Aim:To assess the impact of COVID-19-related lockdown in India on alcohol-dependent persons. Method: We examined the change in the incidence of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome presenting to hospitals in the city of Bangalore. Results: A changepoint analysis of the time series data (between 01.01.20 to 11.04.20) showed an increase in the average number of cases from 4 to 8 per day (likelihood ratio test: χ 2 = 72, df = 2, P < 0.001). Conclusion: An unintended consequence of the lockdown was serious illness in some patients with alcohol use disorders.

The current study aimed to examine sociodemographic and clinical variables between washer and checker subgroups of obsessive compulsive disorder. Of 412 subjects seen during 1975–1984, there were 123 washers, 70 checkers and 89 washers and checkers (mixed group). Checkers were more likely to be single and male and have an earlier age of onset and consultation; if married the illness was more likely to have started prior to marriage. The mixed group appeared to be a female-dominated pathoplastic variant of the checkers group. The current study suggests that other variables should also be explored in differentiating these disorders.

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