Dependencia de la cocaína y psicopatología a través del SCL-90-R

Abstract

The analysis of psychopathological characteristics of people with cocaine dependence demanding treatment in centers of drug abuse is a relevant topic, due to the relevant increase of these demands in the last year. The objective of the present study is to analyze the presence of certain psychopathological symptoms and the disconfort perceived by the subject with the SCL-90-R in a sample of 115 subjects in treatment for cocaine dependence. The results obtained indicate that the scales of symptoms with more punctuation are these of depression, obsession-compulsion, paranoid ideation and interpersonal sensibility. The 36.5% of the sample would be located in the psychiatric population according the norms of this questionnaire. This suggests the necessity to evaluate these psychopathological characteristics for an appropriate design of the treatment of these people wich cocaine dependence what suffer other disorders. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]