Teenagers with addictive behaviour: Characteristics of the addiction and the psychiatric comorbidities - 08/07/17
Résumé |
Introduction |
Addiction at a young age constitute a problem of public health. Adolescence is a period at risk for the addicting conducts.
Objectives |
To establish the characteristics of the addiction and the psychiatric comorbidities.
Methods |
We led a retrospective descriptive study which concerned 62 teenagers, having addicting conducts, followed in the outpatient clinic of the hospital Razi between January, 2013 and December, 2014.
Results |
Tobacco is the most consumed product with 90,3% of users, followed by the alcohol (59.7%).
Fifty percent consumed the cannabis.
Benzodiazepin, Trihexyphenidyl chlorhydrate, buprenorphin with high dosage and the organic solvents were raised respectively to about 14.5%, 22.6%, 12.9% and 14.5% of the patients.
The average age of initiation for tobacco was 12 years.
The most frequent motive for consultation was behaviour disorders (37.1%).
Among our patients, 43.5% had psychiatric family history, 11.3% had undergone sexual abuse during their childhood, 17.7% had histories of suicide attempts.
The found diagnoses were the dependence in a substance (25.8%), followed by the major depressive episode (14.5%), the adjustment disorder with depressed mood (11.3%) and the bipolar disorder (8.1%).
Seventeen percent of them had personality traits who would evoke the borderline personality and 11.3% antisocial personality.
Conclusion |
It is essential to diagnose and to take care of the teenagers having addicting conducts, as early as possible, to avoid transition to a chronic state in the adulthood.
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Vol 41 - N° S
P. S443 - avril 2017 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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