Drogas e criminalidade: avaliação de pacientes portadores de transtorno de personalidade de centros de atenção psicossocial de Aracaju e do hospital de custódia de Sergipe

Abstract

Introduction. Personality disorders are often associated with crime and substance use. Impulsivity is a personality dimension that is associated with substance use and vice versa. Method. Analyze the difference in frequency of substance use disorder among patients in the Forensic Psychiatric Care Hospital of Sergipe (FPCH) and patients Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS) in the city of Aracaju both carriers of Personality Disorder (PD) in order to evaluate the possible association between psychoactive substance use disorder and crime in patients with personality disorder. Results. In univariate analysis, there was a statistically significant association of crime with male patients (p <0.001), with unmarried, widowed or divorced (p = 0.015), with those who made use of some psychoactive substance (p = 0.004) and with PD belonging to cluster B (p = 0.004). Multivariate analysis has shown significant association of crime with males (p <0.001) and unmarried, widowed or divorced (p = 0.02).Conclusion. More studies are needed to support the best way possible the institutions, relatives and caregivers to deal with the dangerous combination of TP, substance use and crime.