AU - Ghaffari Nejad, A. R. AU - Pouya, F. AU - Nakhai, M. R. TI - Evaluation of Psychiatric Disorders among Athletes who Abuse Anabolic Steroids PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 8 VI - 4 IP - 4 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-214-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-214-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 4 AB  - 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.   CP - IRAN IN - Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Jomhori Islami Blvd., Kerman, Iran, I. R. LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 39 PT - Original Research YR - 2003