Citation

Lavelle S. Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2016; 30(3): 447-448.

Affiliation

Dr. Florence Kimbo MD, LLC Middleburg Heights, Ohio. Electronic address: swlavelle@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apnu.2016.01.009

PMID

27256955

Abstract

There are serious concerns regarding adolescent use of designer drugs. Designer drug usage is often undetected and can result in life-threatening physical and psychiatric reactions. This article explores the history of designer drugs, identifies some of the more recent designer drugs available, distinguishes the symptoms of designer drugs usage, and identifies reasons the designer drugs are popular with our young population. Lastly, this paper addresses what nurses can do to facilitate early and proper treatment to reduce serious physiological damage and death that can result from not detecting the use of designer drugs.

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Language: en