IMPACT OF FAMILY MEDICAL HISTORY ON DRUG CONSUMPTION ONSET AND SCHIZOPHRENIA ONSET
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to present the impact of family medical history on drug use onset
and the onset of schizophrenia as a result of a cohort, descriptive study, compared with retrospective
elements and to correlate them with literature data. Materials and methods: They were included in the
study 60 patients of the Am Waldsee Clinic in Rieden, Germany, diagnosed with schizophrenia and
addiction, and 67 patients with schizophrenia without addiction, hospitalized in the psychiatric ward of
the “Gavril Curteanu” Municipal Hospital in Oradea. For each patient, a study record was drawn up
that included besides demographics, family history data on drug use, onset, treatment and evolution of
schizophrenia. Results and conclusions: It has been noted that the largest age of onset of drug use is
recorded in subjects who did not have a family history illicit drugs addiction (15.50 years) and lowest in
subjects with a family history of addiction. Regardless of the degree of kinship, mental disorders were
significantly more common in drug users as compared to those not taking drugs. Compared to the drug
users group, the mean age of onset of schizophrenia was higher in patients without addiction, both in
those with a family history of mental disorders and in those without medical history. The younger the
age of drug use the earlier the onset of schizophrenia.
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