Keywords: Crack cocaine Solvents Anxiety Brazil Questionnaires The results indicate that screening initiatives to detect anxiety and additional psychiatric comorbidities among crack and inhalant users are feasible and relevant. Anxiety and overall mental psychopathology were significantly correlated in this sample. SRQ scores revealed that crack and inhalants users had significant degrees of morbidity.ĬONCLUSION: A significant difference regarding anxiety symptomatology, especially state anxiety, was observed among inhalant and crack users. In contrast to the results of the HAM-A, the STAI failed to demonstrate a significant difference between the two groups of substance users. Inhalant users presented significantly more anxiety symptoms than crack users according to the HAM-A questionnaire only. RESULTS: Both crack and inhalant users experience significant symptoms of anxiety. Research volunteers completed the Portuguese versions of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), and Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ). METHODS: The study investigated two groups of volunteers of equal size (n = 50): one group consisted of crack cocaine users, and the other group consisted of inhalant users. The objective of this study was to investigate anxiety symptoms among crack cocaine and inhalant users in southern Brazil. OBJECTIVE: The occurrence of psychiatric comorbidity among individuals with crack or inhalant dependence is frequently observed. VHospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil IVDepartment of Psychiatry, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia IIISchool of Medicine, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil IIDepartment of Psychiatry, Blacktown Hospital, Sydney West Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia ISchool of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia Katia Foresti III,IV Mariana Rossi Thorell V Paulo Roberto Franceschini V Sintomas de ansiedade em usuários de crack e inalantes admitidos em uma unidade psiquiátrica na Região Sul do Brasil Study conducted at Universidade de Caxias do Sul and Clínica Paulo Guedes, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Um processo de triagem de sintomas de ansiedade entre usuários de crack e inalantes deve facilitar ainda mais as intervenções terapêuticas nesta área.Ĭrack Solventes Ansiedade Brasil QuestionáriosĪnxiety symptoms in crack cocaine and inhalant users admitted to a psychiatric hospital in southern Brazil * * CONCLUSÃO: Sintomas de ansiedade são frequentes entre usuários de crack e inalantes. Ansiedade e psicopatologia geral se apresentaram significativamente correlacionados. Os usuários de inalantes apresentaram escores quanto a HAM-A significativamente superiores aos usuários de crack. RESULTADOS: Ambos os grupos apresentaram sintomas significativos de ansiedade. Os voluntários da pesquisa completaram as versões em português das escalas de ansiedade State-Trais Anxiety Inventory (STAI) e Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), e o Questionário de Autoavaliação (SRQ). MÉTODOS: Oestudo investigou dois grupos de voluntárioscomomesmonúmero de indivíduos (n = 50): um grupo consistiu de usuários de crack e o outro grupo, de usuários de inalantes. OBJETIVO: Investigar sintomas de ansiedade em usuários de crack e inalantes no Sul do Brasil. The results indicate that screening initiatives to detect anxiety and additional psychiatric comorbidities among crack and inhalant users are feasible and relevant.Ĭrack cocaine Solvents Anxiety Brazil Questionnaires CONCLUSION: A significant difference regarding anxiety symptomatology, especially state anxiety, was observed among inhalant and crack users. SRQ scores revealed that crack and inhalants users had significant degrees of morbidity.