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Psychiatric morbidity and HIV in female drug dependants in Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

SL Varma ,
BHK Wai ,
S Singh  and
M Subramaniam
SL Varma*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
BHK Wai
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
S Singh
Affiliation:
Hospital Kota Bharu, Malaysia
M Subramaniam
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
*
*Address for correspondence and reprints: Grampians Psychiatric Services, Ballarat Health'Services, PO Box 577, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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Summary

Female drug dependants (n = 171) and controls (n = 1137) were studied to search for psychiatric morbidity in them. The psychiatric morbidity was found to be 36.3% and 6.9%, respectively. The most common psychiatric disorder found was dysthymic disorder followed by adjustment disorder, anxiety disorder and borderline personality disorder. The diagnosis was significantly dependent on the type of drug used (P < 0.001) and HIV seropositivtty status of the patients (P = 0.04). The findings highlight the relationship of the psychiatric morbidity to the HIV status and female drug users.

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psychiatric morbidityHIVdrug dependents

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European Psychiatry , Volume 13 , Issue 8 , December 1998 , pp. 431 - 433
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1998

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