Prescription Drug Misuse: Taking a Lifespan Perspective [PDF]
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2020 Prescription drug misuse (PDM), or medication use without a prescription or in ways not intended by the prescriber, is a notable public health concern, especially in the United States. Accumulating research has characterized PDM prevalence and processes,
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Prescription Drug Misuse and Gender
Substance Use and Misuse, 2014 In recent years, prescription drug misuse has become a serious public health issue. A number of studies in this area have identified females to be at an increased risk for prescription drug misuse during adolescence.
Jason A Ford, Amy Reckdenwald
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Personality to Prescription Drug Misuse in Adolescents: Testing Affect Regulation, Psychological Dysregulation, and Deviance Proneness Pathways [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Fifteen to 25-year-olds are the age group most likely to misuse prescription drugs. Few studies have tested theory-driven models of adolescent risk for prescription drug misuse.
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Prescription Drug Misuse and Arrest History
Substance Use and Misuse, 2017 Background: Prescription drug misuse is widely acknowledged as a major public health issue in the United States. Surprisingly little research examines the association between prescription drug misuse and history of arrest among adults.
Jason A Ford
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“Where There Are Stars, There Is Also Darkness”: Young Icelandic Men’s Experience of Prescription Drug Misuse [PDF]
American Journal of Men's Health, 2022 Misuse of prescription drugs is a public health problem in many places around the world, including Iceland. It is considered most common among 18- to 25-year-olds, various risk factors and motives explain this trend.
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Impact of a Hybrid Prevention Program for High School Students on Prescription Drug Misuse Outcomes [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesPrescription drug misuse among youth is a significant public health problem that can lead to negative consequences, including addiction and overdose deaths.
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Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work and Prescription Drug Misuse-Prospective Evidence from Germany. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Sattler S, von dem Knesebeck O. Effort–Reward Imbalance at Work and Prescription Drug Misuse - Prospective Evidence from Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Sattler S, von dem Knesebeck O.
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Workplace access, burnout, and prescription drug misuse among Korean hospital nurses: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Prescription drug misuse has been identified as a global issue of concern. Nurses’ prescription drug misuse is linked to personal health problems and impaired nursing care.
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Prescription Drug Misuse: A Test Of Three Competing Criminological Theories
Journal of Drug Issues, 2012 Shifting drug use patterns away from traditional illicit drugs (i.e., heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines) and toward prescription drug misuse among adolescents necessitates a renewed theoretical emphasis in adolescent drug use research.
Ford, Jason A., Schroeder, Ryan D.
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College-based social and situational predictors of real-time prescription drug misuse in daily life. [PDF]
Drug Alcohol Depend, 2021 Background: This study examined social and situational context predictors of prescription drug misuse among college-students at a large public university in the Midwest.
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