title: [Female drug abuse in a university setting].
abstract: Morocco is a country with Muslim-Arab tradition. In this sociocultural context, drug abuse in women is very taboo. We tried to approach the subject of drug use in women in a cross-sectional study of a sample of 1208 students (744 women and 464 men) who completed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. We found 6.59% of women and 36.2% of men used drugs. Using DSM IV criteria, drug dependence was found in 2% of the subsample of female drug users and drug abuse in 1.5%. Place of residence and level of income were statistically significant risk factors for drug use.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie B, Hôpital psychiatrique universitaire Arrazi, Salé (Maroc). swkjiri@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kjiri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boulayoun
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rammouz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cherkaoui
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ktiouet
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013609:Taboo; D014495:Universities; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology