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Comparison of mental status in mothers and wives of addicted men, with mothers and wives of non-addicted men

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

H. Jamilian  and
M. Khansari
H. Jamilian
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Arak University of Medical Scienses, Arak, Iran
M. Khansari
Affiliation:
Salam Clinic, Arak, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction

Substance abuse of main family member can affect other family members in some studies.

Aims

Comparing the mental status of mothers and wives of addicted men, with mothers and wives of non-addicted men.

Methods

In a case-control study which performed in a recovery home in Arak-Iran, In 2009, 57 mothers and wives of addicted men, and 57 mothers and wives of non-addicted men were assessed by MMPI-2 questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using SPSS V17.

Results

The mean scores of addicted men's mothers were significantly higher than non-addicted men's mothers in hypochondriasis, depression, psychopath deviation, paranoia, psychasthenia, schizoid, and F scales. On the other hand, the mean scores of addicted men's wives were significantly higher than non-addicted men's wives in hypochondriasis, psychopath deviation, paranoia, psychasthenia, schizoid, and F scales.

Conclusion

There are severe psychiatric problems in mothers and wives of addicted men.

Type
P03-495
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1665
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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