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The Self-Medication Hypothesis
Title: The Self-Medication Hypothesis
Category: Social Sciences / Politics
Details: Words: 2401 | Pages: 10.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Self-Medication Hypothesis
Myth or Reality
Developing Professional Practice in Dual Diagnosis
Level 2
The aim of this piece of work is to appraise Khantzian's (1985) hypothesis relating to the relationship between substance misuse and mental illness. It is well reported that psychoactive substances generally have a negative effect on the central nervous system, changing mood and behaviour (Rassool, 2002b), often to an extent that behaviour is uncontrollable by the individual. However knowing this many individuals choose to use substances …showed first 75 words of 2401 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2401 total…T and McBride, A (eds.) Working with substance misusers 2nd ed Routledge: London
Rassool, G. (2002a) Substance misuse and mental health: an overview Nursing Standard vol 16(50) pp47-55
Rassool, G. (2002b) Dual Diagnosis: Substance misuse and Psychiatric Disorders Blackwell Science Ltd, London
Warner, R., Taylor, D., Wright, J., Sloat, A., Sprigett, G., Arnold, S., Weinberg, H. (1994) Substance misuse among the mentally ill: Prevalence, reasons for use, and effects on illness American Journal of Orthopsychiatry vol 63, pp30-39
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