METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY WARD PATIENTS; SARI, IRAN

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ZARGHAMI MEHRAN; KHOSHBORESH ASTANEH ALI

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Seminar: ANNUAL CONGRESS OF IRANIAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Year:2015 | Issue:32

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METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY WARD PATIENTS; SARI, IRAN

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ZARGHAMI MEHRAN | KHOSHBORESH ASTANEH ALI

Keywords

AMPHETAMINES

EMERGENCY

PSYCHIATRY

SUBSTANCE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS ARE INCREASINGLY SEEN FOLLOWING SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE IS INCREASING EVIDENCE OF RAPIDLY GROWING SERIOUS, AND PERVASIVE METHAMPHETAMINE PROBLEMS IN IRAN IN RECENT YEARS. THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED FOR EVALUATION OF METHAMPHETAMINE USE AND ITS RELATED FACTORS IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY WARD IN ZARE HOSPITAL; SARI, IRAN.METHODS: IN THIS DESCRIPTIVE STUDY, ALL PATIENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY WARD OF SARI ZARE HOSPITAL IN 2011 WERE STUDIED.A CHECK-LIST WAS FILLED OUT FOR EACH PATIENT ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF RAPID URINE TEST IN HIS/HER CHART.RESULTS: 578 CASES INCLUDING 406 MALES (70.2%) AND 172 FEMALES (29.8%) WERE ADMITTED IN THIS PERIOD. THE MEAN AGE OF PATIENTS WAS 34.7±11.2 YEARS .THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS WERE AGGRESSION (50.5%), INSOMNIA (11.2%), PARANOIA (10.7%) AND SELF-TALKING (8.1%) RESPECTIVELY. THE MOST COMMON FINAL CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS WAS BIPOLAR DISORDER IN 145 CASES (25.1%) AND THEN SCHIZOPHRENIA IN 131 CASES (22.7%) AND SUBSTANCE INDUCED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER IN 63 CASES (10.9%). IN SCREENING OF SUBSTANCE USE AMONG PATIENTS, THE URINE TEST WAS POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE IN 14.4% OF CASES. THE MOST COMMON CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN THESE PATIENTS WAS METHAMPHETAMINE INDUCED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER (17.2%) AND THEN SCHIZOPHRENIA.CONCLUSION: HIGH PREVALENCE OF POSITIVE REPORTS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SCREENING TEST REFERS TO THE TREND OF CHANGE IN SUBSTANCE USE PATTERN IN IRAN. AS METHAMPHETAMINE INDUCED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER-WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS MAY NOT REMIT AFTER METHAMPHETAMINE DETOXIFICATION, THIS PHENOMENON SHOULD BE REGARDED MORE IMPORTANT.

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ZARGHAMI, MEHRAN, & KHOSHBORESH ASTANEH, ALI. (2015). METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY WARD PATIENTS; SARI, IRAN. ANNUAL CONGRESS OF IRANIAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/911317/en

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ZARGHAMI MEHRAN, KHOSHBORESH ASTANEH ALI. METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY WARD PATIENTS; SARI, IRAN. 2015. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/911317/en

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MEHRAN ZARGHAMI, and ALI KHOSHBORESH ASTANEH, “METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY WARD PATIENTS; SARI, IRAN,” presented at the ANNUAL CONGRESS OF IRANIAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/911317/en

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