Affiliation:
1. MD Psychiatry, Senior Resident in Geriatric Mental Health, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, UP
2. MD Psychiatry, Professor and HOD, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srikakulam, AP
Abstract
Introduction: Alcohol dependence syndrome is a very common condition affecting the general population. Alcohol
abuse can result in novelty seeking and risk taking behaviour resulting in violence and road trafc accidents. Long
duration abuse can cause several psychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression, and family disharmony. These problems are much more common
in countries like India. In this single stage cross-sectional case control Methodology and Results: study, the degree of psychological well-being
was grossly affected in spouses of patients with alcohol dependence in comparison to spouses of normal subjects. The overall mean (SD) of
desirable coping strategies was 33.08 (7.7) in the study group and 68.0 (2.0) in the control group. The overall mean (SD) of undesirable coping
strategies was 28.8 (4.2) in the study group and 5.2 (1.6) in the control group. In the study group, higher means were obtained by greater use of
undesirable coping strategies in comparison to that in control group. Further analysis into the domains showed signicant difference (P-value
0.001) between the study and control groups in all domains except substance use. The spouses of the Conclusion: study group showed higher
usage of maladaptive coping strategies to handle their stress.
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Networks and Communications,General Physics and Astronomy,Signal Processing,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Networks and Communications,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Networks and Communications,General Physics and Astronomy,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Clinical Biochemistry,Biochemistry,Analytical Chemistry,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Law,Medical Laboratory Technology,Computer Science Applications
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