dc.contributor.author | Ndetei David M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kuria, Mary W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Khasakhala, Lincoln | |
dc.contributor.author | Pizzo, Matteo | |
dc.contributor.author | Mutiso, Victoria | |
dc.contributor.author | Maru, Hitesh M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-27T15:42:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | African Journal of Drug & Alcohol Studies, 7(1), 2008 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/12170 | |
dc.description | Substance abuse and psychiatric co-morbidities: A case study of patients at Mathari psychiatric hospital, Nairobi, Kenya | en |
dc.description.abstract | Substance abuse co-morbidity with psychiatric disorders is common and has been widely reported, except in Kenya. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, pattern and socio-economic burden of a dual diagnosis of substance abuse disorder and other psychiatric conditions. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 691 patients admitted at Mathari ho')pitaL Only 42 patients had a first working diagnosis of substance abuse but nearly thirty-five percent of the patients scored for a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) diagnosis of alcohol dependence/abuse. There was high co-morbidity of alcohol abuse/dependence with opiate, sedative and khat use, as well as with mood and other psychotic disorders. Substance abuse disorders correlated significantly with other psychiatric disorders. Only: 12 patients were in a drug rehabilitation unit, all of whom had a dual psychiatric diagnosis of affective disorder. There were high co-morbidity rates of substance abuse in both general psychiatric wards and drug rehabilitation units | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | African Journal of Drug & Alcohol Studies; | |
dc.subject | substance abuse, co-morbidity, psychiatric disorders, Kenya | en |
dc.title | Substance abuse and psychiatric co-morbidities: | en |
dc.title.alternative | A case study of patients at Mathari Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.embargo.terms | 6 months | en |
local.publisher | University of Nairobi, Nairobi, | en |
local.publisher | Africa Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya, | en |
local.publisher | Uiversity of Bristol, England, UK | en |