STUDENT AMPHETAMINE ABUSE

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This is a study of the psychology of college students who are heavy and habitual users of amphetamines. The vast majority of student amphetamine abusers are women. Fifteen students who used amphetamines regularly were studied in detail using psychoanalytic interviewing techniques. Short term therapy was administered when indicated. Psychological tests (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, Sentence Completion, Figure Drawing, and Word Association) were performed and used as an independent check on the data derived from the interviews. The study indicates the ways in which amphetamines are used by students to drive themselves toward goals they did not desire, but felt they had to pursue. These students have learned early to ignore their own feelings and sacrifice themselves to please someone else. Amphetamines permit them to function in an automatic, unfeeling way while ignoring their own frustration.

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