NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets; Reports; PublicationNT
2011
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Date:2011; Australian drug trends series No. 80
English
Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Ecstasy (Drug) -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Sydney (N.S.W)
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79 6.5 Mental health problems and psychological distress Twenty-seven percent of the IDRS sample reported having experienced a mental health problem in the six months prior to interview. As in previous years, depression was the main mental health problem, followed by anxiety (Table 61). Table 61: Proportion of participants self-reporting recent mental health problems, 2007-2011 (%) 2007 N=106 2008 N=103 2009 N=99 2010 N=99 2011 N=98 Depression 17 19 17 23 16 Manic depression 1 4 3 3 6 Anxiety 10 10 10 16 14 Panic 4 1 2 2 2 Paranoia 2 3 0 2 1 Personality Disorder 1 0 2 0 0 Schizophrenia 3 3 6 4 3 Drug-induced psychosis 1 1 0 0 2 Other psychosis* 0 0 0 0 0 * not drug induced Source: IDRS participant interviews Of the group who had experienced a mental health problem, 73% had attended a mental health professional for the reported problem and 90% of these had been prescribed medication. Sixty-three percent of this last group (n=12) had been prescribed an antidepressant, 35% (n=6) were prescribed a benzodiazepine and 23% (n=4) had been prescribed an anti-psychotic. The types of antidepressant and anti-psychotic medications prescribed are listed below in Table 62. Table 62: Types of medication received for mental health problems, 2007-2011 (%) 2007 N=106 2008 N=103 2009 N=99 2010 N=99 2011* N=98 Antidepressant Endep (amitriptyline) 2 1 0 1 3 Avanza (mirtazapine) 4 1 0 2 0 Zoloft (sertraline) 1 3 3 0 2 Efexor (venlafaxine) 1 0 0 0 Other 2 4 3 7 5 Anti-psychotic Flupenthixol (generic) 1 0 0 0 0 Largactil (chlorpromazine) 1 0 0 0 0 Risperdal (risperidone) 2 1 1 1 0 Seroquel (quetiapine) 1 1 0 3 0 Zyprexa (olanzapine) 2 0 1 0 2 Other 1 1 3 2 2 Source: IDRS participant interviews * two respondents did not specify which anti-depressant. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) again formed part of the IDRS interview survey. The K10 is a questionnaire designed to measure the level of distress associated
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