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Survey on the use of psychotropic drugs by twelve military police units in the municipalities of Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia, state of Goiás, Brazil.
Costa, Sérgio Henrique Nascente; Cunha, Luiz Carlos da; Yonamine, Maurício; Pucci, Liuba Laxor; Oliveira, Fernando Gomes Ferreira; Souza, Camila Gabriela de; Mesquita, Guilherme Alves; Vieira, Ana Paula de Toledo; Vinhal, Ludmilla Barros; Dalastra, Janayna; Leles, Cláudio Rodrigues.
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  • Costa SH; School of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil. sergionascente@yahoo.com.br
Braz J Psychiatry ; 32(4): 389-95, 2010 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21308260
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of psychotropic drug use among military police officers in the state of Goiás, Brazil. METHOD: Study carried out at twelve military police units located in the municipalities of Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia between March to October 2008. Volunteers (n=221) were interviewed about drug use using a questionnaire especially designed by the Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas (CEBRID). Descriptive statistics was used to determine the prevalence of licit and illicit drug use in the study sample. RESULTS: The frequency of use was divided into: 1) lifetime use: tobacco-39.9%, alcohol-87.8%, cannabis-8.1%, cocaine-1.8%, stimulants-7.2%, solvents-10.0%, sedatives, anxiolytics, antidepressants-6.8%, LSD-0.5%, Bentyl®-0.5%, anabolic steroids-5.4%; 2) use in the previous year: tobacco-15.4%, alcohol-72.9%, stimulants-6.3%, solvents-0.5%, sedatives, anxiolytics, antidepressants-3.7%; 3) use in the previous 30 days: tobacco-14.5%, alcohol-57.5%, stimulants-5.0%, solvents-0.5, sedatives, anxiolytics, antidepressants-3.7%. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence rate of psychotropic drug use found amoung military police officers in two cities of the state of Goiás in Brazil can be considered an important factor with potential influence on job activities.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Psicotrópicos / Polícia / Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias / Militares Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Braz J Psychiatry Assunto da revista: PSIQUIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Brasil
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Psicotrópicos / Polícia / Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias / Militares Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Braz J Psychiatry Assunto da revista: PSIQUIATRIA Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Brasil