The Role of Single Parent Families in Adolescent Substance Addiction: Indian Perspective
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Among the many epidemic problems which India is fighting today, two very important social epidemics worth exploration are the issues of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (in reference to parent-child relationship, divorce & single parenting) & substance use among adolescents. Worldwide there is an enormous amount of literature on these issues and their shared interactions, but in Indian context we find ourselves far behind with just sparse amount of literature on the same. Methodology: A qualitative exploratory model is used for retrospective study of clinical cases of alcohol/substance use in children/ adolescents of single parent family who visited a Deaddiction-RehabilitationCounselling Center in Andhra Pradesh for treatment during the period from January 2014 till July 2016. The cases are identified and studied considering review literature on the topic. Conclusion: This article reminds us about the importance of long preserved Indian culture where people had immense respect for the sacrosanct union & sanctity of marriage. We need to return back to our sacred ancestral ideologies so as to preserve a world where our kids are not drug driven but have actually moral base to their decisions in life. We can dream of a world without drug abuse only if our family environment is healthy with immense social support for our next generation.
Authors and Affiliations
Anuj Khandelwal, Sonal Khandelwal, Ashwin Jhalani, Sheetal Bidkar, Avinash De Sousa
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