title: [Clinical and gender characteristics of tobacco dependence in addiction psychiatrists].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study clinical and gender characteristics of tobacco dependence in addiction treatment specialists in comparison with physicians of other specialties.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 21 addiction psychiatrists and 154 doctors of various therapeutic specialties were examined. All physicians were stratified into two groups and then each group was subdivided into male and female subgroups. A questionnaire developed by one of the authors and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence were used for standardization of the study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In addiction psychiatrists, the prevalence of tobacco dependence among female addiction psychiatrists was higher than that of the female doctors of other specialties. Persistent smoking was formed earlier, and awareness of the urge to smoke appeared later compared to physicians of other specialties. The degree of tobacco dependence was higher in addiction psychiatrists of both genders. Affective component was dominated in the tobacco withdrawal syndrome in female addiction psychiatrists.
authors.affiliation: Penza`s Institute of Post Studies of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Penza, Russia.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Volkova
authors.affiliation: Penza Regional Hospital for treatment of Drug Addiction, Penza, Russia.
authors.forename: Yu A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Utkin
authors.affiliation: Penza Regional Hospital for treatment of Drug Addiction, Penza, Russia.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Admaeva
authors.affiliation: Penza Regional Hospital for treatment of Drug Addiction, Penza, Russia.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ampleev
mesh_terms: D000073316:Addiction Medicine; D016739:Behavior, Addictive; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians; D015995:Prevalence; D011570:Psychiatry; D012907:Smoking; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder