The influence of tightening regulations on patients with new psychoactive substance-related disorders in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aimed to investigate the influence of tightened regulations on new psychoactive substances in patients with disorders related to these drugs in Japan.

Methods

We used a biennial nationwide survey on drug-related psychiatric disorders to examine why individuals who had previously used new psychoactive substances as their primary drug (the drug that had the greatest impact on their psychiatric symptoms) had switched to other drugs, how they had used drugs in the last 12 months and what type of drugs they were now using. We compared the clinical features of these individuals with patients who mainly used new psychoactive substances and had used these drugs at least once in the last 12 months.

Results

A total of 2262 people were included, and 399 had used

SUBMITTER: Tanibuchi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7292308 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature