Past criminal history in substance abuse with mental processes comparison by Addiction Profile Index

This research was conducted with the aim of comparing the mental processes of people with substance use disorder in relation to experiencing or not experiencing legal proceedings. With in the scope of the leag processes, the statys of the participants to benefit from probation and whether they had a prison history before were taken as a basis. In addition, participants with and without prison history and participants with and without a history of probation were also compared on the basis of the types of substances they used. The research was conducted with 607 participants who were treatedfor substance use disorder in the Inpatient AMATEM service of MOODİST Hospital in İstanbul; Existing data were obtained by completing the Addiction Profile Index scale by service psychologists. Existing data are archival data; ıt covers the data between November 2021 and November 2022, and the research data were discussed retrospectively. Although it is seen that most of the participants in the research are men; ıt was observed that the number of female participants was quite low. It was found that most of the participants had a secondary school education level and above, and it was encountered that more than half of them is single; According to the data, it has been revealed that people who self-harm are low among the participants. It has been observed that the number of participants. It has been observed that the number of participants who benefited from probation and went to prison in terms of legal process is quite low. With in the scope of te research, itwas observed that the retrospectively. Although it is seen that most of the participants in the research are men; ıt was observed that the number of female participants was quite low. It was found that most of he participants had a secondary school education level and above, and it was encountered that more than half of them had received psychologicial treatment at least once before. Again, it is seen that the marital status of a little more than half of them is single; According to the data, it has been revealed that people who self-harm are low among the participants. It has been observed that the number of participants who benefited from probation and went to prison in terms of legal process is quite low. Within the scope of the research, it was observed that the scale scores of the participants with a history of probation compared to those without a history of probation were higher in line with the existing variables. It was found that the scale scores of the existing variables differed between the participants with a prison history and those without a prison history in line with the variables. Within the scope of some substance types, the rate of preference for different substance types varies depending on whether the participants have legal processes or not, in line with the examination of te legal processes of the partoicipants. As a result of the research; The findings obtained were evaluated within the framework of the literatüre and the limitations of the research were metioned.