Psychoactive substance use by medical students from Salvador (BA)
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832007000300003Keywords:
Medical students, psychoactive substances, drugsAbstract
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that medical students consume psychoactive substances at the same rates as the same age youth on general population, despite their predictable knowledge about drugs effects. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the local pattern of psychoactive substances use among medical students and contribute for the formulation of preventive activities. METHODS: The frequency of psychoactive substances use was evaluated by a self-administered anonymous questionnaire that also asked the main reasons for that use. Four hundred and four students in the first to sixth year from the two biggest medical schools in Salvador answered the questionnaire. RESULTS: The lifetime use was bigger for alcohol (92.8%) and inhalant (46.2%). Alcohol use was constant for the students from first to sixth year of course, but it was not statistically significant (p >; 0.05). However, tobacco, inhalants and tranquilizers use had a significant increase at the last two years of course students (p < 0.05). It was verified a bigger drugs use by the male gender. "Fun" was shown as the first main reason for psychoactive substances (58.7% of the valid answers). CONCLUSION: Psychoactive substances consume rates by medical students from Salvador are as high as the ones shown on other scientific researches about this subject.Downloads
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2007-01-01
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Psychoactive substance use by medical students from Salvador (BA) . (2007). Archives of Clinical Psychiatry, 34(3), 118-124. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832007000300003