Department of Surgical Sciences, Forensic Medicine, Uppsala University, SE-75237 Uppsala, Sweden.
Compr Psychiatry. 2010 May-Jun;51(3):312-8. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.05.007. Epub 2009 Jul 9.
Use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has been associated with adverse psychiatric effect, violent behavior, and criminality. The aim of this study was to further investigate the motives for and consequences of AAS use, with focus on violent and antisocial behavior. Fifty-nine prisoners were interviewed on their use of AAS, and their history was mapped with Addiction Severity Index interviews. Of these prisoners, 56% admitted previous use of AAS, of whom 24% declared to have committed violent crimes in connection with use of AAS. However, the only significant difference between users and nonusers with regard to criminal history when measured with the Addiction Severity Index was that the AAS users more often stated that they had been prosecuted for crimes labeled as "other crimes," which did not include violent crimes. The reported side effects of AAS corresponded well to those previously reported. These results indicate that use of AAS is common among Swedish prisoners and that the motives and consequences of such use are similar to what has been observed in other AAS-using populations. Furthermore, this study supports earlier notions that misuse of AAS might cause violent behavior, but only in certain individuals and mainly in combination with other substances.
使用合成代谢雄激素类固醇（AAS）与不良的精神影响、暴力行为和犯罪有关。本研究的目的是进一步探讨 AAS 使用的动机和后果，重点关注暴力和反社会行为。59 名囚犯接受了关于他们使用 AAS 的访谈，并通过成瘾严重程度指数访谈来描绘他们的病史。在这些囚犯中，56%承认以前使用过 AAS，其中 24%声称在使用 AAS 时犯有暴力犯罪。然而，当使用成瘾严重程度指数测量时，AAS 用户与非用户在犯罪史方面唯一显著的差异是，AAS 用户更经常因被标记为“其他犯罪”的罪行而被起诉，这些罪行不包括暴力犯罪。报告的 AAS 副作用与以前报告的副作用非常吻合。这些结果表明，AAS 在瑞典囚犯中很常见，而且这种使用的动机和后果与在其他使用 AAS 的人群中观察到的相似。此外，本研究支持了以前的观点，即滥用 AAS 可能导致暴力行为，但仅在某些个体中，并且主要与其他物质一起。
