Samir Kumar Praharaj1, Pankaj Verma, Manu Arora. 1. From the *Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi, India; †Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India; and ‡ Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, South Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: : Inhalant abuse is a growing concern in India among street children. AIM: : To describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 9 street children and adolescents with typewriter correction fluid abuse. METHOD: : Nine street children who presented to the psychiatry department of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi for treatment of inhalant abuse were interviewed. FINDINGS: : The inhalant abusers were boys of 10 to 17 years, school dropouts who had run away from villages of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In two-third of children there was domestic violence and conflict in their family, along with physical abuse by family members; in one-third it was due to alcoholic fathers. They used to "huff" typewriter correction fluid, and abused other substances as well. CONCLUSION: : There is a need to systematically study inhalant abuse in the street children in India.
BACKGROUND: : Inhalant abuse is a growing concern in India among street children. AIM: : To describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 9 street children and adolescents with typewriter correction fluid abuse. METHOD: : Nine street children who presented to the psychiatry department of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi for treatment of inhalant abuse were interviewed. FINDINGS: : The inhalant abusers were boys of 10 to 17 years, school dropouts who had run away from villages of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In two-third of children there was domestic violence and conflict in their family, along with physical abuse by family members; in one-third it was due to alcoholic fathers. They used to "huff" typewriter correction fluid, and abused other substances as well. CONCLUSION: : There is a need to systematically study inhalant abuse in the street children in India.
Authors: Anne-Marie Laslett; Oliver Stanesby; Kathryn Graham; Sarah Callinan; Katherine J Karriker-Jaffe; Sharon Wilsnack; Sandra Kuntsche; Orratai Waleewong; Thomas K Greenfield; Gerhard Gmel; Ramon Florenzano; Siri Hettige; Latsamy Siengsounthone; Ingrid M Wilson; Angela Taft; Robin Room Journal: Addict Res Theory Date: 2019-12-27