Comprehensive Evaluation of Drug De-addiction Centres (DDCs) in Punjab (Northern India)

Gupta, Vikram Kumar; Kaur, Paramjeet; Singh, Gurmeet; Bansal, Priya; Sidhu, Balwant Singh

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2014/7605.4105

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“…The present study revealed that all rehabilitation centres offer individual, group and family counselling services. This finding was concomitant to previous studies [ 15 , 17 , 21 , 24 ]. Most organisations possibly provide group counselling in the form 12 step approach (Alcoholic anonymous).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Results revealed that all the rehabilitation centres provide possible telephone follow-up services and home visits. Previous studies reported similar findings [ 15 , 17 , 22 , 28 , 31 ]. Treatment seekers who received follow-up or home visits at the end of the year showed a better outcome [ 32 ].…”

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confidence: 83%

“…All organisations have outreach programmes. Gupta et al [ 17 ] report similar findings. Most rehabilitation centres do not provide drop-in centre services.…”

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confidence: 52%

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Profile of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centres for Persons with Substance Use Disorders in Bengaluru: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ramakrishnan

Rathinam

Ramasamy

2022

J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health

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Profile of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centres for Persons with Substance Use Disorders in Bengaluru: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ramakrishnan

Rathinam

Ramasamy

2022

J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health

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“…This study finding is in contrast to the finding of Farhat et al ,[ 15 ] who reported the oral route as a major route for drug administration. Similar to other studies,[ 16 ] our study also noted that the average length of stay for maximum patients (88.72%) was less than 30 days and only 17.9% patients dropped out of the treatment. Among those who dropped, majority (60.69%) stated the lack of family support as the reason for drop out.…”

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Sociodemographic profile and pattern of substance abusers: A retrospective study to unveil the public health problem of Punjab

Randhawa

Brar

Kumari³

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J Family Med Prim Care

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Introduction: Substance abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of any psychoactive substance including licit and illicit drugs, other than when medically indicated. According to a UN report, 1 million heroin addicts are registered in India, and unofficially, there are as many as 5 million. Among all the states Punjab stood third in substance abuse and also injectable drug use. The present study was thus conducted to assess the sociodemographic profile and pattern of substance abuse among patients attending a Drug de-addiction centre. Material and Methods: A record-based analysis from March 2015 to March 2019 was done. Substance dependence was diagnosed post detailed clinical interview by a consultant psychiatrist at the center using DSM -10. For the 966 registered patients admitted in the last four years, the record was checked for completeness of data and relevant information on socio-demographic profile, substance abused, duration of hospital stays, drop out and relapse rates was extracted. Results: Of the total admitted patients (n= 966) 100% addicts were of male gender and natives of Punjab. 514 (53.21%) were married followed by 434(44.93%) never married. Maximum patients 456(47.20%) were self-employed. Heroin was the most abused drug. The injecting route of drug abuse was used by most of the abusers i.e. 51.66%. Only 173 (17.90%) patients dropped out of the treatment followed by relapse in 192 (19.88%). Conclusion: In this paper we demonstrated the vulnerability of young population towards drug addiction. Easy accessibility of drugs, peer pressure and difficult family circumstances raises the fragility to restore for substance use. However, community-based studies are imperative in order to estimate how big is the problem at the bottom.

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“…The most common abuse was in the use of tobacco (55.8%), alcohol (21.4%), cannabis (3.0%), opiate (0.7%), and sedatives (0.1%). [ 16 ]…”

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Forensic pharmacology: An important and evolving subspecialty needs recognition in India

Malve

2016

J Pharm Bioall Sci

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With training in pharmacology, a pharmacologist has an expert knowledge as well as working experience in the subjects of therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and toxicology along with exposure to subjects such as forensic medicine during the medical education. All these knowledge domains can be applied and act as an interface to the forensic situations. The skills and expertise of a forensic pharmacologist can be useful in a large and diverse number of legal cases. With an ever increasing incidence of criminal and civil cases in India, the development and inclusion of forensic pharmacologist in the judicial system of India are the need of the hour. The research in pharmacology has witnessed great technological advancement that allows it to expand its scope beyond the domain of therapeutics, thus enabling Indian pharmacologists to explore the niche area of Forensic Pharmacology. Differing pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs in living and dead, drug interactions, abuse of drugs, personal injury or death due to drug exposure leading to medico-legal issues, environmental exposure to chemicals, and doping and forensic pharmacovigilance are the diverse aspects of Forensic Pharmacology.

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Drug De-addiction Centres (DDCs) in Punjab (Northern India)

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Profile of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centres for Persons with Substance Use Disorders in Bengaluru: A Cross-Sectional Study

Profile of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centres for Persons with Substance Use Disorders in Bengaluru: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sociodemographic profile and pattern of substance abusers: A retrospective study to unveil the public health problem of Punjab

Forensic pharmacology: An important and evolving subspecialty needs recognition in India

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