Abnormal Adolescence It has been said that adolescence is by far the most difficult stage of life to go through even under normal circumstances. Having psychological issues coupled with trying to find out who you are as a person makes life as an adolescent hard for some. Interpersonal issues such as poor body image, peer pressure, substance abuse or social issues like bullying can make even the most well rounded teen buckle under these types of pressures. In some cases, suicidal thought and suicide make it an extremely sensitive and dangerous time in the life of an adolescent. This particular topic interested me because my goal is to work with adolescents in a school or clinical setting.
There is promotion of prescription drug abuse among the youth figures in our society, due to the pressures to be successful in school. In nearly all cases prescription drug abuse affects school, work, and the everyday life of the user. Teens participating in “pharming” parties elevate the dangers of prescription drug use to a whole new level by combing drugs not meant to be used together. The availability of these prescription drugs is adding to the growing amount of abuse in society. If we don’t act soon on curbing the availability of
She avidly believes that the pressures at home from parents on their children to do outstanding in school is linked to the reasons kids turn to drugs to make them focus harder and longer. One of the author’s main claims is that students believe that the drugs help them in school when in truth Warner’s research shows a negative link between academic progress and the use of these stimulants. She uses research and statistics to prove her claim of how students falsely believe the drugs progress their advancement in school. However, her other main claim on how the parents are responsible for their children abusing the drugs lacks hard evidence or proof of that being the main reason for students to lead to the drug misuse. She does make it clear that this article is strongly intended for parents of students, especially ones to put heavy pressure and expectations on their kids to do exceedingly well in
Identifying Signs of Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Suicidal Tendencies in Students. Identifying Signs of Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Suicidal Tendencies in Students. Working as an educator comes with many jobs. Not only are teachers here to educate children, but they also look out for the well being of the students. There are many students’ young and old being abused, abusing drugs or using drugs, and who have suicidal tendencies.
As children move from adolescents to young adulthood they encounter dramatic physical, emotional, and lifestyle changes.The younger that children and adolescents are when they start to drink alcohol are more likely to engage in behaviors that can harm themselves and others. A few reasons that adolescents begin to start drinking is because of peer pressure, they are influenced by their parents or guardians, genetic and hereditary factors. Peer pressure is something that everyone has to deal with at some point in their lives. Adolescents tend to give in sometimes even if they know it's wrong but they do it to fit in with a group of people. The idea of "
Drug abusers will lose their close family and friends due to abusing drugs. There are many warning signs of drug use and abuse in teenagers. The challenge for parents is to distinguish between the normal, sometimes volatile, ups and downs of the teen years and the red flags of substance abuse. They will start being secretive about friends, possessions, and activities. They’ll have a new interest in clothing, music, and other items that highlight drug use.
High school and college students who are regular users of marijuana find themselves to be struggling with inner turmoil; feeling depressed, scared, and often suffers from very low self-esteem. To a frequent user, smoking pot leads to judgment, logical thinking, and memory impairment. Smoking marijuana is proven to have many negative psychological and personality effects on those who choose to smoke it. One many argue that marijuana has a positive attributes to the medical field; this may be true. What about the long term effects of the addiction?
Why can’t kids do the same thing? As “Fact Sheet” states there are an abundant amount of consequences to underage drinking. Youth who choose to drink before the age of 21 are more likely to experience school problems such as higher absence and poor or failing grades. Also the issues of social problems (such as fighting and lack of participation in youth activities), legal problems (arrests for driving or physically hurting some while drunk), physical problems (hangovers or illnesses), and unwanted/unplanned/ unprotected sexual activity are consequences. Along with disruption of normal and sexual development, physical and sexual assault, higher risk for suicide and homicide, alcohol-related car crashes and other unintentional injuries (burns, falls and drowning), memory problems, abuse of other drugs , changes in brain development that may have life-long effects, and death from alcohol poisoning.
Bored Teens More Likely to Drink, Take Drugs Boredom can be a dangerous thing, particularly for impressionable teenagers who are full of energy and looking for things to keep them occupied nearly every waking hour of each day. It should not be very surprising, then, to discover that boredom is a risk factor for alcohol and drug use among teens and young adults. But teens are the only ones for whom boredom can cause problems. Being bored is also a contributing factor to excessive drug and alcohol use among adults, and it is a leading cause of relapse among adults who are recovering addicts. For the most part, though, boredom is a more serious issue for teenagers because they are more likely to find themselves with larger chunks of time in which they have absolutely nothing to do.
The social dynamics of school, puberty, life at home, and many other factors affect the psyche of teens during this time in their life both positively and negatively. Some of these transitions cause emotional instability in the lives of adolescents, spiraling some into depression. When dealing with major depression, antidepressants are often used to help the adolescent cope by creating a feeling of balance. There is debate on adolescents using antidepressants. Stephen Barlas reports in Psychiatric Times that antidepressants are found to cause “possible suicidal ideation and suicide attempts as side effects” (2006).