Análisis comparativo de las publicaciones sobre drogodependencias en las revistas de psicología clínica y psiquiatría iberoamericanas indexadas en el Journal Citation Reports

摘要: SUMMARYIntroductionDrug consumption has become a social problem requiring political,social, and educational intervention in its prevention treatment. InLatin America, the drug is highly related to violence andthe exclusion of metropolis. Forty percent 15-year-olds already smoke. On average, each person general populationconsumes approximately 6 kg alcohol per year: highest value inthe less developed world. Meanwhile, Spain, over million peopleexperience significant difficulties (notincluding effects tobacco) relation health, family, labor,and issues. In 2006, one out 10 young people between theages 14 18 consumed an abusive manner more thanfour or five days month.Drug very complex, multi-factor issue withmultiple economic, social, cultural, personal implications. Themost visible negative are observed health issues andpersonal relationships. public scope, most effectsare important direct indirect economic expenses,including treatment dependency, thereduction labor productivity, increase charity, fight againstthe delinquency, trafficking drugs.The present study examines whether not there correspon-dence political importance ofdrug dependency basic applied research Spanish andLatin American scientific literature.There two objectives for this investigation: first, quantifythe investigation last four yearsin Latin clinical psychology psychiatry journals, includedin Journal Citation Reports (JCR) . The second objective statethe differences journals appliedmethodology, type sample used, principal topic ofdiscourse.MethodThe units analysis were articles published by selectedbetween years 2005 2008. following wereincluded: Revista Internacional de Psicologia Clinica y la Salud /International Clinical Health Psychology , Mental ,Revista Argentina Psicologica, Latinoamericanade Psicopatologia Fundamental, Actas Espanolas Psiquiatria,Arquivos Neuro -Psiquiatria, Brasileira Psiquiatria, andRevista Psiquiatria Clinica.All theoretical empirical character whose titleindicated included thisdescriptive document analysis. analyzedand compared on basis variables: number andproportion substance abuse inrelation total journalduring given time period; methodology; ofsample; studied; central findings.ResultsOut 2246 2008 bythe eight analyzed, 152 about dependency. Thisvalue represents 6.77% documents published. Ofthese articles, 133 came from 19 camefrom journals. These findings imply that, ofthe published, 5.92% correspond ondrug 0.85% clinicalpsychology journals.Among it that theInternational publishedthe with 8%. With regards thepsychiatry werefound Clinica, 21.65%. Themethodology used was ex post facto(34.21%), followed studies (30.26%), surveys withprobabilistic samples (12.50%). turn, field andin psychology, methodology factostudies. all formedby who some kind (including andtobacco) (32.24%), without (such astheoretical revisions) (26.32%). Generally, moststudied (33.08%), tobacco (15.04%), cocaine (9.02%).It necessary emphasize 38.16% these did notconcentrate single substance/drug; contrary, they