{"title":"Volatile substance abuse: evaluation and treatment.","authors":"H Richardson","doi":"10.1177/096032718900800411","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. A scheme for the identification and evaluation of volatile substance abusers is outlined which emphasizes the need for medical history, drug history, emotional/behavioural and dependency questionnaires and physical examination. 2. Poor initial evaluation may lead to non-recognition of dependent abusers who may present later with more serious problems. 3. Suggestions for prevention and treatment of chronic abusers are discussed and some advice for parents is outlined.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"8 4","pages":"319-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718900800411","citationCount":"17","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Human toxicology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718900800411","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
1. A scheme for the identification and evaluation of volatile substance abusers is outlined which emphasizes the need for medical history, drug history, emotional/behavioural and dependency questionnaires and physical examination. 2. Poor initial evaluation may lead to non-recognition of dependent abusers who may present later with more serious problems. 3. Suggestions for prevention and treatment of chronic abusers are discussed and some advice for parents is outlined.