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Family Dysfunction Differentially Affects Alcohol and Methamphetamine Dependence: A View from the Addiction Severity Index in Japan

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  • Nagisa Sugaya

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan)

  • Ayako Haraguchi

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan)

  • Yasukazu Ogai

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
    University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan)

  • Eiichi Senoo

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
    Ibaraki Prefectural Medical Center of Psychiatry, 654 Asahi-cho, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki 309-1717, Japan)

  • Susumu Higuchi

    (National Hospital Organization Kurihama Alcoholism Center, 5-3-1, Nobi, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 246-0841, Japan)

  • Mitsuru Umeno

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, 2-1-1 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-0057, Japan)

  • Yuzo Aikawa

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, 2-1-1 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-0057, Japan)

  • Kazutaka Ikeda

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan)

Abstract

We investigated the differential influence of family dysfunction on alcohol and methamphetamine dependence in Japan using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), a useful instrument that multilaterally measures the severity of substance dependence. The participants in this study were 321 male patients with alcohol dependence and 68 male patients with methamphetamine dependence. We conducted semi-structured interviews with each patient using the ASI, which is designed to assess problem severity in seven functional domains: Medical, Employment/Support, Alcohol use, Drug use, Legal, Family/Social relationships, and Psychiatric. In patients with alcohol dependence, bad relationships with parents, brothers and sisters, and friends in their lives were related to current severe psychiatric problems. Bad relationships with brothers and sisters and partners in their lives were related to current severe employment/support problems, and bad relationships with partners in their lives were related to current severe family/social problems. The current severity of psychiatric problems was related to the current severity of drug use and family/social problems in patients with alcohol dependence. Patients with methamphetamine dependence had difficulty developing good relationships with their father. Furthermore, the current severity of psychiatric problems was related to the current severity of medical, employment/support, and family/social problems in patients with methamphetamine dependence. The results of this study suggest that family dysfunction differentially affects alcohol and methamphetamine dependence. Additionally, family relationships may be particularly related to psychiatric problems in these patients, although the ASI was developed to independently evaluate each of seven problem areas.

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  • Nagisa Sugaya & Ayako Haraguchi & Yasukazu Ogai & Eiichi Senoo & Susumu Higuchi & Mitsuru Umeno & Yuzo Aikawa & Kazutaka Ikeda, 2011. "Family Dysfunction Differentially Affects Alcohol and Methamphetamine Dependence: A View from the Addiction Severity Index in Japan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:8:y:2011:i:10:p:3922-3937:d:14298
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    1. Ayako Haraguchi & Yasukazu Ogai & Eiichi Senoo & Satoru Saito & Yoshihiro Suzuki & Aihide Yoshino & Aro Ino & Kenji Yanbe & Mitsuru Hasegawa & Masaru Murakami & Masanobu Murayama & Toru Ishikawa & Sus, 2009. "Verification of the Addiction Severity Index Japanese Version (ASI-J) as a Treatment-Customization, Prediction, and Comparison Tool for Alcohol-Dependent Individuals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(8), pages 1-21, August.
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