A cross sectional study of mental health symptoms, drug abuse, crime 
and violence and association between them in a tertiary care hospital.

Vineet Jalota

Abstract

A cross sectional study of mental health symptoms, drug abuse, crime and violence and association between them in a tertiary care hospital.

Harmful use of psychoactive substances acts as a leading risk factor for population worldwide. Violence has been found to influence neurobiological pathways related to threat perception, potentially altering the response. Externalizing and internalizing symptoms both pose an independent risk factor for substance use as they confer risk of likelihood of alienation from institutions like school ,prosocial peers and increased tendency to self-medicate.

Author(s): Vineet Jalota

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