COMORBIDITY DIAGNOSES IN ALCOHOL DEPENDENT PATIENTS: DIFFERENCES AND DILEMMAS

  • Maja Rus-Makovec Klinični oddelek za mentalno zdravje Psihiatrična klinika Enota za zdravljenje odvisnih od alkohola Poljanski nasip 58 1000 Ljubljana
  • Zdenka Čebašek-Travnik Klinični oddelek za mentalno zdravje Psihiatrična klinika Enota za zdravljenje odvisnih od alkohola Poljanski nasip 58 1000 Ljubljana
  • Mirjana Radovanovič Klinični oddelek za mentalno zdravje Psihiatrična klinika Enota za zdravljenje odvisnih od alkohola Poljanski nasip 58 1000 Ljubljana
  • Radica Ivančič Klinični oddelek za mentalno zdravje Psihiatrična klinika Enota za zdravljenje odvisnih od alkohola Poljanski nasip 58 1000 Ljubljana
  • Vida Tomšič Klinični oddelek za mentalno zdravje Psihiatrična klinika Enota za zdravljenje odvisnih od alkohola Poljanski nasip 58 1000 Ljubljana
Keywords: comorbidity, alcohol dependency, differences in diagnosis, treatment planning

Abstract

Background. In the presented study we followed the diagnostic procedures of comorbidity in alcohol dependent patients of in-patient treatment. The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence of dual/triple diagnoses with alcohol dependent patients and to incorporate the diagnostic procedures in rutine work and in treatment planning.

Material and methods. We were following the basic parameters of treatment of 469 patients (366 male, 102 female) from July 1999 to July 2001. The diagnostic criteria according to ICD-10 were applied after at least four weeks of sobriety.

Results. The most frequent additional diagnoses found were nicotine dependency, depressive and personal disorders. Main gender differences were found in diagnosis of depressive disorders and in dependency or abuse of prescripted drugs. Comparison of our results with literature data showed the greatest differences in diagnoses of cognitive, depressive, anxious data and dependency of other psychoactive substances.

Conclusions. The comparison between the two time periods shows that stuff sensibility to diagnostic procedures of comorbidity states influences the frequency of diagnostic categories. The literature data review leads to impression of inconsistent diagnosing regarding the context and phylosophy of treatment context, stuff education and patient population.

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Rus-Makovec M, Čebašek-Travnik Z, Radovanovič M, Ivančič R, Tomšič V. COMORBIDITY DIAGNOSES IN ALCOHOL DEPENDENT PATIENTS: DIFFERENCES AND DILEMMAS. TEST ZdravVestn [Internet]. 1 [cited 5Aug.2024];71(11). Available from: http://vestnik-dev.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/1644
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