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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805 S385
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Metacognitive factors in a sample of
Greek alcohol dependent patients
P. Stefanatou ∗, E. Giannouli , P. Tsellos , Z. Antonopoulou ,
T. Paparrigopoulos , V. Ermiliou , M. Typaldou
1 Athens University Medical School, First Department of Psychiatry,
Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
2 Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Department of
Psychology, Athens, Greece
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction The harmful use of alcohol causes a large disease,
social and economic burden in societies. Metacognition is a com-
plex concept referring to the cognitive control and regulation of
many types of cognitive processes.
Objectives Metacognitions are considered to be an important fac-
tor in the development and continuance of psychological disorders.
Aims The purpose of this study is to examine the probable
relations between alcohol abuse and Metacognitions with the
Metacognitions Questionaire – 30 (MCQ-30).
Method Twenty-three men and 16 women, aged between 22 and
64 years, inpatients in Eginition Hospital, due to alcohol depen-
dence, completed the Greek-Version of the MCQ-30.
Results The mean total scores of alcoholics were higher than
the ones of the healthy subjects. Namely, the group of the alco-
hol abused patients presented a higher score in comparison with
the normal group in three of the five metacognitive dimensions.
Additionally, alcoholic men outscored alcoholic women in two of
the five factors. Specifically, alcoholic men appeared to be less con-
fident about their memory and attention than alcoholic women.
Furthermore, alcoholicmen, compared to alcoholicwomen claimed
in a significant greater level that worrying helped them to function.
Conclusions The above findings suggest that metacognitions
could play a role in the orientation and maintenance of alcoholic
abuse behavior. Moreover, these results may pose the question of
whether these metacognitive beliefs could be seen as an indica-
tor of differentiating alcoholic men from women. Overall, further
research could provide additional information concerning the rela-
tion between Metacognitions and alcoholic dependence.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV109
Transformation of social networking
sites’ usage patterns – a threat to
health?
A.R. Szczegielniak ∗, K. Palka , K. Krysta
Medical University of Silesia, Department of Psychiatry and
Psychotherapy, Katowice, Poland
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Internet as a vast global network, consisting of com-
mercial, educational, informational and communicational facilities,
has a huge impact on human behavior. Designed simultaneously by
the needs of users and technical capacity, has become an addictive
medium thanks to low cost of usage and broad availability. Social
networking sites (SNSs) have a special place in the cyberspace. Due
to the wide range of services, additionally differing on latitude, age
and other variables, SNSs’ impact on a life of an average user is
difficult to assess.
Aim The study assess the changes between 2013 and 2015 in
usage patterns and impact of the social networking sites on users
with focus onpossibility of dependence development and emphasis
on gender differences.
Materials and methods Anonymous questionnaire, available on-
line, was prepared solely for the purpose of the study. Questions
were related to the types and frequency of specific activities
undertaken by the private profiles of users and based on pilot study
conducted in January 2013.
Results The first stage (March–April 2013) consisted of 1248
respondents, the second stage (August–September 2015) gathered
1112 respondents. Research showed changes in age of users, type
of information looked for and tools used to browse SNSs.
Conclusions Private profiles are no longer used only for commu-
nication or personal expression; it is a new way of getting to know
what is happening and sharing voices of communities. As a tool of
makingmoney, which ismore andmore visible, SNSs interferewith
previous patterns of portals’ usage.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV110
Effectiveness of aripiprazole in
remission from borderline personality
disorder associated with multiple
drug use – case report
A. Teixeira∗, J. Jaber , R. Fernades , J. Veríssimo
Clinica Jorge Jaber, Addictions, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
∗ Corresponding author.
The essential feature of borderline personality disorder is perva-
sive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image,
and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood
and present in a variety of contexts. These individuals may show
performance in school or work situations unstructured. Impulsiv-
ity exhibits at least two potentially harmful to themselves. They
can play, make irresponsible spending, overeating, abusing psy-
choactive substances, engage in unsafe sex, or recklessly. People
with borderline personality disorder have recursively behavior,
gestures, or threats of suicide or self-mutilating behavior.
Methodology The following case features a patient whose char-
acteristics meet the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality
disorder, with positive family history of psychiatric illness (par-
ent drug addict and bipolar disorder patients) and user of multiple
drugs, particularly cocaine, marijuana and alcohol. The same has
been treated with the same professional team between 2011 and
2013, with an average of 2.3 psychiatric hospitalizations per year
and with signs unchanged until the last year, and these inter-
vals between hospitalizations patient had outpatient care when
introduction of drug aripiprazole caused the remission of some
symptoms and attenuating others, with significant improvement
in quality of life of life of the patient, as the scope of complete
abstinence from drug use and school progress.
Conclusions Although this is only one case, the excellence of
result with aripiprazole in mood stabilization and improvement
of impulsive behaviors, especially in the cessation of compulsive
use, makes our attention turns to the substance so that it remains
subject of further studies.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV111
Combined use of varenicicline and
cognitive behavioral treatment for
nicotine dependence in patients
admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Rio
de Janeiro – Brazil
A. Teixeira ∗, J. Jaber , R. Elias , J. Veríssimo Junior , A. Tomé
1 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Clinica Jorge Jaber, Addictions, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
∗ Corresponding author.