Health Condition 1: F102- Alcohol dependence
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized Homoeopathic medicine with Counselling: The intervention group will utilize indicated homoeopathic medicine based on individualized symptom totality and each case is foll
Sponsors
Central council for research in Homoeopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a Patients of males between 18 to 60 years of age from various occupations, socio-economic conditions b Diagnosis as per DSM-V criteria for alcohol dependence c Patients willing to quit alcohol d Written Informed Consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a Patients requiring emergency treatment for life-threatening diseases. b Cases with other substance abuse and other co-morbid severe psychiatric illness as assessed by the consultant psychiatrist. c Cirrhosis of Liver d Patients not willing to sign the Consent Form
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is number of patients becoming complete reduction of craving (abstinence) at least 6 months during the course of treatment post randomization and reduction as per the PACS at the exit of 12 months.Timepoint: The primary outcome is number of patients becoming complete reduction of craving (abstinence) at least 6 months during the course of treatment post randomization and reduction as per the PACS at the exit of 12 months. every month outcome assessment will be done | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Frequency of drinking (2) Intervention compliance through changes in drinking risk level and craving (obsessive-compulsive drinking scale) (3) Type of precipitators for relapse Timepoint: 12 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr R Bhuvaneswari
National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health
Outcome results
None listed