Patients' Response to Treatment for Amphetamine and Cannabis Abuse in Eradah and Mental Health Hospital in Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Amphetamine and Cannabis abuse is currently a major challenge in Saudi Arabia. The
government has established variable hospitals for treatment. This study aims to assess the
patients' response to treatment for amphetamine and cannabis abuse among attendees of AlEradah and Mental Health Hospital This is an observational, cross-sectional study including
388 inpatients admitted in hospital. Male patients were 384 , whereas the number of female
participants was 4 female , of which were 320 amphetamine abusers and 68 cannabis abusers. The data was obtained from Al- Eradah and Mental Health Hospital database, Al Qassim region, Saudi Arabia during the year 2022 . The data was entered into Excel and analyzed in SPSS 22.0. statistical software to get the descriptive statistics.
According to the recovery rate; 350 patients have recovered from amphetamine and cannabis
addiction (289 patients and 61 patients, respectively). The total number of treatment
nonrespondents was 28 patients, divided into 23 patients of amphetamine addicts and 5 patients of cannabis addicts. Amphetamine users have more relapses rate than cannabis users. There were no deaths and one patient escaped from the hospital. Amphetamine is the most common drug used in the study group. The rate of treatment respondents is higher than nonrespondents with a low relapse rate for both types of drugs and zero death among the patients of Al-Eradah and Mental Health Hospital in Al-Oassim Region, Saudi Arabia.