A STUDY DONE TO ASSESS DEPRESSION IN ALCOHOLICS

INTRODUCTION: A  continuous habit of alcohol intake inspite of trying or forcing to stop intake of alcohol can lead to a lot of issues including mental and behavioural abnormality. The feeling of guilt regarding intake of alcohol and always indulged in an effort to stop this can further precipitate ideas of depression. Our study tries to collect the thoughts of persons with alcohol dependence or alcohol abuse which focuses on specific mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol dependence. METHOD: 60 patients were chosen from out patient department of Psychiatry at MDBAS Medical college from Aug 2022 to Dec2022. Patients were assessed on PHQ-9 (Patient health Questionnaire) AUDIT (Alcohol use disorder identification test) BDI (Beck Depression Inventory). RESULTS:  Results shows that a broad range of patients who were suffering from alcohol dependence disorder depicts the sign of Depression , These symptoms  could be both because of primary disorder of Depression followed by alcohol abuse or Alcohol abuse leading to secondary depression which shows here a strong connection between Alcohol dependence and Depression.