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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Addictive Disorders
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1376636

THE IMPACT OF METHAMPHETAMINE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES IN PATIENTS FROM IRAQ

Provisionally accepted
Marwah Abbass Marwah Abbass *Nesif Al-Hemiary Nesif Al-Hemiary Hayder B. Sahib Hayder B. Sahib
  • Iraqi Board for Medical Specialities, Baghdad, Iraq

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    1) Background: The current work reviews the psychosocial factors associated with different urinary methamphetamine concentration levels. (2) Methods: From April to November 2023, 243participants from Baghdad's Al-Ataa Hospital will be the subject of a cross-sectional descriptive analysis study. We included 73 patients in this study. (3) Results: Urinary methamphetamine concentration levels were from 3 ng/ml to 92274 ng/ml, with a mean ±SD of 10873.6 ±18641.Patients diagnosed with (MDD) exhibited higher scores on GHQ-30, UCLA, MOAS, and BDI-II with a significant P-value of 0.0001,0.001, 0.0001, and 0.0001 consequently with an effect size of 0.015, 0.001, 1.05, and 3.24 respectively. (4) Conclusions: The multi-screening test can produce a false positive. It frequently interferes with other drugs, especially antidepressants. This will result in patients being stigmatized and accused. On the other hand, those who accidentally come into contact with crystal smoke will experience the same withdrawal symptoms as addicted patients.Their urinary methamphetamine level (titer) could have negative results. Urinary methamphetamine levels should be zero in healthy patients. In this situation, screening tests, expert opinion, and urine methamphetamine testing are strongly recommended.

    Keywords: Methamphetamine, crystal, psychosocial variables, Urinary methamphetamine concentration levels (ng/ml), Baghdad

    Received: 25 Jan 2024; Accepted: 15 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Abbass, Al-Hemiary and Sahib. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Marwah Abbass, Iraqi Board for Medical Specialities, Baghdad, Iraq

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