[A study of mental health issues in the objects of substance abstinence who got labor education and rehabilitation]

Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2004;20(3):152-4.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the personality and mental health of the objects of substance (caffeine, cocaine, hallucinogens and so on) abstinence who got labor education and rehabilitation.

Methods: 258 male objects and 250 female objects of substance abstinence selected randomly from institutions of labor education and rehabilitation were assessed with MMPI and SCL-90.

Results: MMPI tests indicated the personality abnormality in the objects. SCL-90 tests manifested the mental health abnormality of them compared with Chinese models, especially in the female objects.

Conclusion: More attention should be paid on the mental health of the objects of substance abstinence.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypochondriasis / psychology
  • MMPI
  • Male
  • Mental Health*
  • Middle Aged
  • Paranoid Behavior / psychology
  • Personality Disorders / psychology*
  • Personality Tests
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation
  • Surveys and Questionnaires