Socio - demographic profile of psychoactive substance users in Pokhara valley

Authors

  • K D Upadhyaya Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Western Regional Hospital Pokhara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.772

Abstract

The socio-demographic profile of psychoactive substance users (excluding alcohol)
attending neuropsychiatric out patient department of western regional hospital
Pokhara during the period Feb. 1997 to Oct. 1998 was studied. All the 55 cases were
males, more than 50% started drug use before the age of 24, 80% of users were from
urban areas, buprenorphine intravenous injection was the commonest drug of abuse
(41.8%) followed by cannabis (30.9%), heroin (11%). The implications of the findings
with an emphasis on future direction are discussed.

Downloads

How to Cite

Upadhyaya, K. D. (2013). Socio - demographic profile of psychoactive substance users in Pokhara valley. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 39(136), 332–337. https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.772

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 136 (2000)

Section

Original Article

License

JNMA allow to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and allow readers to use them for any other lawful purpose. The author(s) are allowed to retain publishing rights without restrictions. The JNMA work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. More about Copyright Policy.