Substance Use Disorder: Current Trends, Treatment Challenges and Public Health Strategies – An Indian Public Health Perspective

Abstract

Narrative view about SUDs allows individuals to correlate their personal experiences into a coherent story through which they have been through it in some or another way. This disorder generally appears to be associated with a disturbed sense of self, reflected in problematic and disorganized self-narratives.

In era of growing researcher, it has been highlighted how narrative approaches can make a dual contribution to the understanding of addiction: on the one hand, by revealing crucial aspects of self-structure, and by supporting the idea that addiction is a disorder related to unintegrated self-states resulting in sense of ‘loss of self’ are maladaptive strategies for coping with distress.

Through different researches and developments, it has been observed that substance use disorder (SUD) is a treatable medical condition involving the uncontrolled use of substances like alcohol, prescribed medicines, or illegal drugs, despite harmful consequences. It changes brain functions and behavior, and doctors diagnose it on a scale from mild to severe.  

Causes Social problems, Failing work, home duties etc. because of drug or alcohol use. Physical changes may involve Developing tolerance (needing more substance for the same effect) or withdrawal (sick feelings when stopping).

In this article we'll go through aspects including Socio-economic state, data sets, effects, certain examples, historical evidences as well as data points pertaining to Indian & Global consumption as well as specific few Indian border area statuses.

This narrative brings out certain highly important aspects like conceptual, methodological and clinical implications encouraging further investigation of narrative dimension in addiction and find more ways to handle SUD related issues.