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An Evaluation of the Changing Trends in Substance Use Behavior Among Patients in the Tertiary Care Setting After the Implementation of Liquor Prohibition in Bihar, India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Sambhu Prasad, Anant Verma, Santosh Kumar, Sweta Gupta, Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler

Background and objective Substance use disorders pose significant global public health challenges, with India being no exception. Bihar, one of India's most populous states, implemented alcohol prohibition in April 2016 to address the adverse effects of alcohol abuse. However, the impact of this policy on overall substance use behavior among patients in healthcare settings remains to be explored. This cross-sectio…

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Assessment of machine learning algorithms in national data to classify the risk of self-harm among young adults in hospital: a retrospective study

Anmol Arora, Louis Bojko, Santosh Kumar, Joseph Lillington, Sukhmeet Panesar, Bruno Petrungaro

BackgroundSelf-harm is one of the most common presentations at accident and emergency departments in the UK and is a strong predictor of suicide risk. The UK Government has prioritised identifying risk factors and developing preventative strategies for self-harm. Machine learning offers a potential method to identify complex patterns with predictive value for the risk of self-harm. MethodsNational data in the UK M…

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