Social pressures and reactions of adolescent drug users in an outpatient clinic

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ID15692764
AuthorsAna Luiza Portela Bittencourt (0000-0002-2333-720X, Instituto Federal Sul-rio-grandense, corresponding author), Lucas França Garcia (0000-0002-5815-6150, Centro Universitário Cesumar), José R Goldim (0000-0003-2127-6594, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Year2020
Volume28
Issue2
Pages297-306
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Bioética (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1983-8034 • E-ISSN: 1983-8042
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1983-80422020282392
OpenAlexW3037340477
SCIELO_PIDS1983-80422020000200297
LanguageEN
References cited38

Coercive measures and social pressures may affect patients and the treatment for substance abuse disorder. This study analyzes the reactions of adolescents who use psychoactive substances to potentially coercive situations and its effects during treatment. The collected data were analyzed with mixed methods. Results show the prevalence of informal social pressures (48.1%). We classified patients’ reactions as acceptance (17.5%), resistance (31.6%), and lack of motivation (14%). Resistance and lack of motivation can affect the treatment and patients’ autonomy. The use of mixed methods was essential to analyze the medical records regarding senses and meanings and allowed us to quantify and compare the findings with the literature and the qualitative data

Affect (linguistics · Autonomy · Drug · Drug reaction · Medical record · Outpatient clinic · Political science · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Resistance (ecology · Social influence · Sociology · Substance abuse · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Youth, Drugs, and Violence · Internal Medicine · Surgery

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