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| Published: February 02, 2023

Clinical Profile and Psycho-Social Consequences of the People with Alcohol and Opioid Dependence during COVID-19

Sanjeev Mishra

Medical social worker, Burn & Plastic surgery department, ABVIMS & Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Pradeep Kumar

Consultant, Psychiatric Social Work, State Institute of Mental Health, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.030.20231101

DOI: 10.25215/1101.030

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Background: COVID-19 and resulting lockdown both are impacted in different aspect of psychosocial of the human life. Aims: This article aims to study the clinical profile and psycho-social consequences in COVID-19 pandemic on people with alcohol and opioid dependence. Methods: The self-developed semi-structured Questionnaire, for assessing the factors which were problematic situation for patient during lockdown was specially designed for the study. The collected Data was analyzed with the help of SPSS 16 version. Descriptive statistics including mean and standard deviation was used to describe the characteristics of the study. Result and Conclusion: Due to lockdown most of people have lost his earning resource and people with substance abuse leads to relapse and resulting use of multiple substance, that can be cause severe health complications like withdrawal and multiple psychological problems which is directly impacted on whole family, these conditions are making them prone to procure drugs in illegal way.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.030.20231101

10.25215/1101.030

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Published in   Volume 11, Issue 1, January-March, 2023