Co-Existing Mental Health and Alcohol Use Disorders in Thanyarak Drug Abuse Institute

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study mental health revel in  alcohol  patients,  to study  the relationships between some factors was sex , age, educational revel, marital status, income, space of time drinking, economical status accept in drinking, quantity in drinking,  number of admission in hospital, social support, family relationship and mental health in  alcohol  patients  and to study the beta weight of factors contributed to mental health in  alcohol  patients. The sample comprised  270  in alcohol patients department in Thanyarak Drug  Abuse Institute between September  and November, 2013. The three instruments used in the research were question about in demographic questionnaire, 25 questions  social support questionnaire, 20 questions family relationship questionnaire and 195 questions mental health  questionnaire (The  Cornell  Medical  Index - Health Questionnaire (C.M.I.)).  The instruments have three expert to check content validity and reliability by Cronbrach’s Alpha Coefficient. .91 , 0.78  and 0.90. The data were analysed  by using multiple correlation and multiple regression.

               The results of the research were as follows :

1. The most alcohol patients had mental health problem
2. The multiple correlation coefficient between social support and family relationship had related with mental health which statistically significant. Social support and family relationship explained variance of mental health.
3. Social support and family relationship were positive contributed to mental health. Sex, age, educational level, income, marital status, space of time drinking, economical status accept in drinking, quantity in drinking and number of admission in hospital were  contributed to mental health not statistically significant.

          Key words:     Mental health, Alcohol patient