Alcohol intoxication in teenagers using inhalant stupefacients.
The study was carried out 11 boys, 12-17 years old, treated in the Therapeutic-Educational Guidance Center for the Young because of using inhalant stupefacients and incliniation to alcohol abuse. The inhalant stupefacients were taken for a period of 6 months to three years, of alcohol--from 6 months to 2 years. The most common inhalant stupefacients were "Butapren" glue, trichlorethylene and "Roxy" fluid; wine and vodka were the alcohols used. No one patient displayed the full dependence syndrome, most of them (83%) had organic CNS damage, in 63% pathological EEG changes were recorded. The alcohol inebriation was accompanied by marked psychomotor excitation with cognitive disturbances, aggressiveness, anxiety, self-mutilation. One patient developed visual illusions and hallucinations. The findings suggest that the consequences of abuse of inhalant stupefacients significantly influence the syndrome of alcohol intoxication, potentiating the psychopathological signs.
Tomczak
J W
JW
Therapeutic-Educational Guidance Center for the Young, Health Care Center, Lódź, Poland.
Kocur
J
J
Sobotka
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000647:Amnesia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012997:Solvents; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
D012997:Solvents