Open AccessA Retrospective Chart Review of Treatment Completers Versus Noncompleters Among In-patients at a Tertiary Care Drug Dependence Treatment Centre in India
Author(s) -
Siddharth Sarkar,
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara,
Namita Gautam,
Jawahar Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.185943
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , tertiary care , medical record , substance abuse , pediatrics , emergency medicine , psychiatry , surgery
Engagement into treatment is crucial for improving outcomes among patients with substance use disorders. This study aimed to find the rates and characteristics of treatment noncompletion in patients who were admitted to a drug dependence treatment center in north India.