@ARTICLE{Ghaffari Nejad, author = {Ghaffari Nejad, A. R. and Pouya, F. and Nakhai, M. R. and }, title = {Evaluation of Psychiatric Disorders among Athletes who Abuse Anabolic Steroids}, volume = {8}, number = {4}, abstract ={AbstractObjectives: The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the psychiatric disorders among athletes who abuse anabolic steroids. Method: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 59 Kermanian athletes were randomly se-lected and assigned to three separate groups. They were assessed by SCL-90-R and compared with one another. Group one was composed of athletes with no prior history of anabolic ste-roids abuse group two comprised athletes with current abuse of this substance, and group 3 included athletes who had abused the substance in the past but not currently. Findings: The point prevalence of all psychiatric disorders assessed for the three study groups were 60.97%, 78.48%, and 43.35% respectively. The scores of all scales except for phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychosis scales were higher among group two than the other groups. Results: Unauthorized usage of anabolic steroids as a method of doping can be harmful with possible unpleasant psychological consequences ensued.   }, URL = {http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-214-en.html}, eprint = {http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-214-en.pdf}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology}, doi = {}, year = {2003} }