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Prevalence, severity and correlates of psychological morbidity among methadone maintenance clients
Author(s) -
DARKE SHANE,
SWIFT WENDY,
HALL WAYNE
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb00880.x
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychiatry , depression (economics) , anxiety , distress , psychology , clinical psychology , personality , methadone maintenance , social anxiety , methadone , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
A sample of 222 methadone maintenance clients was tested for levels of depression, anxiety, and anti‐social personality disorder. The prevalence of each type of psychopathology was high. There were large proportions of subjects exhibiting extremely severe depression, anxiety and a majority were classified as “psychiatric cases”. Depression and anxiety were strongly related, but anti‐social behaviour was unrelated to personal distress. Personal distress levels were predicted by benzodiazepine use, poorer social functioning and poorer health. Anti‐social personality disorder zoos predicted by younger age, being male, poorer social functioning, and current criminality.