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Problems Related to Substance and Alcohol Misuse

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This chapter focuses on health and mental problems related to substance and/or alcohol misuse. It highlights how substance use/misuse and so-called addictive disorders are health problems which can be seen in all genders, ages, races, and social-economic conditions. The chapter begins by reviewing the relevant data pertaining to etiological factors in substance and alcohol misuse problems. Following this, attention is paid to describing and understanding more about the most commonly encountered substances and their features. The chapter then proceeds to explore and discuss helpful and therapeutic psychiatric/mental health (P/MH) nursing responses to problems related to substance and alcohol misuse. Then the main themes of care and treatment are scrutinized. Particular attention is then paid to common elements of treatment responses such as abstinence-based approaches and programs, psychopharmacological responses, environmental-based programs, cognitive behavioral interventions, and motivational interviewing.

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    While the phrase “Chasing the Dragon” originally referred to inhaling the vapor from an opiate, the meaning has morphed somewhat from the original, opiate-specific reference, and in contemporary parlance, it is used more a generic metaphor for an addict’s constant pursuit of the feelings of their first high. The “dragon” being mythical represents a goal that can never be achieved, because it does not exist.

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  1. Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing Department, Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty, Istanbul University, 34452, İstanbul, Turkey

    Fatma Yasemin Kutlu

  2. Nursing Department, Health Science Faculty, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Gul Dikec

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Kutlu, F.Y., Dikec, G. (2018). Problems Related to Substance and Alcohol Misuse. In: Santos, J., Cutcliffe, J. (eds) European Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century. Principles of Specialty Nursing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31772-4_30

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