TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - A retrospective analysis of substance use among female psychiatric patients in Saudi Arabia
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Alodhayani, Abdulaziz A.
A1  - Almutairi, Khalid M.
A1  - Vinluan, Jason M.
A1  - Alonazi, Wadi B.
A1  - Alzahrani, Hatim Gormallah
A1  - Batais, Mohammed Ali
A1  - Kaki, Fatmah Mohammed
A1  - Almigbal, Turky H.
A1  - Alsaad, Saad
SP  - e843785
EP  - e843785
VL  - 13
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the prevalence of substance use (SU), and its risk factors, among women attending psychiatric outpatients center in Saudi Arabia. <br><br>DESIGN: A retrospective cross-sectional design. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed outpatients' records of 200 female patients with a history of SU from a psychiatric unit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from December 2018 to February 2019. The researchers developed the pro forma, and 2 psychiatrists and a family medicine physician validated the form. <br><br>RESULTS: The most common and widely used were psychoactive substances (58%), followed by central nervous system (CNS) depressants (22%), and finally cannabinols (9.5%). Overall, the highest substance use was the amphetamine-cannabis-nicotine (ACN) representing nearly half of the illicit items (46.6%), followed by heroine-alcohol-benzodiazepine (16.4%), and with the lowest being benzodiazepine-nicotine (1.7%). There was a significant difference between the single substance and multiple substance use in terms of age (p = 0.001), smoking behavior (p = 0.001), patients past history (p = 0.005), and age of the patient at the start of drug use (p = 0.005). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of substance use among women is low in Saudi Arabia, screening of substance use disorders risks and building a rehabilitation program to control drug dependence are needed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.843785
ID  - ref1
ER  -