FIVE YEARS OF ALCOHOL DE-ADDICTION SERVICES IN A TERTIARY CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL

This paper highlights the characteristics of 800 alcohol-dependent patients treated at a drug de-addiction centre, over a period of 5 years. The mean score on SADD (severity of alcohol dependence data) questionnaire was 23.95, which indicates a severe level of dependence. Followup analysis of 607 ca...

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Autores principales: Chandrasekaran, R., Sivaprakash, B., Chitraleka, V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2955934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21407840
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description This paper highlights the characteristics of 800 alcohol-dependent patients treated at a drug de-addiction centre, over a period of 5 years. The mean score on SADD (severity of alcohol dependence data) questionnaire was 23.95, which indicates a severe level of dependence. Followup analysis of 607 cases showed that 379 (62.4%) patients had not utilised the follow-up services beyond one month. Discussion focuses on retaining patients in follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-29559342011-03-15 FIVE YEARS OF ALCOHOL DE-ADDICTION SERVICES IN A TERTIARY CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL Chandrasekaran, R. Sivaprakash, B. Chitraleka, V. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article This paper highlights the characteristics of 800 alcohol-dependent patients treated at a drug de-addiction centre, over a period of 5 years. The mean score on SADD (severity of alcohol dependence data) questionnaire was 23.95, which indicates a severe level of dependence. Followup analysis of 607 cases showed that 379 (62.4%) patients had not utilised the follow-up services beyond one month. Discussion focuses on retaining patients in follow-up. Medknow Publications 2001 /pmc/articles/PMC2955934/ /pubmed/21407840 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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FIVE YEARS OF ALCOHOL DE-ADDICTION SERVICES IN A TERTIARY CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL
title FIVE YEARS OF ALCOHOL DE-ADDICTION SERVICES IN A TERTIARY CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL
title_full FIVE YEARS OF ALCOHOL DE-ADDICTION SERVICES IN A TERTIARY CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL
title_fullStr FIVE YEARS OF ALCOHOL DE-ADDICTION SERVICES IN A TERTIARY CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL
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title_short FIVE YEARS OF ALCOHOL DE-ADDICTION SERVICES IN A TERTIARY CARE GENERAL HOSPITAL
title_sort five years of alcohol de-addiction services in a tertiary care general hospital
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2955934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21407840
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