Open AccessFelt Need and Treatment-seeking Barriers among Substance Abusers in Urban Slum Area in Central India
Author(s) -
Himanshu Jayantrao Ashtankar,
Manoj Rajanna Talapalliwar
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.4103/0253-7176.211760
Subject(s) - slum , addiction , substance abuse , psychiatry , medicine , population , environmental health , smokeless tobacco , tobacco use
Substance abuse is known public health problem in the world. Felt need of treatment and barriers in seeking treatment are important for successful treatment of addictions. Therefore, this study was designed to understand the pattern (type) of substance abuse among residents of urban slum and to study the felt need and barriers for the treatment of substance abuse among substance abusers in urban slum areas of the central India.