Role Play On Substance Abuse

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Introduction Addiction is more often now defined by the continuing, compulsive nature of the drug use despite physical and/or psychological harm to the user and society and includes both licit and illicit drugs, and the term "substance abuse" is now frequently used because of the broad range of substances (including alcohol and inhalants) that can fit the addictive profile. Psychological dependence is the subjective feeling that the user needs the drug to maintain a feeling of well-being; physical dependence is characterized by tolerance (the need for increasingly larger doses in order to achieve the initial effect) and withdrawal symptoms when the user is abstinent. Keeping in view the present scenario of increasing burden of adolescents and …show more content…

Poonam Sharma Asst. Prof (Supervisor) and Ms. Rashmi Rawat, Asst. Prof. (Co-supervisor).Formal Permission was taken taken from Dr. J N Chaudhary, director, VIMHANS Hospital. Students of Amity college of Nursing, Vth Semester were posted at Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, and Neuro Sciences, Nehru Nagar, New Delhi from 1/09/2014 to 1/10/2014 for psychiatric Nursing posting. Topic: “Substance abuse: A termite in our society” Venue: Rehabilitation center at VIMHANS hospital, New Delhi Date and Time: 1st October 2014 at …show more content…

Scene I: - (Effect of Bad Company and peer pressure) scene I presented about a young boy who get dependent on alcohol and other drugs under the influence of peer pressure and how his studies and carrier get spoiled. Scene II: (Office Environment and Effect on family) Scene II depicted about a young working man who get addicted to alcohol under the pressure of workload in office and started over demanding, frequent quarrel with his wife. Scene III: (Deteroiration of Health and Condition of a young Person) Scene III Presented how a young person because of job loss and financial burden get addicted and started ruins his life. After one year, further worsening conditions of the health occurs which further lead to tensed atmosphere of the family. The family members decided to get rid of the problem related to substance

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