Lal Rakesh, Deb Koushik Sinha, Kedia Swati
Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Centre for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2015 Jul;57(Suppl 2):S275-85. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.161491.
Alcohol and substance use, until recently, were believed to be a predominantly male phenomenon. Only in the last few decades, attention has shifted to female drug use and its repercussions in women. As the numbers of female drug users continue to rise, studies attempt to understand gender-specific etiological factors, phenomenology, course and outcome, and issues related to treatment with the aim to develop more effective treatment programs. Research has primarily focused on alcohol and tobacco in women, and most of the literature is from the Western countries with data from developing countries like India being sparse. This review highlights the issues pertinent to alcohol and substance use in women with a special focus to the situation in India.
直到最近，酒精和物质使用都被认为主要是男性现象。仅在过去几十年里，注意力才转向女性吸毒及其对女性的影响。随着女性吸毒者数量持续上升，研究试图了解特定性别的病因因素、现象学、病程和结果，以及与治疗相关的问题，旨在制定更有效的治疗方案。研究主要集中在女性的酒精和烟草使用上，而且大多数文献来自西方国家，像印度这样的发展中国家的数据很少。本综述重点介绍了与女性酒精和物质使用相关的问题，特别关注印度的情况。
