Budney A J, Radonovich K J, Higgins S T, Wong C J
Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont 05403, USA.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 1998 Nov;6(4):419-26. doi: 10.1037//1064-1297.6.4.419.
Sixty-two individuals seeking treatment for marijuana dependence completed a comprehensive assessment. Sociodemographics, substance use, psychosocial functioning, psychiatric symptoms, and medical status were compared with similar data collected from 70 treatment-seeking, cocaine-dependent individuals. Substantial psychosocial and psychiatric problems were observed in both groups. In general, the marijuana group reported substance-use histories and a range of impairment comparable with the cocaine group; however, they showed less severe dependence. The marijuana group was more ambivalent and less confident about stopping their marijuana use than the cocaine group was about stopping their cocaine use. These findings indicate that treatment-seeking, marijuana-dependent individuals exhibit substantial problems and that further efforts to develop effective treatments for this population are warranted.
62名寻求大麻依赖治疗的个体完成了一项全面评估。将这些个体的社会人口统计学、物质使用情况、心理社会功能、精神症状和医疗状况与从70名寻求治疗的可卡因依赖个体收集的类似数据进行了比较。两组均观察到大量心理社会和精神问题。总体而言，大麻组报告的物质使用史和一系列损害与可卡因组相当；然而，他们的依赖程度较轻。与可卡因组对停止使用可卡因的态度相比，大麻组对停止使用大麻更为矛盾且信心不足。这些发现表明，寻求治疗的大麻依赖个体存在大量问题，因此有必要进一步努力为这一人群开发有效的治疗方法。
