1Senior Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Govt. Medical College, Kota
2Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Kota
3P G student, Department of Psychiatry, Govt. Medical College, Kota
4Senior Resident, Department of psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur
5Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
*Corresponding Author: Email Id: ashokmoondra18@yahoo.com
Online published on 28 January, 2019.
Present study is an effort to find out the pattern of drug dependence in South Eastern part of Rajasthan. This is a retrospective study, wherein 1984 patients admitted for detoxification during the last nine years (from 2010 to 2018) were included. Results of the study revealed that Heroin was the most common type of drug causing dependence. Majority of the cases were male, young individuals, of urban background & belonging to Hindu community. Multiple drug dependence & Benzodiazepine dependence cases required the longest & shortest mean duration of hospitalization, respectively. The average period of hospitalization was six days. Opium substitution therapy was found an effective method to reduce the burden of hospitalization.
Drug Dependence, Substance Abuse, Southeastern Rajasthan
