Manabendra Sau|Asish Mukherjee|Nirmalya Manna|Suparna Sanyal
Sociodemographic and substance use correlates of repeated relapse among patients presenting for relapse treatment at an addiction treatment center in Kolkata, India
KPC Medical College and Hospital|Calcutta Research Group|KPC Medical College and Hospital|Calcutta Research Group|KPC Medical College and Hospital|Calcutta Research Group
india substance abuse infiltrated sociocultural economic strata causing loss productivity prevention relapse crucial controlto find pattern substance use relapse rate association various sociodemographic factors treatment related issuesan observational study crosssectional design april 2009march 2010 de addiction centre conducted among consecutive 284 clients admitted relapse detoxified earlier centre data collected interviewing clients schedule clinical examinationbrown sugar adulterated form heroin primary drug abuse urban area contrary alcohol rural area commonest age initiation 1520 years polydrug abusers 591 common 313 relapse cases took regular follow common psychiatric illnesses anxiety 447 depression 306 peer pressure 778 commonest cause relapse significantly higher relapse episodes present increasing age muslim religion ever marriage poor literacy current unemployment living nuclear rather joint family early age initiation longer duration abuse follow upregular follow family peer social support essential along vocational rehabilitation prevent relapse