The Impact of Substance Misuse Disorder on Psychosocial Aspects of Patients’ Lives | Zendy

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The Impact of Substance Misuse Disorder on Psychosocial Aspects of Patients’ Lives

Author(s) -

Naif Talal Almagthly,

Abd Alhadi Hasan

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

research in health science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2470-6213

pISSN - 2470-6205

DOI - 10.22158/rhs.v4n3p152

Subject(s) - psychosocial , hostility , clinical psychology , substance abuse , psychiatry , anxiety , psychology , depression (economics) , nonprobability sampling , medicine , environmental health , population , economics , macroeconomics

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the psychosocial impact of substance use/abuse on participants psychosocial life.Methodology: The study was employed descriptive explanatory design with purposive sampling was used, and 181 male participants were recruited at the Al-Amal Hospital in Jeddah. The psychosocial life aspect of patient life was assessed by using a validated scale Results: Data were analyzed by the SPSS-23. The most commonly used substances were amphetamines, alcohol and marijuana. The greatest effect of substance use was on self-esteem, followed by anxiety, depression, hostility and risk taking. Interestingly, group one (alcohol) and group three (amphetamine) showed the highest psychosocial influence. Conclusions: Substance use/abuse significantly affected psychosocial aspects, especially self-esteem and depression.

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