Factors favoring addiction to psychoactive substances in adolescents consulting at the Addictology Center, Casablanca University Hospital

jalila OUTALHA; Omar ABIDI

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Factors favoring addiction to psychoactive substances in adolescents consulting at the Addictology Center, Casablanca University Hospital

Authors:

jalila OUTALHA | Omar ABIDI

Publisher:

Moroccan Journal of Public Heath

Journal:

Moroccan Journal of Public Heath Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001843414

pISSN:

2658-8099

Abstract:

 Addiction is considered a major global public health issue. According to statistics from the WHO (2003), drugs are responsible for 1.5 million deaths per year worldwide. Addictive behaviors are a phenomenon that is spreading, diversifying and worsening. They are both a disease and a societal fact (Economic, Social and Environmental Council, 2022). This study aims to explore and describe the factors favoring addiction among adolescents consulting at the addiction center of Casablanca. In this regard, a quantitative study was conducted where a questionnaire was used as our measuring instrument. The target population was teenagers addicts who consulted at the Addiction Center in Casablanca. Random sampling was applied where N=100. The questionnaires were carried out with adolescent addicts pursuing therapeutic follow-up. The results of this research have shown that peer pressure, family history of addiction, pleasure seeking, impulsivity and unemployment were factors that lead adolescents to addiction to psychoactive substances. As a result, the factors favoring addiction are based on key elements, namely: factors related to the patient himself and factors related to his environment. Results analysis show that teenagers addicts present increasingly complex situations and encounter difficulties on a personal, family and social level.

Article Details

Factors favoring addiction to psychoactive substances in adolescents consulting at the Addictology Center, Casablanca University Hospital

Authors: jalila OUTALHA | Omar ABIDI

Publisher: Moroccan Journal of Public Heath

Journal: Moroccan Journal of Public Heath Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.0-0

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001843414

pISSN: 2658-8099

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Authors:

jalila OUTALHA | Omar ABIDI

Publisher:

Moroccan Journal of Public Heath

Journal:

Moroccan Journal of Public Heath Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001843414

pISSN:

2658-8099