A profile of substance abusers using the emergency services in a tertiary care hospital in Sikkim | Zendy

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A profile of substance abusers using the emergency services in a tertiary care hospital in Sikkim

Author(s) -

Amit Chakrabarti,

Akhil Bhalla,

S. K. Dutta

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

indian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1998-3794

pISSN - 0019-5545

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.31556

Subject(s) - tertiary care , medical emergency , medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry

Sikkim, a state in Northeast India with a population of more than 500,000 and inhabited by indigenous population of Lepchas, Bhutias and Nepalis, lies in the foothills of the Himalayas sharing borders with Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. Northeast India is a major source of injection drug users (IDUs) and associated HIV/AIDS. Alcohol use is traditionally prevalent in Sikkim and recently, IDU behaviour has also been reported, although systematic information on epidemiology and treatment availability of substance abuse in Sikkim is not available.

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