Title page
Socio-demographic and Clinical profile of substance abusers attending a Regional
Drug De-addiction Centre in Chronic Conflict Area : Kashmir, India.
Running Title: Socio-demographic and Clinical profile of substance abusers in conflict area
Yasir H Rather1, Wiqar Bashir2, Ajaz A Sheikh1, Marya Amin 3 , Sheikh Shoib1 , Yasir Arafat
Zahgeer 2
1 Department
of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences-Kashmir, Badam -
Wari, Kashmir, J&K, India, 190010.
2 Drug
De-addiction Centre , Police Hospital , Police Control Room, Batmaloo, Srinagar,
Kashmir, J&K, India.
3 Department
of Social and Preventive Medicine, GMC , Srinagar, Kashmir, J&K , India.
Corresponding Author
Dr. Yasir H Rather
MBBS , MD Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, Institute Of Mental Health and Neurosciences-Kashmir,
Badam Wari, Kashmir, J&K, India. Pin code 190010.
Tel: +919419042510
E mail: yasirhrather@yahoo.co.in
Acknowledgement
This study was approved by the Ethics committee of our institute and we did not get any
sought of Research grant from our institute.
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