… Also health care professionals should not abuse or misuse medication. Awareness … groups
as nowadays medication misuse and abuse may start at an early ages. Medications are safe …

… Prescription drug abuse and misuse It has been previously stated that misuse and abuse
of … areas, it is a little more difficult to notice substance and drug abuse in these people. …

… Approximately 40% of BZD abusers report a comorbid psychiatric disorder, highlighting the
… psychiatric disorder as well as the BZD abuse. Individuals with a history of alcohol abuse or …

… stimulants are also misused recreationally. Conversely, the data suggest a lack of abuse
potential and lack of actual medication misuse for the nonstimulant medications. Although they …

… abuse, but patients with a history of a substance use disorder (SUD) or psychiatric
comorbidity are at higher risk of abusing these medications [14]. The “high” from sedative …

… , psychiatrists and other mental health professionals should be aware that anticholinergic
medications … make them potential substances formisuse and abuse. Although anti cholinergic …

… of drug use, misuse, abuse, and dependence in … abuse or dependence (DSM-III-R) was
diagnosed in 12%. A total of 9.6% of the patients met the DSM-III-R criteria for substance abuse …

… and psychiatric illness in the … misuse or abuse of medications. In the NESARC sample,
among those with a lifetime major depressive disorder, 40.3% had an alcohol use disorder (abuse …

… Misuse of psychoactive medications and use of illicit drugs also cause problems among
older people, but to a lesser extent. All of these substances have particular effects on older …

… medications may also be misused or abused by inmates. For the purpose of this chapter,
the word “abuse” is used to describe the taking of medication for reasons unintended by the …