Abstract

LIMBERGER, Jéssica  and  ANDRETTA, Ilana. Social Skills and Psychiatric Comorbidities of Women Addicted to Crack. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.1, pp. 103-117. ISSN 1808-4281.

The literature suggests that clinical characteristics such as depression are related to low social skills. In women users of crack, such issues are still little studied. Thus, the objective of this research is to identify associations between social skills and psychiatric comorbidities in this population. This is a transversal, quantitative and correlacional study, being used as instruments: data questionnaire sociodemographic and drug use, MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview), Social Skills Inventory (IHS-Del Prette), Cognitive Screening of the WAIS-III and SCID-II (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders). Participated 62 women in hospital, with a mean age of 33.45 years (SD = 8.14). Women with Major Depressive Episode had significantly lower scores in self-control aggression. In addition, there was an association between deficits in social skills and Borderline Personality Disorder. It´s evident considering the psychiatric comorbidities as one of the factors that hinder the use of social skills. Interventions as the Social Skills Training should be planned from such comorbidities.

Keywords : women; crack cocaine; social skills; substance-related disorders.

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