1Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda
2Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Vineet Jalota, Senior Resident Department of Psychiatry, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda Contact : +91 7986509403, Email :jalotavineet7@gmail.com
Harmful use of psychoactive substances acts as a leading risk factor for population worldwide. Violence has been found to influence neurobiological pathways related to threat perception, potentially altering the response. Externalizing and internalizing symptoms both pose an independent risk factor for substance use as they confer risk of likelihood of alienation from institutions like school ,prosocial peers and increased tendency to self medicate
A cross sectional study on 82 consenting patients between 19–65 years of age was undertaken for 3 months at a tertiary care centre. The aim of the study was to assess association between mental health symptoms, alcohol and psychoactive substance abuse and crime and violence.
Variables externalizing symptoms and crime and violence were positively correlated to psychoactive substance abuse.
Externalizing symptoms, Internalizing symptoms, Drug abuse violence
