Publications by authors named "Apinderjit Kaur"
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- - The study aimed to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and tolerability of Naltrexone in treating alcohol use disorder in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis.
- - After 4 weeks of treatment, there were notable reductions in liver enzyme levels, self-reported craving, AUDIT scores, and the number of drinking days, indicating potential benefits.
- - The findings suggest that Naltrexone is safe and effective for managing alcohol use disorder in patients with liver complications, supporting its clinical use in these cases.
Background: Recovery capital helps in the assessment of the personal strengths and challenges that exist in an individual with substance use which may have an impact on recovery process. This study aims at finding out the factors which help such individuals to sustain their recovery and how these factors differ across the two groups of people suffering from Alcohol Dependence Syndrome and Opioid Dependence Syndrome.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational was designed where sociodemographic and clinical variables, the recovery capital ARC (Assessment of Recovery Capital) Scale and Severity of substance use SDS (Severity of Dependence) Scale of patients diagnosed with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS group) and those with Opioid Dependence Syndrome (ODS group) were assessed among patients not reporting withdrawal symptoms.
• Causes and effects of psychological burden around COVID-19 pandemic. • Role of mental health professionals in various phases of pandemic progression. • Goals and objectives to utilize resources to battle with mental health aspects of COVID-19.
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