Substance Abuse in Teenage Pregnancies – The Current Role of Psycho-Education
Aims: To explore the current availability of psycho-education as a primary prevention against substance misuse in unplanned pregnancies for adolescents in the UK. It was noted that 80% of young adults registered with drugs and alcohol services started misusing substances under the age of 15 years. T...
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| description | Aims: To explore the current availability of psycho-education as a primary prevention against substance misuse in unplanned pregnancies for adolescents in the UK. It was noted that 80% of young adults registered with drugs and alcohol services started misusing substances under the age of 15 years. This poses an apparent risk of young mothers who are abusing drugs to have unplanned pregnancies. Moreover, pregnancies occurring sooner than desired are associated with higher risks to the health of the fetus because of delayed recognition. A study from the United States shows that women who reported using hard drugs, cannabis or smoking cigarettes at age 18 had an increased likelihood of risk behaviours and subsequent unplanned pregnancies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-50acec85866d4351b5a4e4d4fabac2e62025-07-24T13:40:10ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S70S7010.1192/bjo.2025.10232Substance Abuse in Teenage Pregnancies – The Current Role of Psycho-EducationNatasha Singh0Prutha Desai1Alexandra Minseo Kim2Shabbir Amanullah3Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Dartford, United KingdomEast London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United KingdomUniversity of Central Lancashire, Preston, United KingdomWoodstock General Hospital, Ontario, CanadaAims: To explore the current availability of psycho-education as a primary prevention against substance misuse in unplanned pregnancies for adolescents in the UK. It was noted that 80% of young adults registered with drugs and alcohol services started misusing substances under the age of 15 years. This poses an apparent risk of young mothers who are abusing drugs to have unplanned pregnancies. Moreover, pregnancies occurring sooner than desired are associated with higher risks to the health of the fetus because of delayed recognition. A study from the United States shows that women who reported using hard drugs, cannabis or smoking cigarettes at age 18 had an increased likelihood of risk behaviours and subsequent unplanned pregnancies.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425102329/type/journal_article |
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| title | Substance Abuse in Teenage Pregnancies – The Current Role of Psycho-Education |
| title_full | Substance Abuse in Teenage Pregnancies – The Current Role of Psycho-Education |
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| title_short | Substance Abuse in Teenage Pregnancies – The Current Role of Psycho-Education |
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