title: Assessment of Japanese stimulant control law offenders using the Addiction Severity Index--Japanese version: comparison with patients in treatment settings.
abstract: The present study assessed problems in Japanese prisoners (inmates) who abused methamphetamine. Fifty-two male inmates were assessed in 2005-2007 using the Addiction Severity Index-Japanese version and compared with 55 male methamphetamine abusers in hospitals and recovery centers. The chi(2) and Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon tests showed that the inmates had a significantly lower education level, more frequently had full-time jobs, had more experience living with a sexual partner, and more frequently had a history of juvenile delinquency and criminal records than patients. Although psychiatric symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, and hallucinations, were not common among inmates, suicidal behavior and trouble controlling violence were common in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. takashi_matuki@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yasukazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogai
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Senoo
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011330:Prisons / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D008694:Methamphetamine