Question

1- Describe some of the most common used drugs among teenagers and their possible dangerous effects.

2- What are risk factors for Child abuse and how can they be prevented?

3- Why is the elderly population more at risk for substance abuse? How can the nurse prevent or identify patients at risk?

4- What is trauma/shaken baby syndrome ?

5- What are the different types of elderly abuse, provide example.

Answer 1

1, Illegal drugs mostly used by teenagers are marijuana, stimulants, analgesics, cocaine,
inhalants, crystal meth, and hallucinogens. these drugs make possible side effects of changes in behavior and mood, substance use disorder, it interfere brain development, the problem with memory, lower the learning
opportunity, involve them in unhealthy habits and prevent perceptual abilities and other psychiatric illness. they will be at risk to physical health and growth.it makes them involved in criminal activity, accidents, STDs, broken the relationship of family and friends.
2, child abuse includes sexual, physical, emotional, and medical abuse. a child can exhibit many symptoms regarding the abuse. most risk factors of child abuse are negligence, stress, physical and mental illness, domestic violence, financial stress, poor child development, poor parental skills, and drug abuse. it can be prevented by showing the child love and affection, avoiding anger, making supervision, keeping the child away from strangers, make trusted relationship, support the child and remove the child frustration, never leave the child unattended, listen to them and believe them, watch the child behavior and attitude.
3, social isolation, chronic diseases, physical disabilities, loss of love, finical stress, medication follow-up, and health status changes make them use alcohol and drug abuse.it can be prevented through behavior therapy and medications that treat the substance use disorder among older adults. understand the substance-specific risk that helps the practitioner to recognize the chance of drug abuse. cognitive behavioral approach, individual conselling, medicine managment, family therapy, community service and group based intervetion help to chnage the charecter.
4, shaken baby syndrome is a serious brain injury due to violence and forceful injury that make the baby brain injurry.it happen due to anger or frustration,it cause serious fatal brain injury.it cause subdural hematoma, hemarroage, truma,breaking and nerve cells, damaging brain cells, etc.