Title : Vision for controlling narcotic dependency and relapse
Abstract:
The prevalence of opioid use in India is three times the global average. The impact of substance abuse often reaches beyond the abuser to family members, friends, co-workers, and society at large. While biological factors are mainly responsible for progression to dependent use from abuse, the use of illicit drugs is also dependent on sociopolitical factors. Tolerance and withdrawal symptoms are generally found. Effective prevention strategies are critically important in community efforts to combat substance abuse. Many programs and policies are often implemented without a sufficient evidence base or with limited fidelity to the evidence base; this may have unintended consequences when they are broadly implemented. Rigorous evaluation is needed to determine whether programs and policies are having their intended effect and to guide necessary changes when they are not. The primary health care professionals, with a continuous, comprehensive, patient-centered, and longitudinal approach to medical and psychosocial issues, is ideally positioned to support recovery. The entire process may not be easy but the reward of seeing a patient who was impaired by substance abuse return to normal functioning in society is what makes the effort worthwhile.
Audience Take Away Notes:
- Certainly, helps to know the prevalence and pattern of use.
- Effective prevention strategies to combat substance abuse
- Detoxing from substance abuse assists us in focusing on real-life social interactions without distractions.
- Practically supports students to excel academically securing well in examinations.
