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Drug misuse in adolescence.
Problems of adolescent drug misuse are increasingly common. A retrospective study was undertaken to compare the data from adolescents who attended the accident and emergency department of an urban children's hospital in 1981 and 1985. Epidemiological characteristics of both groups are detailed. The results are discussed and the feasibility of units specialising in the management of adolescents ...
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This study explored the extent to which nonprescription and prescription drugs misuse among adolescents/young adults are related to their perception that it is safer than illicit drugs, ease of access, and lower societal stigma. Adolescents/young adults (N = 465; M age = 18.57, SD = 0.86) completed an online survey about their nonprescription and prescription drug misuse, other substance use, a...
متن کاملPrescription drug misuse.
BACKGROUND Recognising and dealing with patients who seek drugs for nonmedical purposes can be a difficult problem in general practice. 'Prescription shoppers' and patients with chronic nonmalignant pain problems are the main people who constitute this small but problematic group. The main drugs they seek are benzodiazepines and opioids. OBJECTIVE To provide data on current trends in prescrip...
متن کاملUse and misuse of drugs and alcohol in adolescence.
Substancemisuse isoneof a groupof linkedbehaviours that has recently become more common among young people in westernised societies. This rise has paralleled increasing rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms and of deaths related to substance misuse. Substance use disorders are potentially treatable and should be managed as chronic, relapsing diseases of complex origin. This review examines t...
متن کاملProspective risk factors for alcohol misuse in late adolescence.
OBJECTIVE This longitudinal study investigated Grade-7 and Grade-10 risk factors for alcohol misuse at Grade 12. Alcohol misuse was conceptualized as problem-related drinking (e.g., missing school), high-risk drinking (e.g., drunk driving) and high consumption. METHOD Prospective analyses using two-part models predicted any alcohol misuse and the amount of misuse (given that some has occurred...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.4.1.17