PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS

Using a standard epidemiological survey instrument for psychoactive drug use, 215 medical students in three classes were studied. One third of all students reported non-medical drug use. The substances ever used were: betel nut 13%, smokeless tobacco 3%, cigarettes 12%, alcohol 12.5%, cannabis 0.9%...

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Autores principales: Ali, R.V. Zulfikar, Vankar, G.K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743689
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description Using a standard epidemiological survey instrument for psychoactive drug use, 215 medical students in three classes were studied. One third of all students reported non-medical drug use. The substances ever used were: betel nut 13%, smokeless tobacco 3%, cigarettes 12%, alcohol 12.5%, cannabis 0.9% and benzodiazepines 3.7%. Last month use was reported for four substances and daily use was reported for cigarettes only (3.2%). Cigarette and benzodiazepine use mostly began after entry to medical college. Men and final year students had a higher prevalence of drug use.
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spelling pubmed-29724812011-07-08 PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS Ali, R.V. Zulfikar Vankar, G.K. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Using a standard epidemiological survey instrument for psychoactive drug use, 215 medical students in three classes were studied. One third of all students reported non-medical drug use. The substances ever used were: betel nut 13%, smokeless tobacco 3%, cigarettes 12%, alcohol 12.5%, cannabis 0.9% and benzodiazepines 3.7%. Last month use was reported for four substances and daily use was reported for cigarettes only (3.2%). Cigarette and benzodiazepine use mostly began after entry to medical college. Men and final year students had a higher prevalence of drug use. Medknow Publications 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC2972481/ /pubmed/21743689 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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PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743689
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