Drug use, mental health and problems related to crime and violence: cross-sectional study

Authors

  • Heloísa Garcia Claro Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Janet Titus Bourdreaux Lighthouse Institute
  • Ivan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes Universidade Federal do ABC
  • Paula Hayasi Pinho Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Rosana Ribeiro Tarifa Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0478.2663

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the correlation between disorders related to the use of alcohol and other drugs and symptoms of mental disorders, problems related to crime and violence and to age and gender. Methods: cross-sectional descriptive study carried out with 128 users of a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and other Drugs, in the city of São Paulo, interviewed by means of the instrument entitled Global Appraisal of Individual Needs - Short Screener. Univariate and multiple linear regression models were used to verify the correlation between the variables. Results: using univariate regression models, internalizing and externalizing symptoms and problems related to crime/violence proved significant and were included in the multiple model, in which only the internalizing symptoms and problems related to crime and violence remained significant. Conclusions: there is a correlation between the severity of problems related to alcohol use and severity of mental health symptoms and crime and violence in the study sample. The results emphasize the need for an interdisciplinary and intersectional character of attention to users of alcohol and other drugs, since they live in a socially vulnerable environment.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2015-12-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 6 (2015)

Section

Original Articles

License

RLAE’s authorship concept is based on the substantial contribution by each of the individuals listed as authors, mainly in terms of conceiving and planning the research project, collecting or analyzing and interpreting data, writing and critical review. Indication of authors’ names under the article title is limited to six. If more, authors are listed on the online submission form under Acknowledgements. The possibility of including more than six authors will only be examined on multicenter studies, considering the explanations presented by the authors.
Including names of authors whose contribution does not fit into the above criteria cannot be justified. Those names can be included in the Acknowledgements section.
 Authors are fully responsible for the concepts disseminated in their manuscripts, which do not necessarily reflect the editors’ and editorial board’s opinion.

 

How to Cite

Drug use, mental health and problems related to crime and violence: cross-sectional study . (2015). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(6), 1173-1180. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0478.2663