkol, T. D., Balcıoğlu, Y. H., & Aytaç, H. M. (2020). Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Current Addiction Research, 4(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.5455/car.105-1583234172
AMA
1.Erensoy H, Berkol TD, Balcıoğlu YH, Aytaç HM. Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Current Addiction Research. 2020;4(1):5-15. doi:10.5455/car.105-1583234172
Chicago
Erensoy, Habib, Tonguç Demir Berkol, Yasin Hasan Balcıoğlu, and Hasan Mervan Aytaç. 2020. “Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic”. Current Addiction Research 4 (1): 5-15. https://doi.org/10.5455/car.105-1583234172.
EndNote
Erensoy H, Berkol TD, Balcıoğlu YH, Aytaç HM (April 1, 2020) Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Current Addiction Research 4 1 5–15.
IEEE
[1]H. Erensoy, T. D. Berkol, Y. H. Balcıoğlu, and H. M. Aytaç, “Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic”, Current Addiction Research, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 5–15, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.5455/car.105-1583234172.
ISNAD
Erensoy, Habib - Berkol, Tonguç Demir - Balcıoğlu, Yasin Hasan - Aytaç, Hasan Mervan. “Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic”. Current Addiction Research 4/1 (April 1, 2020): 5-15. https://doi.org/10.5455/car.105-1583234172.
JAMA
1.Erensoy H, Berkol TD, Balcıoğlu YH, Aytaç HM. Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Current Addiction Research. 2020;4:5–15.
MLA
Erensoy, Habib, et al. “Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic”. Current Addiction Research, vol. 4, no. 1, Apr. 2020, pp. 5-15, doi:10.5455/car.105-1583234172.
Vancouver
1.Habib Erensoy, Tonguç Demir Berkol, Yasin Hasan Balcıoğlu, Hasan Mervan Aytaç. Prevalence, Clinical Features and Comorbidities of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Patients Admitted to Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Current Addiction Research. 2020 Apr. 1;4(1):5-15. doi:10.5455/car.105-1583234172