A new portion of research has sought to study the effects of
substance-related disorders on those in direct contact with the affected individual.
Hence, the temporal link between mental disorders and
substance-related disorders requires clarification.
The purpose of the present study was to assess differences in coping strategies of patients with depressive, anxiety, schizophrenia and
substance-related disorders. Results supported our hypothesis i.e.
Some authors have reported a higher rate of
substance-related disorders in men than in women (Echeburua et al., 2011).
The revisions proposed for the
substance-related disorders in the DSM-V can be seen as the latest in a long history of attempts to define and identify the characteristics of addiction as a disease.
Of particular interest to the current investigation are the prevalence rates and gender ratios of certain diagnoses in the DSM-IV-TR categories of mood, psychotic, adjustment, childhood, and
substance-related disorders. We review and evaluate the prevalence by gender of these mental disorder categories because of their reported high prevalence in general and because of the vast differential in their rates by gender reported in the literature.
A critical review of the extant research on the previous version of the instrument (SASSI-A; Miller & Lazowski, 2001) suggests that its ability to detect
substance-related disorders in nonreporting adolescents is questionable.
(2004).Prevalence studies of
substance-related disorders: A systematic review of the literature.
Given these reinforcements, repeated exposure to UV light may result in behavior patterns similar to those observed with
substance-related disorders, the authors found.
Change in relationship status can also be associated with mental disorders; for example, divorce or separation appears to be a risk factor for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and
substance-related disorders in single mothers (Cairney, Pevalin, Wade, Veldhuizen, & Arboleda-Florez, 2006).
experience
substance-related disorders as well as one or more mental
The sections include theories of personality and development, cognitive disorders and consultation-liaison psychiatry,
substance-related disorders, and law and ethics in psychiatry.