1. Psychological Distress Among Methadone Maintenance Patients in Vietnamese Mountainous Areas
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Bach Xuan Tran, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Thuc Minh Thi Vu, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Carl A. Latkin, Hung Van Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Canh Dinh Hoang, Long Hoang Nguyen, Tho Dinh Tran, and Hai Quan Le
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Methadone maintenance ,Social Psychology ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Vietnamese ,Alcohol abuse ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Opiate Substitution Treatment ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Psychiatry ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,language.human_language ,030227 psychiatry ,Distress ,Health psychology ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Infectious Diseases ,Vietnam ,language ,Female ,business ,Methadone ,Stress, Psychological ,medicine.drug - Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional study in Tuyen Quang Province, a mountainous province in northern Vietnam, to examine rates of psychological distress among 241 patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Using the Kessler psychological distress Scale, we found that approximately one-fourth (26.8%) of respondents suffered from mental health pathologies. Physical health problems, current drug use, and alcohol abuse were found to be associated with mental health problems among the participants. Our findings highlight the high prevalence of psychological distress among MMT patients in northern Vietnam, and the need to integrate mental and physical health care services, as well as behavioral health counseling, into currently existing MMT clinics in this region.
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- 2017
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