R. Ponnudurai, MNAMS, DPM, PhD, Addl. Additional Professor of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College, Madras.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1993 Jul;35(3):167-8.
Sixty patients who reported to a Deaddiction Centre were investigated with regard to their psychodemographic profile. 53.3% of them turned out to be exclusively alcohol abusers, 35% were abusers of alcohol concurrently with other substances and 11.7% were abusers of exclusively drugs. Those who consumed alcohol alone, commenced their intake at a mean age of 24.4 years and reported for treatment only at 39.2 years; this was in contrast to the mean age of 17.9 years at which alcohol use begin in those who took alcohol in combination with other substances. Further, abusers of drugs alone reported for treatment at an age of 24 years, which is quite similar to the age at which the abusers of alcohol concomitantly with other substances resorted for psychiatric help. Other than the withdrawal syndrome, the most frequently encountered psychotic condition was alcoholic hallucinosis.
六十名到戒毒中心报到的患者接受了他们的心理社会人口学特征调查。其中 53.3%的人仅为酒精滥用者，35%的人同时滥用酒精和其他物质，11.7%的人仅为药物滥用者。那些单独饮酒的人，平均在 24.4 岁开始饮酒，直到 39.2 岁才开始治疗；相比之下，那些同时使用酒精和其他物质的人，平均在 17.9 岁开始饮酒。此外，单独使用药物的滥用者在 24 岁时开始治疗，这与同时使用其他物质的酒精滥用者寻求精神病学帮助的年龄非常相似。除了戒断综合征，最常见的精神病状况是酒精性幻觉症。
