"You Don't Feel": The experience of youth benzodiazepine misuse in Ireland.

dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Kevin D.
dc.contributor.authorLambert, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorSahm, Laura J
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-21T15:19:46Z
dc.date.available2020-10-21T15:19:46Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-27
dc.date.updated2020-10-16T15:53:45Z
dc.description.abstractThere are negative effects to inappropriate use of benzodiazepines, yet the percentage of young people in Ireland experimenting with benzodiazepines has increased. There is a paucity of research about why Irish young people misuse benzodiazepines. In this study, people between 18 and 25 years attending substance misuse services in the south of Ireland (N = 13) were interviewed in a semi-structured style between June 2012 and April 2013. Content analysis was performed. The main motivations for benzodiazepine misuse were to self-regulate negative emotions and to induce dissociation from their environment. Interviewees also described the consequences of benzodiazepine misuse, such as disengagement from family relationships and other protective environments such as school and sports clubs. The consequences of chronic misuse were discussed, such as the compulsion to take more benzodiazepines despite experiencing severe side-effects. The incidence of paradoxical aggression on benzodiazepines is also explored. Education about benzodiazepines and their risks to young people, families, and the public may reduce benzodiazepine misuse. Future research on the role of trauma and mental health in young people’s substance misuse is needed.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMurphy, K. D., Lambert, S., McCarthy, S., Sahm, L. J. and Byrne, S. (2018) '“You Don’t Feel”: The Experience of Youth Benzodiazepine Misuse in Ireland', Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 50(2), pp. 121-128. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2017.1371365en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02791072.2017.1371365en
dc.identifier.endpage128en
dc.identifier.issn2159-9777
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Psychoactive Drugsen
dc.identifier.startpage121en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10677
dc.identifier.volume50en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.2017.1371365
dc.rights© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group LLC. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs on 27 Sep 2017 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02791072.2017.1371365en
dc.subjectAdolescenceen
dc.subjectBenzodiazepinesen
dc.subjectDrug abuseen
dc.subjectEmotional regulationen
dc.subjectSelf-medicationen
dc.title"You Don't Feel": The experience of youth benzodiazepine misuse in Ireland.en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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