RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS

The present paper documents and discusses the rapid increase in the problem of heroin dependence in the city of Delhi in the recent years. Initial observations on patients with heroin dependence attending the Deaddiction Clinic of a large general hospital are described with difficulties encountered...

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Autores principales: Saxena, Shekhar, Mohan, D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1984
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965954
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description The present paper documents and discusses the rapid increase in the problem of heroin dependence in the city of Delhi in the recent years. Initial observations on patients with heroin dependence attending the Deaddiction Clinic of a large general hospital are described with difficulties encountered in the clinical management of these patients. It is suggested that sustained efforts be made to control this problem because heroin is likely to give rise to medical and social consequences of serious nature in the near future.
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spelling pubmed-30122512011-10-02 RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS Saxena, Shekhar Mohan, D. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article The present paper documents and discusses the rapid increase in the problem of heroin dependence in the city of Delhi in the recent years. Initial observations on patients with heroin dependence attending the Deaddiction Clinic of a large general hospital are described with difficulties encountered in the clinical management of these patients. It is suggested that sustained efforts be made to control this problem because heroin is likely to give rise to medical and social consequences of serious nature in the near future. Medknow Publications 1984 /pmc/articles/PMC3012251/ /pubmed/21965954 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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RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
title RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
title_full RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
title_fullStr RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
title_full_unstemmed RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
title_short RAPID INCREASE OF HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN DELHI: SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
title_sort rapid increase of heroin dependence in delhi: some initial observations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965954
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