A comparative study between drug dependent and non-dependent person on a psycho-physical health

Pages: 1015-1019
Anuradha Wats and Prabhawati Shukla (Department of Psychology, Pt. Ravi Shanker Shukla University, Raipur, Rajasthan)

Background: Drug abuse has become a serious social and psychological-health problem, which increased in some form or the other in most of the societies over the world. The reasons for drug abuse are much; these are not only on account of individual self and social differences but also due to other ascertainable factors, like social, economical, physical, mental and cultural status of the individual. Material and Methods: Sample of the study comprised of Drug dependence150 alcohol abusers and 130 Cannabis-abusers and 280 Non-dependent people based on experimental and control group design. Groups were assessed and evaluated using CAZE, DAST, and CMI. Samples were collected from CIIMHANS, Devada Rajnandgoan (C.G). Result: Substance abuse problems are also at increased risk for mental health problems & adverse outcomes. The high risk factor of health problems is more found in substance dependent persons than non-substance dependence Conclusion: These results suggest that high risk factor of health problems is more found in substance dependent persons than non-substance dependence. Also results revealed that many people have medical complication due to substance use, such as respiratory, heart disease and other medical condition.