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Drug abuse is when a person has a prolonged need to find substances and continuously use them regardless of any harm it will bring upon themselves. Eventually, abuse can cause the user distress or otherwise impair their ability to function normally in daily life. Substance abuse can often come ...
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substance use, such as stigma, social rejection, discrimination, harassment, HIV, issues specific to adolescents and young adults, internalized homophobia, and transphobia. Because the vast majority of research on substance abuse in the LGBT community is from North America, examples of social ...
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in adulthood and early parental absence, childhood exposure to parental substance abuse, childhood neglect, as well as physical, sexual, and emotional abuse... RJ Turner,DA Lloyd - 《Addiction》 被引量: 0发表: 2003年 Exploring ayahuasca‐assisted therapy for addiction: A qualitative analysis of ...
This article describes the disparate research findings regarding the effects of stimulant medication in subsequent substance abuse and dependence. A minimum of 4 to 5% of children in the United States will be diagnosed with ADHD; thus it is important for parents to be informed when making decisions...
The pathways to addiction can be difficult to understand, because substance abuse, as a result of the intense burst of pleasure it brings, rapidly rewires the circuitry of the brain to become highly efficient at drug wanting and seeking. At first glance, the fact that addiction shifts the way...
It is more accurate to think of risk factors for the development of substance abuse disorders, rather than direct causes. (There are also factors that protect individuals against addiction.) Biological factors Genes. Estimates vary but scientists find that genetic factors contribute about half the ...
Substance abuse and dependence are both characterized by maladaptive patterns of substance use that lead to clinically significant impairment or distress (DSM-IV, [20]). The criteria that must be met for abuse include substance use that leads to problems at work, physically hazardous situations, an...