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.
Adolescents who abuse drugs start smoking and drinking alcohol. They then progress into using marijuana and other inhalants. If not monitored and reversed, as they grow into adulthood, they get connections with drug dealers in the society who sell them dangerous drugs such as heroin and cocaine. These drugs affect school and relationships especially family relationships.
Poor performance at school and breaking school rules are first results and signs of substance use by teens. Some proceed to missing schools and classes and then to dropping out. Some are at risk of acquiring disease such as HIV AIDS through sharing needles for injecting drugs. Others who engage in sexual immorality end up getting infected with sexually transmitted infections and diseases.
Others whose life becomes difficult, are mentally ill with severe depression, apathy, withdrawal problems, all of which put them at risks of committing suicide, murder trials, fights, and even injuring others. At home, peace is disturbed as they become aggressive even to their parents. They are constantly being arrested due to criminal activities, stealing, breaking into premises, and in the end, they end up in juvenile jails.
Causes of substances abuse among teens are insufficient parental supervision and monitoring, lack of communication and interaction between parents and kids, and family conflicts. Others include parental alcoholism and drug use, and lastly poorly communicated rules and expectations against drug use. In addition, youths may have psychological distress and peers who use substances, may lure them into drug users and addicts at a later stage.
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.
Adolescents who abuse drugs start smoking and drinking alcohol. They then progress into using marijuana and other inhalants. If not monitored and reversed, as they grow into adulthood, they get connections with drug dealers in the society who sell them dangerous drugs such as heroin and cocaine. These drugs affect school and relationships especially family relationships.
Poor performance at school and breaking school rules are first results and signs of substance use by teens. Some proceed to missing schools and classes and then to dropping out. Some are at risk of acquiring disease such as HIV AIDS through sharing needles for injecting drugs. Others who engage in sexual immorality end up getting infected with sexually transmitted infections and diseases.
Others whose life becomes difficult, are mentally ill with severe depression, apathy, withdrawal problems, all of which put them at risks of committing suicide, murder trials, fights, and even injuring others. At home, peace is disturbed as they become aggressive even to their parents. They are constantly being arrested due to criminal activities, stealing, breaking into premises, and in the end, they end up in juvenile jails.
Causes of substances abuse among teens are insufficient parental supervision and monitoring, lack of communication and interaction between parents and kids, and family conflicts. Others include parental alcoholism and drug use, and lastly poorly communicated rules and expectations against drug use. In addition, youths may have psychological distress and peers who use substances, may lure them into drug users and addicts at a later stage.
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.
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