Dealing with Substance Abuse Among People with Disabilities
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Rehabilitation Nursing Journal
- Vol. 15 (5) , 250-253
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2048-7940.1990.tb01487.x
Abstract
Many persons with physical disability have a hidden disability: substance abuse involving alcohol and/or psychotropic drugs. Patterns of substance abuse behavior vary according to use before disability, following the onset of disability, or both before and following the onset of disability. Substance abuse has a negative impact on a person's vocation, academic performance, family life, and social life, as well as on physical health. Rehabilitation nurses need assessment skills and interventions specifically aimed at dealing with substance abuse.Keywords
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