Davis D I
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1984 Nov;172(11):654-7. doi: 10.1097/00005053-198411000-00003.
This paper presents findings from a comparison between patterns of use of substances of abuse among a psychiatric population and among a similarly studied medical and surgical patient population. A self-assessment survey was carried out in an urban, university medical center population that included 300 psychiatric patients and close to 3000 medical and surgical patients. The psychiatric population was significantly higher than the demographically similar general medical and surgical population in quantity and frequency of use, problems associated with use, and composite categories of use of alcohol and other drugs of abuse. This was true in spite of the fact that the psychiatric service did not readily accept known substance-abusing patients at the time the study was conducted.
本文呈现了一项对比研究的结果，该研究对比了精神科患者群体与经过类似研究的内科及外科患者群体中滥用物质的使用模式。在一个城市大学医疗中心人群中开展了一项自我评估调查，该人群包括300名精神科患者以及近3000名内科和外科患者。在酒精及其他滥用药物的使用量和使用频率、与使用相关的问题以及综合使用类别方面，精神科患者群体显著高于人口统计学特征相似的普通内科和外科人群。尽管在研究开展之时精神科服务机构并不轻易接纳已知的物质滥用患者，但情况依然如此。
