Caregiver induced Alcohol Dependence in a young child with ADHD – a case report.

ABSTRACT

A four and a half year old young boy with ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) was brought bysocial worker as a case of child abuse, as he was being sedated by his infirm grandfather, using alcohol, tocontrol hyperactivity. The child underwent deaddiction, treated for hyperactivity and enrolled into variousactivities. Grandfather was also extended therapeutic services. Caregiver was changed and case wasmonitored by social worker. Family was extensively given psycho education, especially regarding childabuse. Discussion of this unusual case is chiefly on ADHD, caregiver burnout, substance abuse and of coursechild abuse – its current state of under-recognition in India, detection and management.