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| author | Vaishali Purushottam Patil |
| title | A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Prescription Drug Abuse |
| abstract | The aim of this research paper is to understand the problem of prescription drug abuse. Though we humans try to seek solutions
to all our health problems through a lab-based process, there are many affections which have answers in our societal trends and culture. We seem to be vacillating
between the thought processes of deviance from social rules to germ-based causes as the sources of disease and back. This study was done to compare the relationship
between cultural values and norms and status of mental and physical health of an individual in Asia and America. My research shows that acts of defiance against set
societal values have invariably produced problems in the population. In this thesis, I have compiled the results of various studies that show how social cohesion and
cultural pride go a long way in preventing the youth from falling prey to vices. I have also conducted a survey where students from a pharmacy college in Pune, India
were asked to respond to a questionnaire to find about their ways of handling stress and dependence on drugs for relief. While different articles confirmed that many
health problems can be traced to the deviance from values and norms, further research is needed to better examine the minority cultures with a view to understanding
how these races have been able to control the problem which is so rampant in the whites today. I propose that the policy makers pay close attention to preventive
factors and try and incorporate them while tackling the problem of prescription drug abuse.
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| school | The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University |
| degree | M.M.H. (2016) |
| advisor | Dr Phillip Scibilia |
| full text | VPPatil.pdf |
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