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Table 3 Frequency of drug abuse of the patientsa

From: Psychiatric patients: who brings them? And why?

Abused substance

Self-refer

Referred by the police

Referred by legal authorities

Referred by friends and family

Others

Chi-square

df

p-value

None

5

8

70

510

3

2.24

4

0.69

Morphine

0

0

0

9

1

Crack cocaine

0

0

4

14

0

Amphetamine/methamphetamine

0

6

46

215

0

Benzodiazepine

0

0

1

8

1

Buprenorphine

1

0

0

0

0

Tramadol

1

0

0

8

0

Methadone

1

3

4

50

0

Cannabis

0

1

6

56

0

Opium

2

1

9

68

0

Heroin

0

0

2

8

0

Cigarettea

3

3

37

249

1

Alcohol

2

2

25

159

0

Other

0

0

0

1

0

  1. aAlone or in combination with other drugs