Internalized stigma and its correlates among treatment seeking opium users in India: A cross-sectional observational study

被引:7
作者
Gupta, Prashant
Panda, Udit
Parmar, Arpit
Bhad, Roshan
机构
[1] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Psychiat, New Delhi, India
[2] All India Inst Med Sci, NDDTC, New Delhi, India
关键词
Addiction; Afim; Doda; Internalized stigma; India; Opium; Poppy husk; Socio-cultural sanction; Stigma; SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; MENTAL-ILLNESS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ajp.2018.12.004
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Opium has been used in India since ancient times for social, recreational, religious and medicinal purposes. Opium users seem to constitute a distinct sub-population among opioid users, who have minimal complications, better functioning and socio-cultural acceptance. Prominent levels of stigma have been reported against people who use opioid drugs, but the same cannot be extrapolated to opium users. There is a vast number of opium users in India, and it is prudent to understand the stigma faced by them to better address their problems. Hence, in the current study we aimed to assess the internalized stigma and its correlates among opium users who seek treatment at a tertiary care drug treatment centre in North India. 117 adult male participants having opioid dependence (opium being the most common opioid in last 3 months) were assessed using Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale - Hindi version. The stigma scores were in the mild to moderate range, which was less than that found in previous studies among heroin and alcohol users in similar setting. Moreover, higher stigma scores were associated with lower educational status and higher proportions of income spent on substances. This is the first study to document stigma among opium users. Further research needs to be conducted to understand the determinants of stigma in this population.
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