Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

A STUDY ON STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS IN ALCOHOL RELAPSE PATIENTS

Gurumoorthy. V

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Relapse is an important problem in recovery from alcohol dependence. Among the numerous factors determining relapse, stressful life events play a significant role. The study attempted to find out stressful life events of alcohol relapse patients, and whether stressful events occur more frequently in them. It is a cross–sectional, case–control study conducted at the Institute of Mental Health, Chennai. The study involved thirty cases and thirty controls. A minimum period of one month of abstinence from alcohol was used as inclusion criteria and each case was matched with a control with regard to the duration of relapse. We used presumptive stressful life events scale for assessment. Mean stress score and mean number of stressful life events were higher in cases than controls and the difference was statistically significant. Overall the findings suggest more number of stressful life events in alcohol relapse.

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Gurumoorthy. V, A STUDY ON STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS IN ALCOHOL RELAPSE PATIENTS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018

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