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A psychodemographic study of the patients of a deaddiction centre in madras

Indian journal of psychiatry, 1993-07, Vol.35 (3), p.167-168 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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A psychodemographic study of the patients of a deaddiction centre in madras
Author: Ponnudurai, R ; Jayakar, J ; Raju, B ; Pattamuthu, R
Subjects: Medical research ; Medicine, Experimental ; Original
Is Part Of: Indian journal of psychiatry, 1993-07, Vol.35 (3), p.167-168
Description: Sixty patients who reported to a Deaddiction Centre were investigated with regard to their psychodemographic profile. 53.3% of them turned out to be exclusively alcohol abusers, 35% were abusers of alcohol concurrently with other substances and 11.7% were abusers of exclusively drugs. Those who consumed alcohol alone, commenced their intake at a mean age of 24.4 years and reported for treatment only at 39.2 years; this was in contrast to the mean age of 17.9 years at which alcohol use begin in those who took alcohol in combination with other substances. Further, abusers of drugs alone reported for treatment at an age of 24 years, which is quite similar to the age at which the abusers of alcohol concomitantly with other substances resorted for psychiatric help. Other than the withdrawal syndrome, the most frequently encountered psychotic condition was alcoholic hallucinosis.
Publisher: India: Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0019-5545
EISSN: 1998-3794
PMID: 21743630
Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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