Citation

Liu Y, Liu Y, Cheng J, Pang LJ, Zhang XL. World J. Psychiatry 2023; 13(11): 893-902.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Baishideng Publishing Group)

DOI

10.5498/wjp.v13.i11.893

PMID

38073905

PMCID

PMC10701208

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Alcohol addiction, or alcohol dependence, refers to a psychological state of strong craving for alcohol caused by drinking when both the drinking times and alcohol consumption reach a certain level. Alcohol addiction can cause irreversible damage, leading to mental illness or mental disorders, negative changes in their original personality, and a tendency to safety incidents such as committing suicide or violent attacks on others. Significant attention needs to be given to the mental health of alcohol addicts, which could reflect their abnormal personality traits. However, only a few papers on this issue have been reported in China.

AIM: To investigate the correlation between mental health and personality in patients with alcohol addiction.

METHODS: In this single-center observational study, we selected 80 patients with alcohol addiction as the research subjects, according to the criteria of the K10 scale to evaluate the mental health of patients with alcohol addiction, and divided these patients into four groups based on the evaluation results: Good, average, relatively poor and bad. And then analyzed the correlation between mental health conditions and personality characteristics from these four groups of patients.

RESULTS: The average score of the K10 scale (Kessler 10 Simple Psychological Status Assessment Scale) in 80 patients with alcohol addiction was 25.45 points, the median score was 25 points, the highest score was 50 points, and the lowest score was 11 points. Pearson's analysis showed that the K10 score was positively correlated with the scores of these two subscales, such as the P-subscale and the N-subscale (P < 0.05). In contrast, the K10 score had no significant correlation with the scores from the E-subscale and the L-subscale (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSION: The mental health conditions of patients with alcohol addiction are positively correlated with their personality characteristics.

Language: en

Keywords

Public health; Mental health; Alcohol addiction; Correlational analysis; Patients; Personality characteristics