A STUDY OF COMORBID PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE SYNDROME

Introduction- An estimated sixty million or more people use alcohol in India, and this number has increased recently. It is estimated that 2.7%, or 2.9 crore persons, in the general population (10-75 years old) suffer from dependent alcohol use. Multiple disorders present in one individual at the same time, either concurrently or sequentially, are known as psychiatric comorbidity. Though the degree of the association varies with each condition, alcohol users are more likely to develop mood, anxiety, drug, and mental health illnesses than the general population. To assess the different types of psychiatric problems in pati Objectives- 1- ents with alcohol dependence syndrome. 2- To find out the prevalence of psychiatric problems in patients with alcohol dependence syndrome This cross- Methodologysectional comparative study was conducted at OPD & IPD of Psychiatry Department of Index Medical College & Hospital, Indore for the period of 6 months. The total sample size of this study was 120 subjects divided into two groups i.e. 60 Cases & 60 Controls. The following tools were used for the data collection: 1. a semi-structured socio-demographic proforma, 2. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview 7.0.2. (M.I.N.I.). A total of 53.33% and 15% of patients with and without alcohol dependence disorder were Result & Discussion- present with one or more psychiatric comorbidities. Among them, the most common psychiatric comorbidity present was major depressive disorder (40.63%) followed by bipolar affective disorder (28.13%), dysthymia and social anxiety disorder (9.38% each), panic disorder (6.25%) and anti-social personality disorder and psychotic disorder (3.13% each) in the patients with alcohol dependence disorder. We found a significant association of presence of psychiatric comorbidities in the patients with alcohol dependence disorder. Planning a Conclusion- thorough care strategy for comorbid psychiatric disorders in alcohol- dependent people would therefore benefit from accurate assessment and evaluation of these problems.