Alcohol-Related Problems in the Emergency Room of an Indian General Hospital

26 June 1989

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Vol. 23 (2) , 274-278
https://doi.org/10.3109/00048678909062146

Abstract

Alcohol-related problems made up 17.6% of the case load of psychiatric emergencies in an Indian general hospital. The police brought three-quarters of them, 45% for quarrels, street-fights and under influence of alcohol and 20% for minor offences like abusing in public. A psychiatric illness was definitely present in 40% of the cases. Only 10% of the patients with alcohol-related problems were referred for outpatient treatment, Eighty-five percent were not given any follow-up advice because the patients said they needed no help.

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