Relationship between somatization and psychiatric symptoms, especially anxiety, depression, alexithymia, and severity of addiction in male patients with alcohol and heroin addiction

Aksu, Muhammed; Sahiner, Safak; Sahiner, Ismail; Koparal, Buket; Utku, Cisem; Cosar, Behcet; Arikan, Zehra

doi:10.14744/dajpns.2020.00071

Relationship between somatization and psychiatric symptoms, especially anxiety, depression, alexithymia, and severity of addiction in male patients with alcohol and heroin addiction

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Aksu M. H., Sahiner S. Y., Sahiner I. V., Koparal B., Utku C., Cosar B., ...More

DUSUNEN ADAM-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.33, no.2, pp.120-129, 2020 (ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 33 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2020
Doi Number: 10.14744/dajpns.2020.00071
Journal Name: DUSUNEN ADAM-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, Psycinfo, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.120-129
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: There are differences among studies examining comorbid somatization in alcohol and heroin addicts. The literature is unclear whether substance use disorders are related with somatization symptoms or with a high rate of alexithymia, depression, and anxiety associated with somatization. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to compare heroin and alcohol addicts with regard to comorbidity of somatization and other psychiatric symptoms. In addition, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between somatization, addiction severity, depression, anxiety and alexithymia levels.