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Challenges in detecting and diagnosing substance use in women in the acute psychiatric department: a naturalistic cohort study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Psychiatry, November 2016
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Title
Challenges in detecting and diagnosing substance use in women in the acute psychiatric department: a naturalistic cohort study
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BMC Psychiatry, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-1124-y
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Torill Vassli Sallaup, Arne Einar Vaaler, Valentina Cabral Iversen, Ismail Cuneyt Guzey

Abstract

This study examines sex differences in substance use and substance use disorder in the acute psychiatric department, and possible interactions between sex and clinical and social factors associated with this phenomenon. Data concerning substance use were collected in a naturalistic cohort study (n = 384, 51.6% male, 48.4% female) in an acute psychiatric department. Recent intake of substances at admission, diagnosis of substance use disorder and demographic and socioeconomic information were recorded. At admission, serum and urine samples were analysed for substance use and breath analysis was performed for alcohol levels. Twice as many men as women were diagnosed with substance use disorder, whereas there were no gender differences in the number of positive toxicology screenings. Toxicology screening revealed the use of non-prescribed medication with addiction potential in 40% of both female and male patients many of whom did not report this in the admission interview. A low level of education in men and absence of parental responsibility in women showed a statistically significant interaction with a current diagnosis of substance use disorder. Despite no sex differences in positive toxicology screenings in the acute psychiatric department, twice as many men as women are diagnosed with substance use disorders. The use of prescription drugs with addiction potential was widely under-reported by both sexes, in patients with no prescriptions for the medications. Women with no parental responsibility are overrepresented among those diagnosed with substance use disorder, as are men with a low level of education. The study is registered with the ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01415323.

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Unknown 27 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 22%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 15%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Researcher 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 4%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 9 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 26%
Psychology 3 11%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 10 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2023.
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#5,847,331
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#2,080
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#104,045
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#32
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