TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The psychiatric characteristics of people on a mephedrone ("bath salts") binge
JO  - Substance use and misuse
A1  - Ordak, Michal
A1  - Nasierowski, Tadeusz
A1  - Muszynska, Elzbieta
A1  - Bujalska-Zadrozny, Magdalena
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - <i>Background</i>: Despite solutions presented by the European Union and national regulations introduced by many countries, the problem of mephedrone (4-MMC) is growing. <i>Objectives</i>: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of regular mephedrone intake with other psychoactive substances on the clinical picture of patients, including self-harms and suicide attempts. <i>Methods</i>: The study involved a group of 601 patients addicted to mephedrone who were admitted to a psychiatric hospital between 2010 and 2018 due to regular mephedrone intake. <i>Results</i>: There was a statistically significant relationship between sleep disorders and mephedrone combined with alcohol (<i>p</i> < .05) or cannabinols (<i>p</i> < .05). However, the highest number of statistically significant correlations was reported when mephedrone was combined with opioids. There was a growing year-on-year percentage of people who attempted suicide because of regular mephedrone intake (<i>p</i> < .001). The more psychoactive substances were combined with mephedrone, the greater the risk of attempted suicide (<i>p</i> < .01). 20% of the examined group were hospitalized several times. Among those hospitalized several times, significantly more people took more than one additional psychoactive substance (<i>p</i> < .01). <i>Conclusions</i>: The more psychoactive substances combined with mephedrone, the more clinical symptoms are associated with it.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1082-6084
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1753775
ID  - ref1
ER  -