Assessment of Japanese Stimulant Control Law Offenders Using the Addiction Severity Index〞Japanese Version: Comparison with Patients in Treatment Settings

作者：Takashi Watanabe; Yasukazu Ogai; Takehiro Koga; Eiichi Senoo; Kazuhiko Nakamura; Norio Mori; Kazutaka Ikeda

来源：International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2009, 6(12): 3056-3069.

DOI：10.3390/ijerph6123056

• methamphetamine
• Addiction Severity Index
• Japanese
• prison
• correctional facilities

The present study assessed problems in Japanese prisoners (inmates) who abused methamphetamine. Fifty-two male inmates were assessed in 2005每2007 using the Addiction Severity Index-Japanese version and compared with 55 male methamphetamine abusers in hospitals and recovery centers. The 聿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.