Antisocial behavior in crack-cocaine users

• Autor(a) principal: de Almeida Ribeiro, Fernanda
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Cerutti, Fernanda, Maciel Cancian, Ana Carolina, Moreno, André Luiz, de Lima Argimon, Irani Iracema, da Silva Oliveira, Margareth
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Contextos Clínicos
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/contextosclinicos/article/view/ctc.2016.92.07

Comorbidities associated with crack-cocaine use are one of the major challenges for those who provide psychiatric services to this population, however, there are few studies examining these comorbidities fees on users of crack-cocaine. Objective: To compare users of crack-cocaine with the general population in relation in antisocial behavior. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study, with a sample of 971 adults 18-59 years, chosen for convenience, divided into two groups – users of crack-cocaine and general population. To assess psychopathological aspects the Adult Self -report (ASR) was used. Results: A statistical analysis association through the chi-square test shows significant relationship between crack-cocaine users and antisocial behavior (p = .001 ). The binary logistic regression analysis by the backward conditional method has generated conditional adjusted variables for the gravity model for crack-cocaine use: male, adults in their 30s and 39 years, with low education and being in the clinical classification for problems with antisocial personality (OR = 14.466). Conclusions: The results found emphasize the importance of early detection of antisocial behavior associated with crack-cocaine users, which might improve the treatment and get better prognosis.Keywords: crack-cocaine, antisocial behavior, psychopathology.