Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2013 Volume 141, Issue 9-10, Pages: 648-652
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1310648R
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Women and addiction (alcohol and opiates): Comparative analysis of psychosocial aspects
Raketić Diana (Specijalna bolnica za bolesti zavisnosti, Beograd)
Stamatović-Gajić Branka (Opšta bolnica, Odeljenje psihijatrije, Valjevo)
Gajić Tomislav (Regionalni centar za dinamičku psihijatriju, Valjevo)
Jovanović Mirjana (Klinički centar Kragujevac, Klinika za psihijatriju, Kragujevac)
Introduction. Nowadays women constitute one third of all addicts. In the last
decade, there has been a remarkable growth in scientific interest in
biochemical and psychosocial aspects of women’s addiction. Many researches
point out the specific character of women’s addiction. Objective. The aim of
the study was to assess and compare psychosocial aspects, including the
socio-demographic characteristics as well as the specific aspects of
functioning of family and interpersonal relationships of the subjects
addicted to opiates and alcohol. Methods. There were two substance addict
groups (32 and 30 subjects addicted to drugs and alcohol, respectively) and
the control group, consisting of 30 subjects (no substance addiction). A
socio-demo- graphic data questionnaire and semi-structured Addiction Severity
Index (ASI) interview were used. Results. The results of the research
indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the
compared groups in respect to the age of the subjects, family history of
addiction disorders, education, parenthood, employment work status, and
marital status. The subjects addicted to opiates differed significantly in
respect to manifestation of aggressive, delinquent behaviour, infectious
diseases, presence of addicts-partnerships, but there were no significant
differences in relation to physical abuse, sexual abuse and self-assessment
of depression. Conclusion. The results of this research suggest that subjects
addicted to opiates differed largely from the subjects addicted to alcohol in
terms of the age of the subjects, education level, family relationships,
partnerships and social relationships, which all have to be taken into
consideration when designing a therapy protocol and planning activities for
prevention.
Keywords: women, alcoholism, opiate addiction