The Negative Impact Of Substance Abuse On Adolescents

Annotated Bibliography Thesis: In the American society today, many families today and individuals are affected by the constant abuse of drugs and alcohol. Both alcohol and drug abuse victimize children and teens of all ages, ruin lives and damage families. Crimando, William, and T. F. Riggar.

In 2009, more than eight million children in the United States resided in households where their primary caregiver was dependent on substance use (HHS, 2009). Substance Use disorder (SA) is defined as exhibiting one or more of the four criteria while consuming alcohol or illicit drugs: failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home, situations in which it is physically hazardous, situations persistent substance-related legal problems, social or interpersonal problems caused by or exacerbated by the effects of the substance (American Psychiatric Association, 2005). One out of four children affected by SA will develop psychological, physical, and social health complications, and a tenth

Along with illegal behavior often a substance abuser will find themselves as homeless, spending their paychecks on their habits of using substances (Tracy, 2005). Children of abusers are affected by both possessing negative role models that set the example that drug use is not wrong and sometimes the children are placed into the care of the community because of neglect and abuse by the substance user (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health [CDC], 2009). Other medical, social, and economic issues also are being experienced from substance abuse and use.

Growing up with substance abuse parents can potentially put the children at risk for developmental deficiencies. Parents who are substance dependent are oftentimes focus on themselves over their children, and this leads to neglecting the children. Without the attachment with the parents, children are lack of security and trust to explore the outside world. According to Erik Erikson, children develop at different stage. Infants are totally dependent on their parents. If parents provide the good care and support to the children, they will develop the basic trust to their parents and the world, otherwise, they will feel insecure and develop mistrust instead. This mistrust may cause problems later in life. As children begin to grow and navigate the challenges of adolescence, parental substance abuse has a direct impact on their well-being, as well as their behavior. Teenagers are eager to seek their identities. Yet, growing up with mistrust, inferiority, and shame

substance it can lead to impairment or distress in many different ways such as, “recurrent substance use resulting in a failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home, recurrent substance use in situations in which it is physically hazardous, recurrent substance-related legal problems, continued substance use despite having persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal problems caused or exacerbated by the effects of the substance” (Susic, 2007). According to the Foster Care Club, there are precisely 415,129 children who are in the foster care system. Since there are so many children in the system, it is hard to diagnose every child who is abusing substances. When a foster parent brings a child into their home, it is hard to tell that they are abusing substances because the family may think they are just trying to adapt to their new environment. The family might also think that the child is acting out because they do not want to be in the system and just want to be with their actual parents.

Drug addiction is a serious issue in not only America today, but globally. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, substance addiction is a “chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite the harmful consequences” (“What is drug addiction?”). Drug abuse affects not only the user, but those around the user as well. The actions of a drug user place a significant amount of worry on the people that are closest to them such as friends and family. Children with parents who are addicted to drugs or alcohol can be severely affected by the actions of their parents which can cause them much harm in terms of biological and

The adolescent phase of life is a vital time of developmental sensitivity. Due to such vulnerability at this stage, substance use amongst this demographic has been linked to detrimental short-term and long-term mental health outcomes. In this essay, the mentioned articles generally refer to substance use as smoking tobacco, alcohol consumption and any other illegal drug use including stimulants, hallucinogens, opioids, etc. Evidence-based research has reinforced the correlation of substance use among adolescents and the behavioral, social, and educational consequences associated with this use (Springer et al. 2004). These negative outcomes are acknowledged as a threat to public health. McGorry and Purcell (2009) indicate that social networks

Substance abuse is one of the major challenges facing the world today. It has been a major concern because much of those abusing the drugs are students in learning institutions and this may have an influence on their academic performance or life changing events in their life. In this article, I discussed how substance abuse can affect a teen in many ways. Not only at school, but also their home life and friendships. A teenager can be affected by peer pressure when encountering substance abuse. Along with large degrees of substance abuse, small degrees also can have a great impact on your life in negative ways. A person who is struggling with substance abuse is always thinking about “when to take drugs” and “how to buy drugs.” Their mind is

The purpose of this brief overview is to outline the different effects of drugs and alcohol on youths and their families. Addictions have become a problem for many households. Many parents don’t realize that the youth has an addiction problem until the problem has gotten out of control and to the point that family is in a crisis. Parents may feel as if it's their fault and the addition has torn the family apart. In the study, it reviews how parents seek to understand and gain experience on how to cope with substance abuse issues emerging with their adolescence.

Children and adolescents involved in families where alcohol and/or drug use are pronounced in the household are now viewed as being at-risk for developing drug dependency themselves, which clearly puts this issue in a whole different light despite the fact that drug dependency alone is already an epidemic in its own. Moreover, those children and adolescents growing up in a household where they’re surrounded by drugs and alcohol are unlikely to be receiving adequate care for their learning and developing needs, as the parent–or parents–are unable to sufficiently carry out the role of a parent. Consequently, they tend to grow up in an unstable and volatile environment where they have to learn to fend for themselves, all awhile witnessing the devastating effects that drugs implement on their parents; most of which they’re

Family influence is another important factor to consider when looking at adolescent substance abuse. Parenting practices should be carefully constructed and conflict should be avoided at all costs. Harsh disciplinary action can lead to retaliation and further encourage adolescents to abuse various substances. On the contrary, poor parental monitoring and a lack of family bonding can lead to the adolescent looking for an escape, which in this case, would be substance abuse (1). As nurses, it’s important that we intervene before the adolescent becomes dependent on any selected substance. “Appropriate, early intervention may restore the normal course of an abnormal trajectory and reduce the likelihood of developing a substance use disorder (SUD) later in life” (2). Teaching adolescents about the negative effects of substance abuse can prevent initiation, dependency, and literally save their life. In this paper, I’ll develop a teaching plan for adolescents to discourage substance abuse. I’ll begin by further identifying the target population and the prevalence of the issue. I’ll then use the nursing process (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation) to formulate this plan for the target audience, relying heavily on effective teaching styles for the chosen age group.

According to the Center for Disease Control substance abuse is on the rise from 12 years of age and older (CDC). We must consider the children of these households that are affected. Through social programs and through our communities we are able to monitor and help these children who by no fault of their own abused and neglected. With the correct form of love and guidance in life, these children will be able to live normal, productive lives in

The early adolescence stage is an important developmental period where adolescence take part in risk behavioral activities such as substance use. Research supports the hypothesis that alcohol and substance use serve to reduce negative effects (Thomas, 1986). According to Galea et al., (2005), “psychological stress associated with living in urban areas with high income disparity may be associated with greater inter-individual tension and likelihood of inner-personal violence; both may be associated with increased substance use and misuse through stress processes” (p. 130). Stressful life experiences leads adolescents experiencing higher levels of negative effects to become more prone in participating with substance use. Such consideration leads to

By completing this paper and actually doing fieldwork on this research, I hope it will broaden my understanding of drug users, its effects on the body and society and why it is in such high demand.

It is legal in the United States to consume alcohol once a person reaches twenty-one years of age. However, that does not necessarily mean that a person doesn’t drink at all before it is legal for them. In fact, alcohol is the most commonly abused substance by adolescents (Mason and Spoth 2012; Schwinn and Schinke 2014), and use has been on the rise in the past decades. Alcohol use has been shown to increase with age, typically with it peaking during late adolescents (Poulin and Denault 2012). It begins with early onset, usually before age thirteen. This can develop into problem drinking and eventually alcohol abuse as early as age twenty-one (Mason and Spoth 2012).