Substance abuse among youths has really increased and become a bother for most parents. Many parents are trying hard to fight off this problem while others have given up with their adolescents who have refused to change. Drug abuse occurs at early teenage life especially in schools due to peer pressures. If you evaluate the negative results of these kinds of behaviors, you will see the necessity of adolescent substance abuse evaluation of the affected youths.
As a parent, it is overwhelming to deal with teenagers who often see you as a bother especially due to the changes occurring in their body. Boys are becoming masculine, growing taller, and growing beards, which makes them feel so mature to follow instructions. Hormonal changes in both girls and boys make them want to discover new things.
The teens become disobedient, fall into arguments and even to the extreme of fighting their parents. Performance at school is affected, and their friendship relationships change too. An adolescent will fall into peer pressure at school in the competition to fit into the senior dominating groups of students. If they happen to fall into negative peer pressure groups, they may be lured into bad habits such as, drugs use, early sexual relationships, fights, bullying, and criminal activities.
Adolescent drug abusers start with alcoholism and tobacco smoking. If no action is taken early, they progress into illegal cannabis smoking and other sniffing drugs. They may get involved with traffickers and start using other illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine. This drug abuse develops over time and results into catastrophic results.
In the first instances, failing exams and poor concentration at school are common. Some involve themselves in breaking school rules and are suspended. Others become absentees and later drop out of school. Those who do not get help try out more bad things such as early sexual involvement putting them at risks of acquiring diseases such as HIV AIDS. Others suffer brain damage due to cannabis and cocaine use.
Mental health problems like depression, withdrawal dysfunctions, apathy, and psychosocial problems are other effects. They also face stigmatization and alienation by their peers. The family is also affected. Fights, quarrels, swearing, threats can jeopardize aspects of family life and affect parents and other siblings who become stressed. The youths steal money to purchase drugs where they can be arrested.
Bad influence is the major cause of teenagers attempting drugs use. However, there are many other reasons, which cause the bad behavior such as lack of supervision and monitoring by parents. Besides, parents who have bad habits of smoking and taking alcohol when around their children may encourage this behavior. Also by parents not creating time to interact with their children leads to teens piling up problems, and with time they venture into drug abuse viewing it as the only solution.
Medical evaluation can be of great help especially if done early. It entails test by licensed medical professionals such as psychologists, psychiatrists, and physicians. They conduct different tests and interviews on the affected teens then create a summary of the findings and come up with the best therapy possible. Therapy may be in form of drugs, counselling or even rehabilitation.
As a parent, it is overwhelming to deal with teenagers who often see you as a bother especially due to the changes occurring in their body. Boys are becoming masculine, growing taller, and growing beards, which makes them feel so mature to follow instructions. Hormonal changes in both girls and boys make them want to discover new things.
The teens become disobedient, fall into arguments and even to the extreme of fighting their parents. Performance at school is affected, and their friendship relationships change too. An adolescent will fall into peer pressure at school in the competition to fit into the senior dominating groups of students. If they happen to fall into negative peer pressure groups, they may be lured into bad habits such as, drugs use, early sexual relationships, fights, bullying, and criminal activities.
Adolescent drug abusers start with alcoholism and tobacco smoking. If no action is taken early, they progress into illegal cannabis smoking and other sniffing drugs. They may get involved with traffickers and start using other illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine. This drug abuse develops over time and results into catastrophic results.
In the first instances, failing exams and poor concentration at school are common. Some involve themselves in breaking school rules and are suspended. Others become absentees and later drop out of school. Those who do not get help try out more bad things such as early sexual involvement putting them at risks of acquiring diseases such as HIV AIDS. Others suffer brain damage due to cannabis and cocaine use.
Mental health problems like depression, withdrawal dysfunctions, apathy, and psychosocial problems are other effects. They also face stigmatization and alienation by their peers. The family is also affected. Fights, quarrels, swearing, threats can jeopardize aspects of family life and affect parents and other siblings who become stressed. The youths steal money to purchase drugs where they can be arrested.
Bad influence is the major cause of teenagers attempting drugs use. However, there are many other reasons, which cause the bad behavior such as lack of supervision and monitoring by parents. Besides, parents who have bad habits of smoking and taking alcohol when around their children may encourage this behavior. Also by parents not creating time to interact with their children leads to teens piling up problems, and with time they venture into drug abuse viewing it as the only solution.
Medical evaluation can be of great help especially if done early. It entails test by licensed medical professionals such as psychologists, psychiatrists, and physicians. They conduct different tests and interviews on the affected teens then create a summary of the findings and come up with the best therapy possible. Therapy may be in form of drugs, counselling or even rehabilitation.
