An adolescent with a different substance abuse: case report.
From the beginning of history, it is a well known fact that some people admire to substances making them tipsy and stories about them were told and heard in everywhere and in every time. As shown in several studies, psychiatric disorders related to substance abuse especially in adolescents are becoming more prevalent in all countries including Turkey every year and this is another well-known reality of our time. There are many known psychoactive substances affecting the mental well being of young people and disturbing their social adaptation skills. Inhalants are the preferred psychoactive substances between the young people because of the factors making their abuse become widespread such as cheapness, ease of availability and frequent use in daily life. Here we report an adolescent with a different substance abuse.
Hocaoglu
Cicek
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Department of Psychiatry, Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey,.chocaoglu@veezy.com
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003902:Detergents; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010476:Perfume; D011208:Powders; D011613:Psychotherapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014421:Turkey
D003902:Detergents; D010476:Perfume; D011208:Powders