Polysubstance abuse in adolescence: A case series

Substance use and abuse in adolescents is a major public health concern in India where a high proportion of the population are in this age group. The most common substances used by adolescents are tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana, but include a wider range of substances. Two patients with polysubstan...

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Autores principales: Surati, Love, Arya, Aakanksha, Nehra, Vedansh, Chaudhari, Bhushan, Saldanha, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34908695
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328867
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author Surati, Love
Arya, Aakanksha
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Chaudhari, Bhushan
Saldanha, Daniel
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description Substance use and abuse in adolescents is a major public health concern in India where a high proportion of the population are in this age group. The most common substances used by adolescents are tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana, but include a wider range of substances. Two patients with polysubstance abuse are presented. After initial detoxification, both were started with dialectical behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy along with family therapy; both have been on regular follow-up and currently maintaining well.
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spelling pubmed-86115432021-12-13 Polysubstance abuse in adolescence: A case series Surati, Love Arya, Aakanksha Nehra, Vedansh Chaudhari, Bhushan Saldanha, Daniel Ind Psychiatry J Case Series Substance use and abuse in adolescents is a major public health concern in India where a high proportion of the population are in this age group. The most common substances used by adolescents are tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana, but include a wider range of substances. Two patients with polysubstance abuse are presented. After initial detoxification, both were started with dialectical behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy along with family therapy; both have been on regular follow-up and currently maintaining well. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-10 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8611543/ /pubmed/34908695 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328867 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Industrial Psychiatry Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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