Denver Health and Hospital Authority, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Jul;58(7):661-662. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.12.014. Epub 2019 Apr 17.
Nonmedical use of prescription drugs is a prevalent and serious problem. The United States and various other countries are in the middle of an opioid overdose epidemic. Child psychiatrists play an important role in this epidemic because substance use disorders frequently start in adolescence and young adulthood.
非医疗目的使用处方药物是一个普遍且严重的问题。美国和其他一些国家正处于阿片类药物过量流行之中。儿童精神科医生在这场流行疾病中扮演着重要的角色,因为物质使用障碍通常始于青少年和青年时期。