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June 10-11, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Central Nervous System and Therapeutics
2
nd
International Conference on
Journal of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Research | Volume 4
allied
academies
Relationship between Psychological factors and Drug Abuse both in prison and
probation population
Duygu Altin
and
Mehmet Murat Akin
Ministry of Justice, Turkey
Aim:
Addiction, as The American Society of Addiction
Medicine (ASAM) defines, is a brain disease. Brain, as the
main part of Central Nervous System(CNS) is a target organ
for drugs of abuse. Brain chemistry and circuitry is affected,
which then leads to compulsive drug-seeking and using
behaviors. Cannabis, cocaine, and other illicit drugs can have
substantial negative effects on the structure and functioning
of the brain. In this study certain psychological factors
associated with drug abuse is examined in both prison and
probation population, where drug addicts can be accessed
more efficiently since addiction is a highly corralated issue
with crime and prevalance of drug addiction is high in those
cases.
Method:
The sample includes 200 participants from
probation and 102 participants from prison service chosen
by random sampling method, following written permission
taken from General Directorate of Prisons and Detention
Houses.
Fındıngs:
Statistically significant results are obtained between
treatment, suicide, psychiatric disorder history of the
person and his drug abuse risk level(p=0.00; p=0.01; p=0.01
respectively p<0.05). For prison population it is seen that 4%
of participants have reported a suicide attempt depending on
drug withdrawal.
Results:
It is seen that certain psychological risk factors,
like suicide history is strongly related to drug abuse. This is
an issue which is needed to be taken into account both in
prevention and intervention work.
Speaker Biography
Duygu Altin has completed her MSc from Ege University, Turkey in field of
drug addiction and studied in collaborationwithWorld Health Organization.
She has also completed addiction counselling education at Capa Medical
Faculty, Istanbulandadvancedaddictioncounsellingeducationwhich lasted
for 2 years each. She had her B.A. in field of psychology from Bosphorus
University which gives 100% education in English. She works as a probation
expert/psychologist/addiction counsellor since foundation of the probation
system in Turkey. As an executive member of Turkish Probation Officers
Association and an official trainer for colleagues within Turkish Ministry of
Justice, she has attended many international study visits, congresses, EU
projects as a speaker.
Mehmet Murat Akin, has completed his doctorate degree in sociology
department in Pamukkale University. He has been working for Ministry of
Justice as a manager in Training Centers, Probation Branches, and several
Prisons for 18 years. He also has several academic work on human rights,
suicide and offenders. He is a manager at Bitlis closed type prison and has
been working on several international and national projects.
e:
duygu.altin@gmail.com