TY - JOUR
T1 - Substance abuse patterns and psychiatric symptomatology among three healthcare provider groups evaluated in an out-patient program for impaired healthcare professionals
AU - Rojas, Julio I.
AU - Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung
AU - Brand, Michael
AU - Koos, Erin
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine Alumni Association and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Address correspondence to Julio I. Rojas, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901. E-mail: julio-rojas@ouhsc.edu
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Three impaired health care provider groups (N = 84) (nurses, pharmacists, and providers with prescriptive authority) referred for a substance abuse evaluation at an outpatient-based program were compared on demographic and family factors, substance abuse patterns, and psychiatric symptomology as assessed by the Personality Assessment Inventory. Nurses had the highest rates of family history of addiction, problems with benzodiazepines, and psychiatric comorbidity. Overall, health care professionals endorsed opioids twice as often as alcohol as a preferred substance. Family history of addiction, sex, and psychiatric comorbidity emerged as salient factors among these health care professionals. Clinical implications are examined in light of the current findings.
AB - Three impaired health care provider groups (N = 84) (nurses, pharmacists, and providers with prescriptive authority) referred for a substance abuse evaluation at an outpatient-based program were compared on demographic and family factors, substance abuse patterns, and psychiatric symptomology as assessed by the Personality Assessment Inventory. Nurses had the highest rates of family history of addiction, problems with benzodiazepines, and psychiatric comorbidity. Overall, health care professionals endorsed opioids twice as often as alcohol as a preferred substance. Family history of addiction, sex, and psychiatric comorbidity emerged as salient factors among these health care professionals. Clinical implications are examined in light of the current findings.
KW - Health care professionals
KW - Personality Assessment Inventory
KW - psychiatric comorbidity
KW - substance abuse
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U2 - 10.1080/10550887.2012.759857
DO - 10.1080/10550887.2012.759857
M3 - Article
C2 - 23480252
AN - SCOPUS:84875352277
SN - 1055-0887
VL - 32
SP - 99
EP - 107
JO - Journal of Addictive Diseases
JF - Journal of Addictive Diseases
IS - 1
ER -