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- Title
The sociodemographic profile and the challenges associated with treatment and rehabilitation in female heroin users: A case series from Northeast India.
- Authors
Roy, Srijani; Mukherjee, Diptadhi; Mahintamani, Tathagata; Daimary, Partha Pratim; Dutta, Hemanta
- Abstract
Females with opioid use disorder (OUD) rarely seek help for addiction. We present a series of seven females with OUD attending a tertiary care addiction treatment setting in Assam between December 2022 to August 2023. Most of the patients were primary-educated, young adults, housewives, from lower to middle socioeconomic strata, and were residents of rural or semi-urban areas. All were married, and around half of them were separated. All the patients were dependent on heroin and tobacco. Five of them initiated heroin use while modeling their spouse. Three patients were injecting heroin, and one was seropositive with both HCV and HIV. Five patients received sublingual buprenorphinenaloxone, and three of them followed up subsequently. Financial difficulty, poor family support, and intimate partner violence were major challenges for treatment-seeking and regular follow-up. This case series highlights the need for systematic study and gender-responsive care of females with OUD in Assam.
- Subjects
INDIA; SUBSTANCE abuse; INTIMATE partner violence; INTRAVENOUS drug abuse; HIV seroconversion; SUBLINGUAL drug administration; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SUBSTANCE abuse treatment; HELP-seeking behavior; TERTIARY care; TREATMENT effectiveness; HEROIN; NARCOTICS; RURAL population; MARITAL status; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; FAMILY support; WOMEN'S health; TOBACCO products; HEPATITIS C; NALOXONE; BUPRENORPHINE; PATIENT aftercare
- Publication
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2024, Vol 66, Issue 4, p396
- ISSN
0019-5545
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_956_23