This study aimed to identify the main patterns of alcohol and tobacco consumption among adolescents and its risk factors. Participants were 208 eighth, ninth, and tenth-grade students (65.3% female, 34.7% male) in Maputo, Mozambique, whose ages ranged from 12 to 18 years old (M=14.88; SD=1.29). The study sought to investigate the association between sociodemographic features, academic performance, positive and negative beliefs about drugs, and its consumption patterns among teenagers in Mozambique through network analyses. The results showed high alcohol consumption with early-onset, in the age group ranging from 11 to 13 years old. The frequency of tobacco consumption is related to understanding the positive aspects of smoking, expansiveness, and confidence. The present study contributes to the knowledge of the prevalence of these substances’ consumption in the school community. It may be useful to design strategies for prevention and intervention on alcohol and tobacco consumption by adolescents. The key limitations are the sample exclusively from Maputo and the cross-sectional design. Future studies should thus investigate the patterns of licit and illicit drug consumption among teenagers from other places and use a longitudinal design.
IntroductionThe presence of psychotic symptoms is highest during acute episodes of bipolar mania. There is no evidence base regarding the implications of psychosis in the prognosis of bipolar disorder, despite common assumption that their occurrence reflects greater disease severity.ObjectivesWe aim to compare sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of inpatients admitted for bipolar mania with and without psychotic features.MethodsRetrospective observational study of inpatients admitted between January 1st 2017 and 31 October 2020 in a psychiatry inpatient unit of a tertiary hospital. Descriptive analysis of the results was performed using the SPSS software, version 26.0.ResultsBetween 2017 and October 2020 there were 103 admissions due to mania bipolar I disorder, 53.4% (n=55) with psychotic symptoms. When compared with mania without psychosis, psychotic mania was associated to male gender (71.1% to 39.7%; c2(1, N = 103) = 10,06; p = 0.02) and younger age (t(103) = -2.43; p = 0.017). The proportion of compulsory admissions and average length of stay were similar between mania with psychosis and mania without psychosis. Also, having a manic bipolar episode with psychotic symptoms was not associated to being prescribed a long-acting injectable antipsychotic.ConclusionsThe presence of psychotic symptoms in bipolar manic episodes were associated to male gender and younger age but not to indirect measures of illness severity.DisclosureNo significant relationships.
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