منابع مشابه
Management of drug misuse in pregnancy
Use of both licit and illicit drugs can lead to a range of medical, psychiatric and social problems, and the situation becomes further complicated if the user is pregnant. Prescribed and non-prescribed substances can affect a pregnancy, and substances are seldom used in isolation. In this review we focus on users of illicit drugs (including prescribed drugs used illicitly) during pregnancy and ...
متن کاملSubstance 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...
متن کاملDrug 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 ...
متن کاملSubstance 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 ...
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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.2.182-a