Explaining the causes and motivations for multiple substance use from the perspectives of users and therapists: A qualitative study
Hassan Mokhtarpoor, Banafsheh Tehranineshat, Zeinab Naderi, Maryam Amirinia · 2024
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Hassan Mokhtarpoor and co-authors wrote a study from 2024 on why people use more than one drug or drink at a time. Using several substances at once is common, but it is poorly grasped, and that gap can worsen care. The team set out to learn the reasons from the people who use the substances and from the staff who treat them.
They held deep talks with seventeen users and eight therapists and sorted what was said into themes. Four broad groups of reasons stood out. Some were about how the substances act, such as one easing the bad effects of another. Some were about the body and the brain. Some were social, such as the wish to fit in with a group. The last group was about habit itself, where stopping feels too hard. The team says care plans should face all of these roots.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hassan Mokhtarpoor, Banafsheh Tehranineshat, Zeinab Naderi, Maryam Amirinia |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 88 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |