Forensic Aspects of Substance Use in Older Adults

Older adults are at high risk of developing more severe consequences of substance use. Due to aging, they may also have multiple medical and psychiatric comorbidities as well as cognitive impairment. This may lead to forensic issues both in terms of civil and criminal matters. This article will revi...

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Autores principales: Ghadigaonkar, Deepak Shantaram, Kandasamy, Arun, Sivakumar, Palanimuthu Thangaraju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34732965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02537176211047957
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description Older adults are at high risk of developing more severe consequences of substance use. Due to aging, they may also have multiple medical and psychiatric comorbidities as well as cognitive impairment. This may lead to forensic issues both in terms of civil and criminal matters. This article will review the forensic issues of substance use and their relevance to the older population in particular.
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spelling pubmed-85436132021-11-02 Forensic Aspects of Substance Use in Older Adults Ghadigaonkar, Deepak Shantaram Kandasamy, Arun Sivakumar, Palanimuthu Thangaraju Indian J Psychol Med Review Articles Older adults are at high risk of developing more severe consequences of substance use. Due to aging, they may also have multiple medical and psychiatric comorbidities as well as cognitive impairment. This may lead to forensic issues both in terms of civil and criminal matters. This article will review the forensic issues of substance use and their relevance to the older population in particular. SAGE Publications 2021-10-08 2021-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8543613/ /pubmed/34732965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02537176211047957 Text en © 2021 Indian Psychiatric Society - South Zonal Branch https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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