Arvind Sharma
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital
19 Papers
30 Citations
Arvind Sharma is an academic researcher from Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 17 publications.
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Papers
Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity in Females amongst Infertile Couples- A Hospital Based Report.
TL;DR: Psychiatric morbidity was higher among female partners than male partners and the difference was statistically significant and the situation needs further workup.
Epidemiology of substance use and dependence in the state of Punjab, India: Results of a household survey on a statewide representative sample.
Ajit Avasthi,Debasish Basu,BN Subodh,Pramod K. Gupta,Balwant S Sidhu,P.D. Gargi,Arvind Sharma,Abhishek Ghosh,Poonam Rani +8 more
TL;DR: Though alcohol and tobacco are by far the major substances of use and dependence, the large number of opioid users also raises concern.
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Study of family burden in substance dependence: A tertiary care hospital-based study
TL;DR: It is concluded that substance dependence is associated with substantial burden for family members, more for subjective and objective burden in families with low income and with patients who are dependent on more number of substances and had taken treatment in the past.
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Epidemiology of dependence on illicit substances, with a special focus on opioid dependence, in the State of Punjab, India: Results from two different yet complementary survey methods.
Ajit Avasthi,Debasish Basu,BN Subodh,Pramod K. Gupta,B.L. Goyal,Balwant S Sidhu,P.D. Gargi,Arvind Sharma,Abhishek Ghosh +8 more
TL;DR: There is a substantive problem of opioid dependence in this difficult-to-reach population of Punjab, with low treatment access, and misuse of prescription opioids along with IDU also raises concern.
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