Open AccessPsychiatric morbidity in spouses of patients with alcohol related disorders
Author(s) -
Aruna Dandu,
S. Bharathi,
Shankar Reddy Dudala
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_331_16
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , alcohol abuse , population , cross sectional study , government (linguistics) , informed consent , family medicine , environmental health , alternative medicine , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
Alcohol dependence is on rise world over, especially in developing countries such as India. According to the World Health Organization, about 30% of Indians consume alcohol, out of which 4%-13% are daily consumers and up to 50% of them, fall under the category of hazardous drinking. Another worrying trend from India is that the average age of initiation of alcohol use has reduced from 28 years during the 1980s to 17 years in 2007. In India, alcohol abuse also amounts to huge annual losses due to alcohol-related problems in workplaces. This was a cross-sectional, noninterventional study which was carried out at the Department of Psychiatry, Sri Venkateswara Ramnaraian Ruia Government General Hospital (SVRRGGH), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.