A 16-Year-old Boy with Combined Volatile and Alcohol Dependence:
A Case Report
Published: August 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6271
Soumya Sachdeva, Raghu Gandhi, Pankaj Verma, Arshdeep Kaur, Rohit Kapoor
1. Graduate, Department of Psychiatry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
2. Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital New Delhi, India.
4. Graduate, Department of Psychiatry, SSR Medical College, Mauritius.
5. Resident, Department of Pediatrics, St John Providence Children’s Hospital Detroit, Michigan United States.
Correspondence
Dr. Soumya Sachdeva,
108, Model Town, 8 Marla Gurgaon Haryana -122001, India.
E-mail : soumyasachd@gmail.com
Substance abuse has been defined as the use of chemical substances for non medical purposes in order to achieve alterations in psychological functioning. The substances commonly abused in India include nicotine, alcohol, cannabis and opioids. However, the use of solvents and propellants is also on the rise as these are inexpensive, legally available household, industrial, office and automobile products; which are more commonly available to children and adolescents. We hereby describe a 16-year-old boy with combined volatile and alcohol abuse; who presented with increasing ataxia, visual and hearing disturbances.
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