Citation

Adityanjee, Mohan D, Wig NN. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Psychiatry 1989; 23(2): 274-278.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2775113

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.

Language: en