Newcomb M D, Bentler P M, Fahy B
University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1563.
Int J Addict. 1987 Dec;22(12):1167-88. doi: 10.3109/10826088709027479.
Cocaine use has been associated with psychopathology in clinic and treatment samples and among chronic, excessive users. These relationships have been tested rarely in general epidemiological samples. This study examines the association between cocaine involvement and numerous measures of psychopathology in general community sample of 739 young adults. There were no sex differences in level of cocaine involvement, nor on associations between cocaine use and psychopathology. There were several small relationships between cocaine use and several indicators of psychopathology (i.e., increased sleep disturbance, decreased panic and phobia symptoms, a lack of purpose in life, increased psychotic proneness). It appears that the severe psychopathology associated with cocaine use often cited in the literature is the result of using clinic or treatment samples or chronic abusers, and that such strong associations are not apparent in the general population of young adults with relatively brief cocaine use careers.
在临床和治疗样本以及慢性、过量使用者中，使用可卡因与精神病理学有关。这些关系在一般流行病学样本中很少得到检验。本研究在739名年轻成年人的普通社区样本中，考察了可卡因涉入情况与多种精神病理学指标之间的关联。在可卡因涉入程度方面，以及在可卡因使用与精神病理学之间的关联方面，均不存在性别差异。可卡因使用与几种精神病理学指标之间存在一些微弱的关系（即睡眠障碍增加、惊恐和恐惧症状减少、生活缺乏目标、精神病倾向增加）。文献中经常提到的与使用可卡因相关的严重精神病理学现象，似乎是使用临床或治疗样本或慢性滥用者的结果，而在可卡因使用经历相对短暂的年轻成年人普通人群中，这种强烈关联并不明显。
