The Process of Substance Abuse Onset in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hamadan, Western Iran

Ahmadpanah, Mohammad; Ghaleiha, Ali; Jahangard, Leila; Mosavi, Saeed; Haghighi, Mohammad

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Ahmadpanah M, Ghaleiha A, Jahangard L, Mosavi S, Haghighi M. The Process of Substance Abuse Onset in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hamadan, Western Iran. Avicenna J Neuro Psycho Physiology 2014; 1 (1) :6-11
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The Process of Substance Abuse Onset in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hamadan, Western Iran

Mohammad Ahmadpanah¹

, Ali Ghaleiha¹

, Leila Jahangard¹

, Saeed Mosavi¹

, Mohammad Haghighi

1- Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran
2- Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran , haghighi@umsha.ac.ir

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Results: The most common drug used by 48 women (81.35%) was th eopium, followed by crack(8.47%), heroin (1.69%), methadone (1.69%)and cannabis (1.69%). Mean age of the first time experience of cigarette smoking was 17.11 ± 9.22 years. Also, the mean age of the first time drug substance use was 27.62 ± 10.46 years and the mean duration of drug use was 5.2 ± 12.0 years. Among studied women, 74.57% used drugs on a regular basis. General Health Questionnaire results indicated that 74.6% of the studied women had suboptimal general health. Twenty six women (44.6%) were referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist. The main reason for referring to a psychologist or psychiatrist was addiction withdrawal in 19.35%, depression and anxiety in 5.06%, and familial problems in 12.9% and headache in 9.68%. Among the examined individuals, 50.8% had once decided to quit, 23.7% for two times, 11.9% for three times, 8.5% for four times and 1.7% for sixteen times.

Keywords: Opioid-Related Disorders, Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Women, Hamadan

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Article Type: Research Article | Subject: Special
Received: 2014/03/1 | Accepted: 2014/04/13 | Published: 2014/08/25

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