A Study of Drug Relapse and its associated factors among cases admitted in Swami Vivekanand Drug De-addiction Centre, GMC, Amritsar
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Substance abuse is a global problem and is of public health concern because of its negative consequences. Drug relapse tendency after the treatment of addiction, poses severity to this problem. The present cross-sectional study was conducted over 50 drug relapse cases admitted in Swami Vivekanand Drug De-addiction Centre, Government Medical College, and Amritsar to find the various factors contributing to relapse after the de-addiction. Prestructured proforma was applied to study the socio-demographic profile, factors responsible for initiation of drug use, to seek treatment and relapse. The relevant data was collected and analyzed. Out of all the participants, majority were male (98%). married (56%) and were from rural background (54%). 60% respondents were of upper lower socio-economic status. Initiation of drug intake was in adolescent period, under the peer pressure being friends as motivator. In relapse also, major factor for initiation was friends. In view of these factors, there is an urgent need to create awareness and taking measures through family and social support to curb this problem of drug abuse and its relapse.
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Shyam Sunder Deepti, Shalinder Kaur, Jasleen Kaur
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