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Anxiety and Depression Disorder Among Young Cannabis Users in Tunisia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

S. Brahim ,
M. Henia ,
A. Haj Mohamed ,
M. Chabbouh  and
L. Zarrouk
S. Brahim*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Mahdia, Psychiatry, chebba, Tunisia University Hospital of Mahdia, Psychiatry, Mahdia, Tunisia
M. Henia
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Mahdia, Tunisia., Psychiatry, mahdia, Tunisia
A. Haj Mohamed
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Mahdia, Psychiatry, chebba, Tunisia
M. Chabbouh
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Mahdia, Psychiatry, Mahdia, Tunisia
L. Zarrouk
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Mahdia, Tunisia., Psychiatry, mahdia, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The use of cannabis is likely to increase as regulations on its consumption are diminishing throughout the world.

Objectives

to identify the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in a group of cannabis users in Tunisia.

Methods

this a transversal descriptive study about 137 participants in the University Hospital Of Mahdia during 2 months.

Results

In our study population , the consumers were young adults aged between 18 and 35 years old ,of whom 40.8% were professionally active, 23.2% had psychiatric history. Moreover, the use of other substances was regular among users as follows: tobacco among 74.6% of users, alcohol among 72.5% of users, ecstasy among 41.3% of users, cocaine among 25.4% of users. The use of cannabis was considered as a means of exultation for 66.7%, as an anxiolytic for 26.8% and as a sedative for 23.9%. Overall, the effect of cannabis use on anxiety and depression on the HAD scale showed the following results: probable anxiety in 53% of cases, probable state of depression in 72% of time.

Conclusions

The correlation between cannabis use, anxiety and depression remains unclear. Equally concluded, the assumption of self-medication by cannabis stills a topic of discussion.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

AnxietyCannabisDepression
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S829
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