Epidemiology of Substance Abuse in India  : Methodological Issues and Future Perspectives

Debasish Basu; Surendra K Mattoo

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Year : 1999 \| Volume : 41 \| Issue : 2 \| Page : 145-153

Epidemiology of Substance Abuse in India : Methodological Issues and Future Perspectives

Debasish Basu¹, Surendra K Mattoo²
¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India
² Associate Professor, Drug De-addiction Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India

Correspondence Address:
Debasish Basu
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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Substance abuse is an important medico-social problem. Comprehensive management of substance use disorders is of necessity linked to the study of epidemiology. In India we have a reasonable epidemiological data on substance abuse. However, this data base suffers from a number of methodological lacunae. The present paper discusses these lacunae and makes appropriate recommendations for future generation of epidemiological data on substance abuse in India.

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