title: Changing Pattern of Alcohol Abuse in the Army before and after AO 3&11/2001.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Army Order 3&11/2001 was introduced to curb alcoholism and to weed out habitual alcoholics. Hence a study was carried out in a zonal referral hospital from 01 Jan 2001 to 30 Jun 2003 to assess its effectiveness.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects consisted of officers, junior commisioned officers and other ranks who satisfied the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 criteria for alcohol dependence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 1023 consecutive admissions, alcohol dependent cases numbered 245 (23.95%). They were disposed as under: 57/ 245 (23.6%) in S1 (fit for all duties), 67/245 (27.35%) in S2 (fit for duties with few restrictions), 72/245 (29.39%) in S3 (fit for duties with more restrictions), and 32/245 (13.06%) in S5 (unfit for further service.).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data showed that the percentage of cases disposed under fit for all duties had risen four times (23.80 vs 5.86), those invalided out increased by two times (12.70 vs 6.64) and those retained in S2 had reduced (26.46 vs 41.21) after the new policy.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.affiliation: Professor (Psychiatry), Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhury
authors.affiliation: Senior Advisor (Psychiatry), INHS Asvini, Mumbai.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pawar
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
authors.forename: Vssr
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ryali
authors.affiliation: Scientist "E" (Dept of Psychiatry), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor (Psychiatry), AIIMS, New Delhi.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.affiliation: Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Military Hospital, Bareilly.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Bedi
keywords: AFMSF 10; AO 3 &11/2001; Alcohol dependence syndrome; DGAFMS memorandum 111/99