In addition, misuse and abuse of prescription drugs is a serious problem in older adults. It is challenging to detect substance and drug abuse in older patients because it may have fewer consequences in social, legal, and occupational fields. However, there is not enough information about the ...
Imagine you discussing the misuse of powerful prescription medications (处方药). If you mention in passing two celebrities (e.g. "Think Heath Ledger, and Michael Jackson. Both died from misuse of prescription drugs."), which kind of supporting materials are you using? A. Brief examples B. ...
摘要: The misuse of prescription stimulants is popular among college students.Little research has characterized the effect of sports participation on MPS.Varsity athletes were less likely to report MPS.Motivations for misuse differed slightly between varsity athletes and non-athletes.关键词:...
Although treatment admissions involving use of alcohol have slightly decreased, rates involving misuse of prescription medications and illicit drugs have increased... YP Wang,LH Andrade - 《Curr Opin Psychiatry》 被引量: 35发表: 2013年 Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Misuse Among Older...
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1.1 The scope of chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse Misuse of prescription opioid analgesics is an emerging public health concern that confers significant risks for overdose, unsafe drug interactions, and the full panoply of adverse social, legal, and adaptive consequences associated with depend...
"Students attending schools with the highest rates of stimulant therapy for ADHD had 36% increased odds of non-medical prescription stimulant use compared with students attending schools with the lowest rates," the study noted. Misuse can be defined as the medication being taken in a way other ...
Three patients (8.3%) stated they would physically harm themselves in an attempt to obtain prescription medications. CONCLUSIONS: It may be noted that patients seeking prescription medications tend to utilize more than one physician and more than one pharmacy. On the basis of survey results, it ...
Such efforts focus on non-medical use of abusable prescription medications to the exclusion of medical use of medications by individuals without a prescription. This study examined such non-recreational, medical use and compared it to non-medical abuse. Method. Intercept interviews were conducted ...
This cross-sectional study estimates the prevalence of suicidal behaviors and prescription opioid misuse among veterans and identifies associations between suicidal behaviors and misuse of prescription opioids using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The findings show that approximately ...