Quality of Life among Patients with Substance Induced Psychosis

Background: Substance Induced Psychotic Disorder (SIP) is the diagnostic term for a specific mental healthcondition where individuals experience hallucinations, delusions, or both within a period of one month of using orwithdrawing from prescription drugs, illegal drugs, and/or alcohol. Patients with substance induced psychosis have poorquality of life (QoL) due to negative effects of substance on all aspect of life as housing, job and social communication.Aim: This study aims to assessing quality of life among patients with substance induced psychosis. Method: The studywas carried out using a descriptive research design on a convenient sample of 60 patients diagnosed with substanceinduced psychotic disorder. Results: Results of this study revealed that majority of the studied subjects had low levelquality of life with Mean±SD (57.22±9.65). Caused that by 55%of sample had single, all studied sample take drugs likebango, hashish, tramadol and alcohol, all sample experience hallucination, 65% experience delusion and 55% hasimpaired social relation. Conclusion: Social skills training program implemented by nurses is recommended in thetreatment journey of patients with substance induced psychosis who have poor quality of life.