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2019 Month : March Volume : 8 Issue : 12 Page : 855-858

PATTERN OF SUBSTANCE USE IN A DRUG DEADDICTION CENTRE IN DIPHU- NORTHEAST INDIA-BASED STUDY.

Atanu Baruah1, Shyamanta Das2, Arunima Dutta3, Ajit Kumar Kakati4, Hemanta Sharma5, Bornali Das6, Mythili Hazarika7

1Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Emergency Medicine, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.
3Resident, McLaren Flint, Michigan, USA.
4Sub-divisional Medical and Health Officer, Haflong Civil Hospital, Haflong, Dima Hasao, Assam, India.
5Lecturer of Psychiatric Social Work, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.
6Senior Lecturer of Psychiatric Social Work, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.
7Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.

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