Objective:To explore the clinical effect of group psychotherapy on relieving anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with alcohol dependence.Methods:Totally 117 patients with alcohol dependence accompanied with anxiety and depression symptoms were selected from the Second People's Hospital of Puer City from 2014 January 1 to December 31.The anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed with the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS),Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS).They were divided into drug combined group (intervention group,n =89) and single drug treatment group (control group,n =88).The two groups were administrated diazepam replacement therapy,and the intervention group combined group psychotherapy.Eight weeks later,treatment effect of the two groups were evaluated with the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI).Results:After intervention,the scores of SAS,SDS,BPRS,and CGI in intervention group decreased [(21.1 ±8.3) vs.(65.3± 10.2),(35.1 ±3.5) vs.(51.7 ±5.6),(4.3 ± 1) vs.(5.4 ±0.6),Ps ＜0.05].There was no significant difference in above scores between before and after treatment in the control group (Ps ＞ 0.05).Conclusion:The effect of group psychotherapy on the basis of medicine may be better than that of single drug therapy on relieving anxiety and depression in patients with alcohol dependence.

Objective:To describe the epidemiological characteristics of mental disorders in Ximeng Wa Au-tonomous County and explore psychosocial risk factors of mental disorders. Methods:Two thousand three hundred and eighty one residents aged 1 8 years and over were sampled using multistage sampling in Ximeng Wa Autono-mous County in 2013. All respondents were investigated by face-to-face interview. Mental disorders were screened out by using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)and diagnosed according to the International Classification of Diseases Checklist (ICD-10-Checklist)criteria. Results:Life time prevalence of any mental disorder was 19. 86%(419/2110). The lifetime prevalence rates of substance use disorder,anxiety disorder,insomnia,mood disorder, schizophrenia were 12. 99%(274/2110),6. 30%(133/2110),2. 94%(62/2110),2. 32%(49/2110)and 1. 00%(21/2110)respectively. Male (OR=0. 43),older age (35 -49 years,OR=1. 78;50 -64 years,OR=2. 59;≥65 years,OR=3. 5 1 ),unmarried and other marital status (OR=0. 3 1 ),non-Wa and non-Lahu ethnic groups (OR=0. 29)were associated with neurotic,stress-related and somatoform disorders. Male (OR=2. 41),older age (35 -49 years,OR=2. 29;50-64 years,OR=3. 20;≥65 years,OR=4. 58),non-farmer and non-self-employed occupation (OR=0. 41),and non-Wa and non-Lahu ethnic groups (OR=0. 32)were associated with psychoactive substance use disorder. Male (OR =0. 35 ) and order age (≥65 years,OR =3. 05 ) were associated with mood disorders. Conclusion:Lifetime prevalence of any mental disorder,substance use disorders and anxiety disorders are high in Ximeng Wa Autonomous County. Measures should be strengthened against prevalence of mental disorders in ethnic minority areas.