Psychoactive Substance Use and Dependence among Spanish University Students

Prevalence, Correlates, Polyconsumption, and Comorbidity with Depression

Bibliographic Data

ID13667685
AuthorsFernando L Vázquez (0000-0002-5868-4025, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume106
Issue1
Pages297-313
Publication date2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.106.1.297-313
PMID20402455
OpenAlexW1980708946
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited47

In this study, the prevalence of psychoactive substance use and dependence was estimated among students at a Spanish university, together with associated factors, polyconsumption, and comorbidity with depression, using a 554-member sample stratified by sex, degree year, and discipline. 86.5% had consumed some potentially addictive psychoactive substance in the past month, and 10.5% satisfied DSM-IV criteria for dependence on nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, or cannabis. Polyconsumers (90.4%) consumed an average 3.2 different substances. Current depression implied increased likelihood of having consumed tobacco or psychoactive pharmaceutical drugs in the past month, and DSM-IV symptoms of major depressive episode were shown by 8.6% of 58 substance-dependent participants, 8.7% of 540 past-month legal substance consumers, and 12.1% of 140 past-month illegal substance consumers

Comorbidity · Depression (economics · Psychiatry · Psychoactive substance · Substance use · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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