title: Five years of alcohol de-addiction services in a tertiary care general hospital.
abstract: This paper highlights the characteristics of 800 alcohol-dependent patients treated at a drug de-addiction centre, over a period of 5 years. The mean score on SADD (severity of alcohol dependence data) questionnaire was 23.95, which indicates a severe level of dependence. Followup analysis of 607 cases showed that 379 (62.4%) patients had not utilised the follow-up services beyond one month. Discussion focuses on retaining patients in follow-up.
authors.affiliation: R. CHANDRASEKARAN, MD., Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry-605 006.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sivaprakash
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chitraleka