A comparison of substance use between female inmates and female substance misusers in treatment.
A comparison of substance use between female inmates and female substance misusers in treatment.
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治疗中女性囚犯和女性药物滥用者之间药物使用的比较。
DOI：
10.1093/alcalc/35.1.60
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发表时间：
2000
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Briody,R
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作者：
Phillips,JA;Nixon,SJ;Phillips,M;Pfefferbaum,B;Briody,R
最近的文献记录了美国女性监狱囚犯中大量的药物滥用史。本研究的主要目的是确定个人和家庭药物滥用史是否能将女性囚犯与治疗中的药物滥用者区分开来。考虑到与毒品有关的犯罪，我们假设囚犯有更广泛的个人和家庭滥用药物的历史，他们可能在更早的年龄就开始使用药物。与我们的预期相反，这两个样本在酒精和药物使用的许多指标上是相似的。同样，药物滥用家族史的差异也不符合预测的方向。然而，正如假设的那样，囚犯们确实报告了更早开始饮酒的年龄。具有特别临床意义的发现是，尽管饮酒水平相似，但囚犯报告的与酒精有关的不良医疗、法律和社会心理后果比治疗样本少。
Recent literature documents extensive substance misuse histories among US female prison inmates. The primary purpose of the present study was to determine whether histories of personal and familial substance misuse distinguished female inmates from substance misusers in treatment. After accounting for drug-related offences, we hypothesized that the inmates would have more extensive histories of personal and familial substance misuse and that they would have initiated substance use at an earlier age. Contrary to our expectations, the two samples were similar on many measures of alcohol and drug use. Similarly, differences in family histories of substance misuse were not in the predicted direction. As hypothesized, however, the inmates did report earlier age at onset of drinking. Of particular clinical relevance was the finding that, despite similar alcohol consumption levels, inmates reported fewer alcohol-related adverse medical, legal, and psychosocial consequences than did the treatment sample.