Psychological Status,Social Support and Home Environment in Male Patients with Alcohol Dependence

Objective To investigate the psychological status,social support and home environment in male patients with alcohol dependence.Methods Forty-eight patients with alcohol dependence and 60 normal controls were evaluated using self-designed questionnaire,Symptoms Checklist-90(SCL-90),Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS)and Family Environment Scale(FES).Results There were signi-ficant differences in the occupation,education and marital status between alcohol dependence group and control group(each t values were 19.1、12.0、13.2,all P0.05).Compared with control group,SCL-90 factor scores,especially depression,interpersonal sensitivity and paranoid ideation scores,significantly increased in alcohol dependence group(t=19.80,10.94 and 11.40,respectively;P0.05).In addition,patients with alcohol dependence had lower SSRS factor scores and cohesion,expressiveness,intellectual orientation,moral religion notion and controlling scores and higher conflict scores.Conclusion Male patients with alcohol dependence have poor mental health(especially anxiety and depression),low social support and bad family environment.Therefore,psychological support should be strengthened and home environment should be improved to effectively reduce drinking.