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ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Duangduean Norrasing

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Depression among caregivers of persons with amphetamine induced psychotic disorders.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The 2nd International Conference on Mental Health and Substance Dependence 2003. Page 57.(19-21 August 2003 The Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok Thailand)

รายละเอียด / Details:

Persons with amphetamine induced psychotic disorders have deterioration of self-care and social skills. Therefore, caregivers need to take care for them whereby doing these affected to caregivers in several ways. Depression is one of these effects. The descriptive study aimed to examine level of depression among caregivers of persons with amphetamine induced psychotic disorders. The accessible population included 75family caregivers who brought persons with amphetamine induced psychotic disorders to Suanprung Psychiatric Hospital, Dhiang Mai province from February to March 2003. The study instrument was a questionnaire consisted of 2 parts : 1) Demographic data, and 2) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), translated to Thai by Mood Sriyong. This instrument was tested for its reliability by using Cronbach,s alpha coefficient which was 0.92. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The results revealed that 86.67 percent of caregivers of persons with amphetamine induced psychotic disorders had depression from minimal level to severe level, Within this group, it was found severe depression 29.33 percent and moderate-severe depression 26.67 percent. The findings of this study could be applicable as preliminary data to plan for intervention to decrease depression among caregivers of persons with amphetamine induced psychotic disorders, especially the caregivers who were at moderate-severe and severe level. These specific groups need referral to receive appropriate treatment.

Keywords: amphetamine induced psychotic disorders, psychosis, depression, depress, psychiatry

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2003

Address: Suanprung Psychiatric Hospital and Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing

Code: 0000926

ISSN/ISBN: -

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Paper.

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