Reasons of drug use among adolescents: implications for clinical nursing care

• Main Authors: Francisco Rafael Ribeiro Soares (Author), Deceles Ingrid de Carvalho Oliveira (Author), Joana Darc Martins Torres (Author), Vera Lúcia Mendes de Paula Pessoa (Author), José Maria Ximenes Guimarães (Author), Ana Ruth Macêdo Monteiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SciELO, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract This is a theoretical essay which aims to reflect on the reasons for and why adolescents use drugs and their implications for clinical nursing care. It used the referential of social phenomenology of Alfred Schutz. The main reasons identified were: to attenuate existential crisis, form soci...