International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372

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Mounica Bollu Author

Subjects of specialization
Alcoholic patients; Craving; Obsessive compulsive drinking scale; Alcoholism severity

Affiliation
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Biography

Mounica Bollu belongs to Department of Pharmacy Practice, and her areas of interest are Craving; Obsessive compulsive drinking scale; Alcoholism severity and hwr one of the puiblication is A Study to Assess the Suicidal Behaviour among the Psychiatric Patients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Guntur


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The Study of Use of Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale, for Craving in Alcohol-dependent Patients: Relationship to Alcoholism Severity

Author(s):

Neeli Uma Jyothi, Shaik Faizanali, Mounica Bollu

Background: Many clinicians and researchers believe that “craving” an abusable substance is a central phenomenon related to addiction. Craving for alcohol appears to be intimately related to the loss of control over consumption and to compulsive alcohol use.

Aim: To compare the scores of obsessive compulsive drinking scale with visual analogue scale, severity of alcohol dependence questionnaire and addiction severity index.

Materials and methods: Literate patients who met DCR-ICD-10 criteria for alcohol... view moreĀ»

DOI: 10.4172/2471-4372.1000105

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