VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2011;46(6):808-18. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2010.538460. Epub 2010 Dec 21.
Gender differences in patterns and consequences of substance use, treatment-seeking, and motivation to change were examined in two samples of people with serious mental illness (SMI) and comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs): a community sample not currently seeking substance abuse treatment (N = 175) and a treatment-seeking sample (N = 137). In both groups, women and men demonstrated more similarities in the pattern and severity of their substance use than differences. However, treatment-seeking women showed greater readiness to change their substance use. Mental health problems and traumatic experiences may prompt people with SMI and SUD to enter substance abuse treatment, regardless of gender.
性别差异在物质使用、寻求治疗和改变动机的模式和后果方面在两个有严重精神疾病(SMI)和并发物质使用障碍(SUD)的人群样本中进行了研究:一个是目前不寻求物质滥用治疗的社区样本(N=175),另一个是寻求治疗的样本(N=137)。在这两个群体中,女性和男性在物质使用的模式和严重程度上表现出更多的相似性,而不是差异。然而,寻求治疗的女性显示出更大的改变物质使用的意愿。心理健康问题和创伤经历可能促使有 SMI 和 SUD 的人进入物质滥用治疗,而不论性别如何。