Gossop M, Griffiths P, Strang J
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London.
Br J Psychiatry. 1994 Jan;164(1):101-4. doi: 10.1192/bjp.164.1.101.
This study investigates sex differences in patterns of drug taking and related injecting and sexual behaviour among 355 patients attending a London community drug team. The majority of cases attending the service presented with heroin problems. Men were more likely to use heroin by injection and women were more likely to use heroin by inhaling/smoking ('chasing the dragon'); there was no sex difference in the overall incidence of needle sharing. The delay between first use of the problem drug and first presentation to services was the same for both men and women. Women were more likely to have a sexual partner who was a drug user and to be living with another user than men. This closer social attachment to other drug users was seen as presenting a high risk factor for women with regard to prognosis and treatment.
本研究调查了伦敦一个社区戒毒团队的355名患者在吸毒模式、相关注射行为及性行为方面的性别差异。前来该服务机构就诊的大多数病例都存在海洛因问题。男性更倾向于注射使用海洛因，而女性更倾向于吸入/吸食海洛因（“追龙”）；在共用针头的总体发生率上没有性别差异。男性和女性从首次使用问题药物到首次前来就诊的间隔时间相同。与男性相比，女性更有可能有一个吸毒的性伴侣，并且更有可能与另一名吸毒者生活在一起。这种与其他吸毒者更紧密的社会联系被视为女性在预后和治疗方面的一个高风险因素。
