7. Substance misuse

Substance misuse during pregnancy.

The use of illicit substances such as cocaine and heroin during pregnancy is common. and heroin during pregnancy is common. Anonymous screening of consecutive urine Anonymous screening of consecutive urine samples testing positive for pregnancy from samples testing positive for pregnancy from a UK inner-city clinic demonstrated that a UK inner-city clinic demonstrated that approximately 16% of ...

Substance Misuse in Pregnancy

Tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and cocaine are the most consumed psychoactive drugs throughout the population. Prenatal exposure to these drugs could alter normal foetal development and could threaten future welfare. The main changes observed in prenatal exposure to tobacco are caused by nicotine and carbon monoxide, which can impede nutrient and oxygen exchange between mother and foetus, restricti...

Substance misuse of gabapentin.

national, even international, financial crises. The introduction of a co-payment system would simply maximise inequity, burdening especially those who already pay as a proportion of their income, themost for their health care, often for the management of chronic conditions. Raising co-payments in proportion with people’s income (in three or more levels) could be a sensible choice, but there is ...

Substance misuse in adolescents

Harith Swadi is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University (PO Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; Fax: (9713) 672 995; e-mail: [email protected]) and a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist currently practising in the Middle East. Formerly, he was Senior Lecturer at the St Thomas’ Hospital Campus of the...

Parenting Capacity and Substance Misuse