Psychiatric comorbid conditions and symptoms.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemics caused both physical and mental health problems raising global social tension, anxiety and discomfort which toghether lead to the increase in the consumption of psychoactive substances, among which alcohol was the most common, as a way of self-help. The hypothesis of this paper is the rising number of type II (anxious model) and type III (depressive model) alcohol dependent patients (as identified by the Lesch Typology) in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period, as a likely consequence of the stress, fear, problems and adversities that were caused by the pandemic.MethodThe research was conducted as a retrospective cross-sectional study. It included 218 patients who were diagnosed with alcohol dependence. To classify the patients by the Lesch Typology, the MS Windows softer package for data processing available in public domain was used.ResultsIn relation to the Lesch Typology, 111 (50.9%) patients belonged to type III, 45 (20.6%) to type I, 37 (17.0%) to type II and 25 (11.5%) to type IV.ConclusionCompared to the pre-pandemic findings of alcohol dependents classification according to the Lesch Typology, there was no increase in types II and III after the COVID-19 pandemic.背景：新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）大流行引发了躯体与精神健康问题，加剧了全球社会紧张、焦虑与不适，诸多因素共同促使精神活性物质消费增加，其中酒精作为一种自我调节手段最为普遍。 本研究的假设为：相较于大流行前，新冠后时期的酒精依赖患者中，采用莱施分型（Lesch Typology）判定的Ⅱ型（焦虑亚型）与Ⅲ型（抑郁亚型）患者数量有所上升，这或与大流行带来的压力、恐惧、各类问题与逆境相关。 方法：本研究采用回顾性横断面研究设计，纳入218名经确诊的酒精依赖患者。为依据莱施分型对患者进行亚型分类，研究使用了公开可得的微软视窗（MS Windows）数据处理软件包。 结果：依据莱施分型，111名（50.9%）患者属于Ⅲ型，45名（20.6%）属于Ⅰ型，37名（17.0%）属于Ⅱ型，25名（11.5%）属于Ⅳ型。 结论：与大流行前基于莱施分型的酒精依赖患者分型结果相比，新冠大流行后Ⅱ型与Ⅲ型患者占比并未出现上升。