TY - JOUR
T1 - Social networks and psychopathology among substance abusers
AU - Westermeyer, Joseph J
AU - Neider, J.
PY - 1988/1/1
Y1 - 1988/1/1
N2 - The authors studied the social networks and psychopathology of 168 patients with diagnoses of substance abuse. Small network size was correlated with higher scores on the Modified Michigan Alcohol-Drug Screening Test, higher symptom reports on the SCL-90 and the Beck Depression Inventory, and more observed psychopathology according to the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Larger network size was correlated with better functioning according to the Global Assessment Scale and DSM-III axis V. The authors conclude that such symptom complexes as paranoia and phobia may undermine the social networks of substance abusers more than such symptom complexes as anxiety and depression.
AB - The authors studied the social networks and psychopathology of 168 patients with diagnoses of substance abuse. Small network size was correlated with higher scores on the Modified Michigan Alcohol-Drug Screening Test, higher symptom reports on the SCL-90 and the Beck Depression Inventory, and more observed psychopathology according to the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Larger network size was correlated with better functioning according to the Global Assessment Scale and DSM-III axis V. The authors conclude that such symptom complexes as paranoia and phobia may undermine the social networks of substance abusers more than such symptom complexes as anxiety and depression.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.145.10.1265
DO - 10.1176/ajp.145.10.1265
M3 - Article
C2 - 3421349
AN - SCOPUS:0023753083
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 145
SP - 1265
EP - 1269
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 10
ER -
