| Tittel | Substance abuse and recovery in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit |
| Publikasjonstype | Fagfellevurderte artikler |
| År for utgivelse | 2006 |
| Forfattere | vaaler, arne, Morken, G, Fløvig, JChr, Iversen, VC, Linaker, OM |
| Journal | Gen Hospital Psychiatry |
| Volum | 28 |
| Pagination | 65-70 |
| Date Published | 02/2006 |
| Type of Article | Doktorgradsavhandling |
| Nøkkelord | picu, rop, rus, Seclusion, Skjerming |
| Sammendrag | Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare the development in symptoms, behaviors, function and treatment between patients with or without a substance use (SU) diagnose in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Methods: A total of 118 admitted patients were assessed at admittance, day 3 and discharge from the PICU. Symptoms of psychopathology, therapeutic steps taken, violent episodes and length of patient stay were recorded. Results: More males than females received an SU diagnosis. Substance use patients had less psychiatric symptoms at admittance and showed a faster symptom reduction, more favorable and faster improvement of function and a shorter length of stay. Except for symptom reduction and shorter length of stay, these differences were largely due to differences in sex and diagnoses in the two groups. Conclusion: In a naturalistic group of patients in a PICU, SU is associated with favorable outcomes compared to patients not using substances. |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163834305001507?via%3Dihub |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.08.009 |
| Etikett | tvangsmidler |